Audio Tape Exposes Gregg Williams

"Documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon was following around the former Saints player Steve Gleason, who suffered from ALS. And during the final game of the season, he captured audio of Gregg Williams telling his players to injure members of the 49ers, uploaded it to YouTube and passed it along to Yahoo Sports Michael Silver. In the audio, Williams allegedly makes reference to a cash payment and repeatedly uses the word "kill" in addition to violent and intense language.

“At one point Williams says, ‘We hit [expletive] Smith right there' – then he points under his chin [and continues] – ‘remember me.' Then he rubs his thumb against his index and middle fingers – the cash sign – and says, ‘I got the first one. I got the first one. Go get it. Go lay that [expletive] out,'" Pamphilon told Silver.

Williams also made specific reference to 49ers running back Frank Gore and what we can only hope is a metaphorical decapitation.

"We've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill Frank Gore's head," Williams said. "We want him running sideways. We ... want ... his ... head ... sideways."

Williams catchphrase on defense is "kill the head and the body will die" -- until he was busted for the bounty programs he (allegedly?) ran for multiple teams, it was viewed as a slightly crazy but effective motivational tactic (Sportsline)."

"Williams brought up the name of wide receiver Michael Crabtree, hinting about a severe knee injury, and told his players to "put a lick on" receiver Kyle Williams in an effort to “find out” if he was still suffering from the effects of a late-December concussion (WEEI)."

Sorry for the long paste job here, but kind of needed you to read the whole thing. I think this will be the last nail in the coffin for Williams, who is suspended indefinitely already. I would actually kind of be shocked if he is ever back, but I don't think he will be back for at least 2 years. There is no mention yet of Payton in this tape, but you would assume he has heard these kind of rants before. I don't see Payton getting a longer suspension or anything, but I this will all but kill his appeal of this.

Do I think the Saints were the only team doing this? No, but I think they were warned, I think that the most important thing to the NFL now is player safety, and I think the Saints did this the most blatantly. That's why they are getting hit this hard.