Peter King pointed out that the New Orleans Saints are likely preparing for life without Jonathan Vilma by signing a number of linebackers. When Mr. Vilma saw what King was tweeting, he took it as a personal attack and fired back.
https://twitter.com/#!/JonVilma51/status/187319449509052416
https://twitter.com/#!/JonVilma51/status/187320051718819840
King then tried to calm things down a bit by telling everyone to blame the NFL for the investigation, not just some “glorified blogger.”
https://twitter.com/#!/SI_PeterKing/status/187359468701483008
https://twitter.com/#!/SI_PeterKing/status/187360127958003712
Vilma, however, wasn’t quite done tweeting…
https://twitter.com/#!/JonVilma51/status/187366596195516417
https://twitter.com/#!/JonVilma51/status/187366950924595201
The NFL and NFLPA are hoping to have a ruling soon on how to punish individual players for the roles they played in bountygate. Vilma is one of the players expected to have the harshest penalty.