Does the NFL have enough evidence to ding the Saints for a total sanction of 77 games? I don't think so. Does the NFL have evidence of a wide-ranging pay-for-performance system over a three-year period -- which is illegal? Yes. You could be right about the exaggerated bounty portion of the story. We haven't seen overwhelming evidence of it, though we did see evidence that Roman Harper was credited $1,000 for knocking Brandon Jacobs out of a 2009 game. The NFL is convinced of Vilma's guilt because multiple sources said he offered teammates $10,000 to knock Kurt Warner or Brett Favre out of a playoff game. That's the big point of contention.