The Facts: Following up on a previous item. ... The NFL will investigate the allegations made by five Redskins players and a former coach that then-Washington Redskins DC Gregg Williams operated a "pay for performance" system similar to the one the NFL revealed he administered from 2009-2011 with the New Orleans Saints, the Washington Post reported Saturday.
Diehards Line:The Post reported the allegations Friday, with the players requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. A league source informed the Post of the NFL's plans to investigate Saturday. It is standard operating procedure to look into any accusations that NFL rules have been broken. Meanwhile, two sources told the Florida Times-Union on Friday that Williams did not implement a Saints-like bounty program in his one season on the Jacksonville Jaguars coaching staff, and former Titans safety Blaine Bishop, responding to a comment Tony Dungy made to Profootballtalk.com, vehemently denied there were bounties during Williams' tenure in Tennessee.