The Facts: Last Friday, the NFL revealed that the Saints had maintained for three seasons a bounty system. Earlier this week, former Saint Kyle Turley called out Brees, wanting to know what Brees knew about the situation. Brees has addressed the subject in a letter posted at his website. "There is no place in the National Football League, or any sport played at any level, for players to conspire, to be coerced, or to be incentivized to intentionally injure another player," Brees writes. "I did not participate in any Bounty program, nor did I have any knowledge relating to its real existence."

Diehards Line:As PFT's Mike Florio suggested, saying that he didn't know of the "real existence" of the bounty program implies that Brees suspected something or heard something or perhaps should have known something about it and that he didn't ask any questions. ... Brees (who is reportedly "livid" about getting the Saints' franchise tag) added: "To our fans, please reserve judgment until the investigation is complete and the facts in their entirety are known. ... Until that time, we will stand together and remain united as an organization. ..." Apparently Brees missed the fact that the NFL has concluded -- not alleged, but concluded -- that the Saints used a bounty system for three years. The facts as determined by the league also demonstrate that multiple members of the organization lied to the league when the league investigated the situation in 2010. Maybe he also missed the statement by Sean Payton and GM Micky Loomis, accepting full responsibility for it. Whatever the case, it's done. It happened. The investigation is over. Brees might want to rethink his position on this one.