Saints coach Sean Payton admitted that his team blew the whistle on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday for leaving quarterback Josh Freeman off their injury report with an apparently-minor thumb injury. Payton also admitted that "a little gamesmanship" was probably involved. "Listen, I think when your quarterback's on NFL Network with a splint on his thumb, normally he's on the injury report," said Payton, who later joked, "At least take the splint off before you go on NFL Network, right?" The Saints informed the NFL that Freeman should have appeared on the injury report since he was clearly dealing with an injury, albeit minor. And the NFL then told the Buccaneers to make the adjustment. The Bucs also added safety Tanard Jackson to their injury report, followed by the Saints adding offensive tackle Zach Strief to theirs, even though all of the above players have been fully participating in practice all week. Source: The Times-Picayune
Love what Coach Rah said in his statement to the media today. When asked about the severity of Freeman's injury he said "you'll have to ask the Saints, they know more about it then we do apparently".
