Saints head coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis are planning to be in the NFL's New York offices on Tuesday to have their appeals of their suspensions heard, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. "Appeal process will follow in-season player process which is expedited for competitive reasons. It should be a matter of days, not weeks," Schefter added. Appeals will be heard by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who suspended Payton -- for one year beginning on April 1 -- and Loomis for the first eight games of the 2012 season for violating the league's long-standing rules against "bounty" programs over the course of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. In addition to Payton and Loomis, assistant head coach/linebackers Joe Vitt is appealing his six-game suspension and the club is appealing the $500,000 fine levied against it. Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who administered the program and has since been hired by the St. Louis Rams, is not appealing his indefinite suspension. Source: Mac's Football Blog
