The Saints are facing discipline from the league office for violating COVID-19 safety policies, according to NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport. This marks the third such violation for Sean Payton & Co., so the punishment is likely to be even larger. 
Between the two previous penalties, the Saints have already been docked $750K plus the forfeiture of a seventh-round pick. First, there was the lack of mask-wearing in Week 2. Then, the Saints were seen celebrating sans face coverings again in Week 9. The latest flag stems from a late-season incident in which running back Alvin Kamara came in contact with a COVID-19 positive person at the team facility. That person was not employed by the Saints, even though non-team personnel have been barred from entering this season.
When Kamara contracted the coronavirus, the timing couldn’t have been worse. In Week 16 against the Vikings, he registered six touchdowns on the ground, matching a 91-year-old record. Forced out of the season finale, Kamara still finished the year with an NFL-high 21 TDs. Meanwhile, several other Saints RBs were forced out of Week 17, putting increased attention on the Saints and their protocols.
Interestingly, Kamara himself was not an innocent party in this. According to Jeff Duncan of The Athletic, Kamara’s refusal to wear a contract-tracing device was a problem all season, so the club had no way to trace his close contacts after he tested positive (Twitter link). The league’s investigation into the latest alleged violation could presumably lead to discipline for Kamara as well as the Saints.
The Saints project to have four, or possibly five, selections in the 2021 draft. Currently, they have only their first-, second-, and fourth-round picks. However, they are slated receive a pair of third-round compensatory picks for hiring Terry Fontenot and losing Teddy Bridgewater. In the coming days, the Saints could wind up losing more from their stockpile, though as Mike Triplett of ESPN.com tweets, they are confident that Kamara did not contract COVID-19 from contact with anyone inside the team facility (though that might not really matter, as the mere presence of non-team personnel is a protocol violation).
Triplett goes on to say that New Orleans has not yet been notified of any further discipline, and that the club would appeal any such discipline if the NFL imposes it (Twitter link).
Big bother roger not letting the boys have fun in Cabo?
So why are they getting a 3rd rounder for hiring a coach and losing Bridgewater?
Honestly I’d be insulted they only value you at a 3rd rounder not a 2nd or 1st. And they clearly don’t value you if white guys running the show say help a brother out hire him and we pay you to do so. Oh well I hope teams abuse the system. Hire guys , get the picks, cut bait, do it again.
What are you talking about? The falcons hired fontenot away from the saints when under contract, the pick is compensation…. smh
Read the article. The wording implies something else.
The article reads incorrectly. The Saints get the compensatory pick because they developed Fontenot in their front office who was then hired by Atlanta to be GM.
It only implies that if you have been under a rock and didn’t know about the hiring.
It’s lazy writing and could have been worded better but it doesn’t read wrong. Also it’s an illogical conclusion to come to just based on context.
“However, they are slated receive a pair of third-round compensatory picks for hiring Terry Fontenot”
Yeah, I’m not sure how readers would get the wrong idea when the writing said “they get a 3rd round pick for hiring Fontenot”
Total mystery what lead to that conclusion.
Notice how it doesn’t say
Get a 3rd rounder for the Falcons hiring Fontenot?
Yea you’re right it reads terribly
Shake your head all you want dippy, then try reading the article again. After that make the commitment not to reply anymore.
Why does it mean enough to you to insult ppl, specifically ppl you don’t know and never will know? Grow up….smh
retaliation for the brees contract.
‘That person was not employed by the Saints, even though non-team personnel have been barred from entering this season.That person was not employed by the Saints, even though non-team personnel have been barred from entering this season.’
I thought the Saints had fans in their stadium this year. I know some teams went w/o fans and some had a few sprinkled in.