New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma runs off the field after the coin flip before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma runs off the field after the coin flip before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma (51) gets a hug from Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy (93) after the coin flip before an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma (51) bends over in front a loose football during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/ Phelan Ebenhack)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma made his debut Sunday while appealing a suspension for his role in the Saints bounty program.
The ninth-year pro didn't start but did get on the field throughout the opening half of the Saints' game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He pressured Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman on an incompletion that was nearly intercepted by Roman Harper and got his hands on another pass that he tipped first with his right hand and then his left before it fell incomplete.
Vilma has been rehabbing his surgically repaired left knee and practiced for the first time Wednesday. He was moved from the physically unable to perform list to the 53-man roster Saturday.
The linebacker's return could wind up being relatively brief. His appeal hearing on a season-long suspension has been scheduled for Oct. 30.
___
Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL
Associated Presschicago bulls st louis blues rueben randle mike trout ryan broyles jerel worthy alshon jeffery
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.