Gregg Williams to Meet with NFL Officials Over Pay-for-Performance Scheme
Gregg Williams will meet with NFL officials in New York on Monday to discuss recent reports of his involvement in a pay-for-performance scheme.
A source said Williams will talk with NFL general counsel Jeff Pash and security officials Joe Hummel and Jeff Miller. The gathering is considered a "meeting" rather than a "hearing" because the NFL has not finished their probe.
The source also explained that during the meeting officials will discuss Williams' time as defensive coordinator in New Orleans and question his time as a coach in Tennessee, Buffalo, Washington and Jacksonville.
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League spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press on Sunday that the NFL had no further comments regarding the allegations. He explained that the NFL will look at ''any relevant info regarding rules being broken,'' saying that is ''standard procedure.''
A former Redskins coach and five players came out on Friday and claimed that while playing defense under Williams they were given cash rewards for hits that knocked opposing players out of the game.
Former defensive end Phillip Daniels, now the Washington Redskins' director of player development, came to the defense of Williams, stating that the coach promoted "good, hard football."
But Coy Wire, who joined the Bills in 2002, told The Buffalo News that an environment of "malicious intent" existed when he played for the Bills.
The NFL did not mention the Redskins or Bills in its announcement Friday. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, in an email to The Buffalo News, stated: "No evidence of violations at other teams came forth during this investigation."
The Bills organization also came out and denounced any claim of wrong doing.
"We are unaware of any type of 'bounty' program occurring during Gregg Williams' tenure as our head coach, and we would not have tolerated that type of behavior," Bills CEO Russ Brandon said.
