Jonathan Vilma

The football world hasn’t seen this much hype around a pair of rookie quarterbacks since Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf broke into the league in 1998. The first-year phenoms will each take control of a struggling offense and attempt to establish both themselves and their teams as legitimate NFL commodities.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has handed down suspensions to 4 players who were involved in the New Orleans Saints bounty incident. The 4 include linebackers Jonathan Vilma and Scott Fujita, and defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove and Will Smith. Vilma gets the harshest suspension. He is suspended for the entire 2012 season. He reportedly said prior to the Vikings/Saints NFL championship game in 2010 that the person who knocks quarterback Brett Favre out of the game will get $10,000.