Breaking: Bounty suspensions overturned

Just when you think bountygate is over, it comes back kicking and screaming.

According to SI's Jim Trotter, a 3 member panel has overturned Roger Goodell's bountygate suspensions.

At this point, there are no details beyond what Trotter reported via Twitter. Mike Florio reported earlier that defensive end Will Smith would play if he had legal clearance, but Jonathan Vilma's and Anthony Hargrove's (Cleveland Browns) statuses are still unclear.

The really interesting part of this will be to see how Roger Goodell and the NFL respond to the overturned suspensions. Regardless, for the moment anyway, those players who were suspended seem to be off the hook.

Updated:

According to Peter King, GMs/coaches suspensions not affected by the ruling. Payton, Loomis, et al. still suspended.

About Shane Clemons

Shane Clemons came from humble beginnings creating his own Jaguars blog before moving on to SBNation as a featured writer for the Jaguars. He then moved to Bloguin where he briefly covered the AFC South before taking over Bloguin's Jaguars blog. Since the inception of This Given Sunday, Shane has served as an editor for the site, doing his best not to mess up a good thing.

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