Vikings defensive end Brian Robison strongly denied an accusation by former Vikings offensive lineman Artis Hicks that the team ran a bounty program similar to the NFL’s infamous “Bountygate” scandal that led to stiff punishment of the New Orleans Saints back in 2012.
“I haven’t heard of any bounty program since I got here [in 2007],” Robison said Thursday. “I’m very unaware of a bounty program. So I’m not going to sit here and talk about it all day. It is what it is.
“If Artis wants to say stuff like that, obviously he’s trying to bring attention on him.