Brad Childress sometimes wonders if Greg Williams and his players go too far.
"His defenses have always been aggressive," Childress said. "We were able to face them for a number of years when we were with the Eagles when he was with Washington. It's always been a storm the castle type of approach.
"I understand a quarterback's going to get hit, people are going to get hit. It's football. I don't have any illusions about that. What I hate to see are late hits or attempts to hurt anybody. I don't think there's a place for that in the game."
In last year's NFC championship game the Saints were fined a total of $30,000 for four different hits on Vikings players, including three that were delivered to quarterback Brett Favre. The Saints also were flagged three times for personal foul penalties.
Childress said he definitely wonders if the Saints were intentionally trying to injure his players in that game.