The NFL Players Association had detailed knowledge of the video and audio tapes in which former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams implored his team to target 49ers players for injury before the tapes became public April 4, according to sources. Scott Fujita, a former Saints linebacker now with the Browns and a member of the union's executive committee, provided the NFLPA with the details of Williams' speech and the tape that independent film-maker Sean Pamphilon had made accessible to him. A union source would not disclose if the NFLPA had physical copies of the video and audio tapes but confirmed that NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and union lawyers had discussed the merits of using Williams' speech as a strategy to dissuade Goodell from handing down stiff penalties that could include suspensions to Saints' players.