Despite the CB situation and Brady gone for a while, I wouldn't be surprise if they win the East again. Nothing surprises me with that team anymore. If there's a coach who can turn nobodies into stars, it's the hoodie.
There's been quite a few scandal in the last 20 years and the league is as popular as ever ! Once September comes around, the general public doesn't care about the scandals and watches the games.
I know it won't be popular here, but I think Kraft has a LOT of friends amongst owners. He was widely praised for being instrumental in settling the labor dispute. They are making tons of $ thanks to this. They love their $ more than anything else.
Forcing Kraft out of the league because balls were under inflated , which, let's be honest here, he probably didn't know about himself ...Yep, some of you have officially gone mad ! Step away from the ledge !
On a more serious note, I truly think they are a great team, and would have had the same amount of success( or close too ) without the cheating. That makes it more of an head scratcher for me..They didn't have to do it. Why even try ?
Marshall Faulk is now a good source ? C'mon. He's pissed that they lost to them. This doesn't prove anything. Spygate was more about the location of cameras. You want to come down on them, that's fine and I'm with you, but the " taping practice " was never proven.
Agreed. Any team would take that punishment if it gives them a SB. Brady will be back and those bastard will go 12-4 . That # 1 pick will probably be a # 27-30 anyways, so no biggie there either. Kraft can afford 1 M easily. Overall, I think NE is pretty happy about this.
I think no natter what happens with this, the hard core Brady fans will keep on claiming him to be the GOAT and the hard core Brady haters will continue hating him. The average Joe borderline football fan will forget about this quickly and it wont be a big deal to them.