Jerry Jabber Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Well, this is deflating: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/deflategate-adam-schefter-reports-nfl-struggling-to-find-evidence/ar-AA8tHi2?ocid=iehp
plenzmd1 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Yep...guys on WEEI are acting like the whole thing is over... Convenient for the NFL no? Edited January 22, 2015 by plenzmd1
May Day 10 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) yup. The NFL NEEDS this to go away just like when the star runningback knocked his wife out cold Edited January 22, 2015 by May Day 10
May Day 10 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 will anyone outside of NE believe it? yup. Just like Spygate, itll be fashionable to put it behind you. The media will fall into line.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Well, this is deflating: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/deflategate-adam-schefter-reports-nfl-struggling-to-find-evidence/ar-AA8tHi2?ocid=iehp No evidence? What about the deflated balls? CBF
BRH Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 And this report comes out right before Tommy Foulmouth's PC. If you don't believe everything today has been scripted in advance by the Patriots' (and maybe the NFL's) PR folks, I don't know what to tell you.
May Day 10 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) And this report comes out right before Tommy Foulmouth's PC. If you don't believe everything today has been scripted in advance by the Patriots' (and maybe the NFL's) PR folks, I don't know what to tell you. yup. leaks before. Report after probably before close of business. very well played by the NFL and Pats It will be forgotten by Tuesday Edited January 22, 2015 by May Day 10
ddaryl Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 then people have to start boycotting the sport but they won't and its business as usual Goodell is a big problem, everything under his watch has gotten worse. Refs, player off field behavior, and scandals
May Day 10 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 then people have to start boycotting the sport but they won't and its business as usual Goodell is a big problem, everything under his watch has gotten worse. Refs, player off field behavior, and scandals crises like this are what he does though and its been well handled. Itll go away and nobody will care by next week, yet everyone will watch
BRH Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 And a conveniently-timed article on how the Super Bowl balls will be handled by a neutral party. You know, like how they always are. As per its custom, the NFL will follow a modified set of procedures to prepare game balls for Super Bowl XLIX. Established long before allegations of underinflated balls in the AFC Championship Game, the process includes independent equipment managers and ball attendants. All designed so the casual fan will think "oh. they fixed the problem. moving on."
Pneumonic Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I haven't had time to read all of this, but the jist of it seems to be... That Brady got his team mates behind closed doors and told them he likes to handle supple balls. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/deflate-gate-report--11-of-patriots--12-game-footballs-were-under-inflated-043620937.html That's not a report issued by the league. It's a speculative piece of journalism (I use that term very loosely) of the type that is largely responsible for crapfest we just witnessed these last several days. Heck, in the piece itself I quote "If the report is accurate, how were 11 balls under-inflated, each by a significant amount?"
DC Tom Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 And a conveniently-timed article on how the Super Bowl balls will be handled by a neutral party. You know, like how they always are. All designed so the casual fan will think "oh. they fixed the problem. moving on." Well, that certainly explains how the Pats smoked everyone in 2007 but still lost the Superbowl.
zow2 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Really interesting tweet on Jeremy White's timeline. New Englands ball security since 2010 is nearly off the charts as compared to the rest of the league. https://twitter.com/JeremyWGR/status/558360264228474880
Canadian Bills Fan Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Man the Patriots PR guy is really earning his salary..... CBF
TheBillsWillRiseAgain Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Really interesting tweet on Jeremy White's timeline. New Englands ball security since 2010 is nearly off the charts as compared to the rest of the league. https://twitter.com/JeremyWGR/status/558360264228474880 I wish that was bigger. Can barely see it.
Reed83HOF Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 23m23 minutes ago Troy Aikman: Patriots punishment should exceed Saints bounty punishment http://wp.me/p14QSB-9GZP "This whole comment by Roger Goodell based on the Saints when Sean Payton got suspended for the year, and he says ‘ignorance is no excuse,’ that’s going to come back to haunt him again,” Aikman said, via the Dallas Morning News. “That haunted him during the whole Ray Rice situation with he, himself, and now it’s going to haunt Roger Goodell in terms of what the punishment is for the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick. If ignorance is no excuse, and it wasn’t for Sean Payton. …[The Saints] did not give themselves a competitive advantage. Now twice, under Bill Belichick and possibly a third time, they’ve cheated and given themselves an advantage. To me, the punishment for the Patriots and/or Bill Belichick has to be more severe than what the punishment was for the New Orleans Saints.”
zow2 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I wish that was bigger. Can barely see it. Basically it shows that the league average since 2010 is 1 fumble per 105 offensive plays. New England in that same period is 1 fumble per 187 offensive plays. Tells me this is more than just Brady and INT's. Reducing the air pressure in the football is a sly way to grip the ball better and lessen fumbles. It's the Patriot way!!!
BRH Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Brady's PC is now at 4:15 instead of 3:45. Guess Deflatriots aren't done ... ahem ... leaking. Basically it shows that the league average since 2010 is 1 fumble per 105 offensive plays. New England in that same period is 1 fumble per 187 offensive plays. Tells me this is more than just Brady and INT's. Reducing the air pressure in the football is a sly way to grip the ball better and lessen fumbles. It's the Patriot way!!! Is that league average for the rest of the league, or for the league including Deflatriots? Because if it includes them, then the average for the rest of the league is even worse than 1/105 plays.
plenzmd1 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Brady's PC is now at 4:15 instead of 3:45. Guess Deflatriots aren't done ... ahem ... leaking. Needs the extra 30 minutes to make sure his PC and the report to be issued right after mesh
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