Deflate-Gate: Here We Go Again

[Love The Drake]

How do you think the team feels?

 

[PatsBoy12]

Really? BB really doesn't sleep, huh. He game plans down to tampering with EVERY SINGLE game ball too?! Wow, he is a machine.

 

[ALP]

Is the league office open on MLK day (today)?

I would hate to have to wait any longer than we need to for the league to say this is stupid

 

[Patters]

Well, the NFL really is investigating this, but I don't understand how it could happen unless the league failed to follow its own rules and inspect the balls. My guess is there was one defective ball that's causing this issue. After all, if deflated balls are easier to handle, that would more likely help the Colts than the Pats since the Colts aren't used to playing with wet footballs.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/the...lating-footballs-during-afc-championship-game

League spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the investigation to USA TODAY Sports. It was first reported late Sunday night by Indianapolis television station WHTR’s Bob Kravitz.

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NFL footballs are required to be inflated with 12.5-13.5 pounds of air, and home teams must give all game balls to the league two hours and 15 minutes prior to kickoff to be inspected.

 

[reflexblue]

If you're waiting under water for that to happen, you'd better have a snorkel.

I agree that its unlikely that BK will do anything but he should look at it this way. He owes it to the fans, the team, and the organization as a whole. By not fighting spygate he let the organization be dragged through the mud, and the the team and the name the N E Patriots have never recovered.
Kraft needs to stick up for the team and himself and do something or it will continue to happen, Like someone posted we can't win a game without there being some type of allegations of cheating being made.

 

[SVN]

As i expected

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...king-into-pats-possible-use-of-deflated-balls

Midway through the game, a ball was taken off the field and out of circulation, Signora told Rapoport.

Thats it. And they ran with it.

 

[shmessy]

If deflated footballs are easier to throw and catch then why were there so many dropped passes and Brady was off on more than a few. The Gronk INT down the seam was way underthrown and so was another down the middle to Andelman.

So was the long pass to Vereen which was wobbly and terribly underthrown yet he still made a great catch on it.

 

[SVN]

Matt Chatham ‏@chatham58 6m6 minutes ago
#Patriots also changed ozone in MA, misspelled Colts players names in program on purpose & removed 2 from Indy's H2O. Why are people stupid?

 

[shmessy]

As i expected

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...king-into-pats-possible-use-of-deflated-balls



Thats it. And they ran with it.

I'm sorry, but this happens once or twice EVERY game.

 

[shmessy]

Matt Chatham ‏@chatham58 6m6 minutes ago
#Patriots also changed ozone in MA, misspelled Colts players names in program on purpose & removed 2 from Indy's H2O. Why are people stupid?

Thank goodness for Matt Chatham.

He's doing Stacey James' job for him.

 

[Bella*chick]

The jealousy other people have toward this organization is flat out embarrassing.

 

[BelichickFan]

So was the long pass to Vereen which was wobbly and terribly underthrown yet he still made a great catch on it.

Must have been after that throw that Belichick commanded the balls be deflated

 

[The Gr8est]

As i expected

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...king-into-pats-possible-use-of-deflated-balls



Thats it. And they ran with it.

Maybe it was a defective ball.

That's not possible, right?

 

[sb1]

"A ball"?

If there was a problem wouldn't they be looking at multiple footballs?

 

[SVN]

Well..Florio's 'source' says more than one
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...rmal-balls-were-removed-from-colts-pats-game/

Per a league source, several balls were removed from play for being underinflated.

 

[jumbo77]

Boomer said this morning when he played the refs got 24 balls before the game right out of the box. He said they were hard and slick and very hard to throw in bad weather. Guess who went to the commissioner and complained? You got it Peyton while he was playing for the colts. Now they deflate them and scuff them up before games.

 

[SVN]

Kevin Seifert ‏@SeifertESPN 23m23 minutes ago
Re: Patriots and deflated footballs, @MikeCareyRef94 noted 2nd half delayed to trade out a K-ball for a regular one. https://twitter.com/MikeCareyRef94/status/556990951533850624…

 

[KamikazeKnight]

This name is way more catchy-er than Spygate....I like it..!!

I'm still waiting for Gategate.

 

[SVN]

Boomer said this morning when he played the refs got 24 balls before the game right out of the box. He said they were hard and slick and very hard to throw in bad weather. Guess who went to the commissioner and complained? You got it Peyton while he was playing for the colts. Now they deflate them and scuff them up before games.

In fairness, both brady and peyton made that rule change happen.Its a well known story.

 

[Bobsyouruncle]

The fact that Goodell didn't squash this baseless accusation from the first moment it came out proves he's an incompetent prick.