2/17 Rumor: Pats' locker room attendant tried to put unapproved kicking ball in AFCCG

[Kdo5]

The Indy interception took place with 9:11 left in the second quarter. So Kensil must have feverishly sprinted down from the press box in time to tamper with the footballs at half time. Maybe he'll blame it on Adderall. Whatever... he sure must have been lathered up.

Bah that ******* can suck on those four rings...or not. They'd be forever unclean.

 

[Kdo5]

I also misread it. They are saying they were trying to use non K balls for kicking. So Ghost is tampering with the balls now??

Alright time to get Gostkowski in a presser. He must answer to the children who look up to him. Maybe Fox News and CNN will be there to lead the questioning.

 

[Todd Bradley]

 

[Kdo5]

Funny because I literally just paused Bob's Burgers on Netflix to check up on Patsfans.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

That does it. No franchise tag for Gostkowski, the cheater!

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Since I refuse to give ESPN the click on this, and some people here have read the article, can someone please explain what the alleged goal of this "subterfuge" was?

This makes no bloody sense on its face. You might argue that there is a benefit to Brady using underinflated balls, but there is no f—ing way Brady wants to use a K ball, and there's no way Gostkowski and Allen want to use Brady's footballs.

 

[VectorPrime]

If I'm Kraft I immediately go after Kensil, publicly by an official statement, and demand an explanation as to why he personally was examining and measuring the balls (IE 'tampering with them') when the rules specifically state that only the refs may do so.

 

[Guts]

I just laugh now this game was a total annihilation of the Indy Ponies footballs , soccer balls, tennis balls, baseballs, basketballs, wouldn't have made a difference the Patriots are world champs everyone can suck it.

 

[IcyPatriot]

4 sources told OTL .... that's no leak.

 

[VectorPrime]

I just turned on CBS and at that very moment Letterman makes a crack about deflated footballs during this weird bagging grocery bit. It got a lot of applause.

 

[SVN]

http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/curran-latest-deflategate-nugget-isnt-very-weighty

Now it’s Yette being approached by McNally which caused Kensil to go down and inspect the footballs.

Which, of course, he did. That’s underscored by this little nugget “Kensil decided to personally go down to the officials' locker room at halftime … one source said Kensil personally checked each of the PSI (pounds per square inch) levels of the 12 footballs the Patriots had for use on offense and that 11 of those 12 were under-inflated by ‘one to two pounds.’ ”

So a guy in the league office who’s been trying to pinch the Patriots for something for years went down and tested the PSI of the footballs at halftime and allegedly found them wanting?

He “personally” felt compelled to do that. It will be interesting to see how much Kensil’s halftime measurements – which he no doubt wrote down before reinflation – match up to the pregame measurements taken by head referee Walt Anderson’s measurements.

Oop!​

 

[wpdougie2180]

the report conflicts with Vincent saying Grigson started the whole thing, this report says the refs started the investigation which is it?

 

[IcyPatriot]

http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/curran-latest-deflategate-nugget-isnt-very-weighty

CHB got a boner over it on CSNNE ... such a wanker.

 

[Koma]

That's the real news. Why was a league executive tampering with footballs during an AFC Championship game? The rulebook is very clear: the referee has the sole authority over the footballs used in an NFL game. There's no provision that allows a league exec to tamper with the footballs during a game.

For me, that's really the question that needs to be answered in this investigation. What led Mike Kensil to decide he had to personally check the PSI in the Patriots footballs at halftime, something that's never been done in the history of the league? From the officials to the Colts player who intercepted Brady, every non-Patriot who handled the balls on the field didn't notice anything amiss. Kensil, though, based either on some information he received from parties yet unknown or a heightened sense that would be better served fighting crime, believed this situation demanded his personal attention.

I would be very happy if someone with a national audience gave this angle of the story some attention. I'm sure someone like Tom Curran will write about it, but his main audience is fans in New England. Unfortunately, someone like Bill Simmons is regarded as a homer and Peter King and his group are shills for the league.

 

[karguy85]

It's pretty obvious guys. The Patriots have at points attempted to sneak remote controlled kicking balls into the kicking game. Why do you think Cundiff missed the field goal in the 2011 AFC Championship. I'm sure right now Wells's investigation is searching for sideline video of Belichick using the remote control. It's obviously all part of a very intricate system of tampering footballs in New England, including both special teams balls and offense balls.

 

[Gronkowski123]

this story never goes away...is brunell gonna start crying again??


they hate us cause they aint us.

WORLD CHAMPS

 

[Fencer]

How much experience does Kensil have at measuring the pressure in footballs, while minimizing the pressure reduction caused by the measurement process itself?

 

[blackglass3]

Hell, I'm still upset with Belichick for using the CBS Scene screen outside the stadium when checking for replays. Even though its a terrible angle for him to see and because there are giant HD screens in each end zone that always show the replays for every play.

God, this whole thing is ridiculous. Thank the good Lord on Heaven I found Pats fans so I can get real Pats news and analysis.

 

[Jackson 2]

Cue idiots on tv lining up how kicking balls are advantageous to the QB. What is this story ? Coudl it not be possible he picked the wrong football and the officials sorted it out. WTF is going on here ?

CHB got a boner over it on CSNNE ... such a wanker.

If Shank would have been any more aroused, he would have sodomized ****erson. It was incredible TV. He was literally nearly jumping out of his chair.

 

[Bobsyouruncle]

Once McNally tried to introduce the unapproved football into the game, the source said, Yette notified the NFL's vice president of game operations, Mike Kensil, who was at the game in the press box.

Right, the guy gets handed a ball, immediately assumes he's being Jedi mind tricked and goes straight to... not the head official, not Blandino, but the league VP. That totally makes sense.

When my computer freezes up I go straight to Bill Gates. Sounds legit.