Patriots Legal Counsel Rebuttal of Wells Report

[sb1]

LOL @ McNally. WHATS UP DORITO DINK?

Is this guy 14?

 

[Deus Irae]

For those of you who've been panicking about them, we finally get the counter explanations for "Deflator" and "ESPN".

 

[Rob0729]

The report also brings up a good point that McNally knew the game was delayed 20 minutes and had plenty of time to go into the bathroom to slowly deflate the balls and get on the field long before the start of the game. With 20 minutes to go until the start of the game, why would he need to rush and deflate all the balls in a minute and a half?

 

[juny]

For those of you who've been panicking about them, we finally get the counter explanations for "Deflator" and "ESPN".

it this report a legal slam dunk rebuttal?

 

[Big-T]

In short, if officials lost track of the location of game footballs, it was not because Mr. McNally stealthily removed them. (Omitted from the investigation were interviews with all those League officials whom Mr. McNally walked past with the bags of footballs on his shoulders.) Even after halftime, when obvious attention was being paid to game footballs and psi issues by League and game officials, who took control of the footballs at halftime, the security video shows Mr. McNally, with no objection, taking the footballs from the Officials’ Locker Room back to the field totally unaccompanied by any League or Game official.

lol, this is gold.

 

[Kdo5]

Bertrand already trashing it. I could curious about responses. I'll give up on any media considering this.

 

[Deus Irae]

it this report a legal slam dunk rebuttal?

I haven't finished it yet, but probably not. It generally doesn't work that way.

 

[Concussion Protocol]

So before this, I just assumed McNally "snuck" the balls out of the refs locker room and into the bathroom. This report shows he casually walked past a gaggle of NFL officials and executives carrying 2 large bags of footballs without a worry in the world. Not exactly a picture of guilt.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Patriots are not going to turn the other cheek this time NFL. This is going to be interesting. If I'm Bob Kraft, I bring my lawyers to the owner's meeting. TRUST NO ONE ROBERT!

It kinda might happen. You know there will be NFL GC there.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

 

[Deus Irae]

Bertrand is on 98.5 and embarrassing himself, because he's commenting without reading the response. I'd suggest someone get him to shut up until he's more familiar with the document, but that would result in me missing out on the comedy of him shoving his entire leg into his mouth.

 

[festy1986]

Check mate. This is a fantastic rebuttal / point.

The report does not address whether one minute and 40 is consistent with the time that it takes a gentleman to enter a bathroom, relieve himself, wash his hands, and leave. In fact, it is. Nor does the report consider or acknowledge that, with the start of the game having been delayed, there was no reason for Mr. McNally to rush any efforts to deflate footballs in the bathroom if that was the task at hand. Mr. McNally had already been told that the start of the game had been delayed (from 6:40 to 6:50). He entered the bathroom with almost 20 minutes until game time. There was simply no need to rush were he engaged in releasing air from footballs — a process one would suspect would have to be done very carefully so as not to release too much air from any football. The one minute and 40 seconds in the bathroom was far more likely to have been for exactly the reason Mr. McNally gave.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Do you buy this?

 

[Ivan]

This will of course go over well with Pats fans, need to see if it any effect on more "neutral" parties.

When it comes to the Patriots there is no such thing.

 

[Tony2046]

IDK, Bill Nye is on TV. What TV show does MacKinnon host?

Bill Nye, who competes against Elmo and Snufflelufugus for airtime ratings, got it wrong.

 

[Gronkowski123]

the dumbest story in nfl history.

 

[Ivan]

Ted. Wells has is going to explode, I just hope it happens on national TV.

No more eating sh.t for the Patriots. 8 years too late but I'll take it.

 

[Deus Irae]

Do you buy this?

You have to read the Nov 30th text or it looks absurd. That is, in fact, what Bertrand was just talking about, but he ignored that Nov 30th text.

One can specifically see this use of the term in a Nov. 30, 2014 text from Mr. McNally to Mr. Jastremski: “deflate and give somebody that jacket.” (p. 87).

"Give somebody that jacket" makes no sense in a PSI scheme. It makes sense if a guy is dropping weight.

 

[Rob0729]

The Patriots did not produce McNally because Ted Wells agreed to no multiple interviews of personnel barring unforseen circumstances and they let him interview Jastremski multiple times:

https://wellsreportcontext.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/nep_psi_excerpts-from-emails-5_13_15-2.pdf

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Obnoxious Boston Fan ‏@realOBF 4m4 minutes ago
New Patriots sponsor. #Deflator