NFL's mouthpiece (ESPN) at it again with OTL piece on cameragate

[Brady2Moss]

This OTL report was surely "independent".

Ted wells said so!

 

[shmessy]

Last night 345 park Avenue, NY NY - Meeting between Executives of NFL and ESPN:

"Oh God, this is a disaster"

"What do we do next?"

"I got it!!!! Reopen Spygate!!!!"

 

[VrabelJr]

I read the entire article. All I can say is that NFL owners are as pathetic as politicians. All they care about is "toeing the Party line." They don't care about fairness, science or reasoning. It's about keeping the money printing machine going. That's it and that's all.

If the Super Bowl isn't won by one of the next generation of QBs the NFL so desparately wants to take stage (Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, etc.) I'll be really surprised. Thank god we have BB and Brady to foil their plans as usual.

 

[102 Pat]

Thanks ESPN, you've made an already pissed off Brady even madder

Did anybody really expect the NFL to go quietly into the night? Embrace being the villain folks...

 

[Hammer of Thor]

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13533995/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart

Gee, where could they possibly have heard that story? There couldn't possibly be an employee of ESPN who was a committee member back then, could there have been? And that person certainly wasn't getting his butt kicked by the Pats every year, and continually changing the rules to try to prevent that? Couldn't be the same someone who was just crying a few weeks ago about the Patriots cheating? Nah, couldn't be.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

The smear campaign will never end.

And that's what Bob Kraft is oblivious to.... He doesn't understand that when you allow someone to beat up you, all it does is guarantee that people will still beat up on you

 

[ivanvamp]

How the Patriots respond to "cheating"....

2007 - Caught taping against the rules. Result: League's only 16-0 season. And a higher winning percentage AFTER taping than when they were taping.

2015 playoffs - Brady goes off in the second half against the Colts, and sets SB records against the Seahawks with footballs that are properly inflated.

So....this bodes well for New England for 2015.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

We need to boo the **** out of ESPN when they come here for the Bills game. Get a lot of signs about how much they lie.

Just video bomb them the entire game with either catcalls "ESPN lies" or posters that say the same thing on one side, and ESPN is great on the other. When the camera zooms in on the ESPN is great as they inevitably do, flip it to the other side. Do it enough times and it will freak them out...

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

You Kraft rump swabs and Pollyannas need to wake up and realize what some of us have been saying...
There is a blood vendetta going on against the Patriots. Owners, league front office, media minions.
SOMETHING will be ginned up this season in yet another attempt to derail the Patriots playoff success.
BANK ON IT.
Dig your heads out of the sand.

 

[The Boston Patriot]

The worse thing that the NFL did was destroying the tapes. Not only did I want to see the cheerleader footage but it would have prevented the imbeciles from propagating their mythical version of the incident. Of course other owners complained, they were getting their asses handed to them on the field and they choose the easiest way to stop the team; have others do it for them.

Mike & Mike are two of the biggest morons around, not quite up to par with F&M, but they are getting there. Calling out some mediots is a futile gesture as you can't be too wrong in painting the entire community with the same brush: National Enquirer School of Journalism (with apologies to the Enquirer).

 

[SVN]

Tom E. Curran ‏@tomecurran 7m7 minutes ago
Tom E. Curran retweeted Wall Defender
Yes it does. But that real news trumped by re-reporting 8-year-old story to breathe life back into boogeyman
Tom E. Curran added,
Wall Defender @IBelieveBrady
@tomecurran The OTL piece essentially confirms #Deflaetgate was a witch hunt.
Tom E. Curran ‏@tomecurran 5m5 minutes ago
ESPN story is 10,704 words long. Of those, 9.120 are devoted to videotaping scandal of 2007.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I know they can't deny ESPN press credentials but could they "lose the credentials" or delay it enough to annoy them so they get a sense of the level of irritation? Don't call on them in press conferences and give them the ultimate cold shoulder.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Kraft needs to order every Patriots employee to say nothing to anyone from ESPN other than "I'm giving 110%" and "We're on to <next opponent>." Freeze them out completely.

 

[5thRing-Hunt]

If we win on Thursday bill should walk up to the press conference podium. When he's asked about the game he should just say "ask espn. I'm not sure if we won by spying, deflating balls, bribing officials or screwing with the time clock. Thanks"

 

[SVN]

now panthers also claim their practices were taped.

None of these guys think they were just not good..everyting is because of cheating.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...onvinced-patriots-taped-super-bowl-practices/

 

[The Gr8est]

It's time for Kraft to step up and defend the team! (stop laughing patsfans.com)

Bob had his chance in 2007, might be time for Jonathan to step up.

 

[dales804]

now panthers also claim their practices were taped.

None of these guys think they were just not good..everyting is because of cheating.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...onvinced-patriots-taped-super-bowl-practices/

Didn't we already hear about this from their former GM or something? The guy who was praising the owner as a stand up guy when Hardy was still playing for his team?

 

[Wordsmyth]

Their **** is so tiring. Goodell must be so livid, hes going off the rails and is using ESPN to throw anything and everything they have.

Scorched-Earth Stokoe.

 

[Kdo5]

My (possibly a little off calculations)...

2000-2007 (while allegedly taping signals):
88-39

2007-2015 (not taping signals):
108-34

Yeah HUGE competitive advantage.

 

[Wordsmyth]

Yeah, they were quick on that

Does anyone have a link to the Pats' statement?