letekro
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Seriously... What text messages are in any way evidence that Tom Brady orchestrated a scheme to deflate footballs?
The texts are *suspicious* IF, and only IF, you start with the presumption that something nefarious happened.
The IGL is sufficient to show the world that the shock and awe that everyone experienced at the revelation that the Pats' footballs had lower air pressure could easily be explained by the laws of physics. And therefore the obvious next step would be to hold the horses and start from the beginning and use Occam's Razor and start with natural causes first. Of course, the NFL did just the opposite - assumed guilt and went from there.
The best assumptions favor this interpretation. (1) Anderson's gauge recollection is correct; we should assume this because the Wells Report assumes his recollection is spot-on on every other point; (2) the basic physics show that if you start with reasonable room and outside temps, that the footballs should end up right where they were. You have to fiddle with the assumptions to get the story to be what Goodell claims it is.
Wet footballs is a perfectly reasonable assumption given that, you know, it was POURING RAIN that day.
But we know which set of assumptions is more reasonable. And based on reasonable assumptions, the science exonerates the Patriots completely.
Science provides us with a very clear road map. Occam's Razor again.
Again, what, exactly, do the texts show? What do they tell us?
It's insufficient to meet ANY reasonable standard. The texts are evidence of NOTHING.
This is correct.
90% wrong and no effort at all to be honest.