Deflate-Gate: Here We Go Again

BB should do the Marshawn Lynch pose with the trophy after the game without shaking Goodell's hand if we get a bs punishment.

The Brandon Five said:

It's sad that even this site is perpetuating the idea that kicking balls can be tampered with. They can't.

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But but but the NFL is all in on it from Krafty Bob's pocket. We all know how much Goodell loves the Pats. Look at that 1st round pick he took from them from doing something the rest of the league clearly wasn't doing.

Deus Irae said:

People trying to blame this on the NFL, or the Colts, or aliens, for example. Last night, we actually had someone *****ing about Mike Reiss, of all possible media people.

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That and people stressing out over this and losing sleep.

What people don't realize is the more they click on all these articles (mostly negative articles), the more these websites will produce said articles.

If people don't like all the negativity, stop clicking on all these articles. Otherwise, don't take it too seriously.

I damn well hope they give us the results of the Colts Balls as well, or this is totally biased BS.

condon84 said:

That and people stressing out over this and losing sleep.

What people don't realize is the more they click on all these articles (mostly negative articles), the more these websites will produce said articles.

If people don't like all the negativity, stop clicking on all these articles. Otherwise, don't take it too seriously.

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Problem is that most of the negativity is coming true....

OK, now this is funny !

Warning: if you don't have a sense of humor, don't bother clicking the link

I'm feeling a little bit better about this and feel the tide is turning with guys like Esiason, Gannon, Beurline and others saying it's a joke and that everybody does it. Comparing it to the George Brett pine tar incident is somewhat appropriate.

I wish all the Colts had Dwayne Allen's class.

@NFLonFOX not a story. They could have played with soap for balls and beat us. Simply the better team. We have to continue to build! #BTM

— Dwayne Allen (@Dallen83) January 21, 2015

Once the Patriots start losing, most of this stuff will go away. People don't like perennial winners in a league that is designed to have parity.

Noone is talking about the Saints bounty scandal anymore.
When the Colts stopped winning, claims about them piping in sound into their stadium died away.
The Jets coach tripping an opposing player (and tampering this year) noone cared about because they are losers.
Any number of teams have been alleged to intentially tamper with field conditions (flooding, etc) to gain an advantage.

Every team is looking for, and taking, an edge. The Patriots just happen to have an unparalleled stretch of winning and people are tired of the Patriots winning so much. If the Patriots had the Jets recent history, noone would even be talking about this.

The logistics of this don't make a lot of sense either. Is Belichick seriously dumb enough to take the risk of tampering with not 1, 2 or 3, but ELEVEN (11) footballs after being approved by the officials? Really? At home, against a team that they've blown out the past 3 meetings? Who have glaring weaknesses that they've exploited over & over again?

And as much as "everyone does it" sounds like an excuse to some people...IT'S NOT. IT'S F*CKING FACTUAL.

Let's hope that BB has blinded us with SCIENCE!

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...ut-the-ball/Eocm5m29nIlh0HRBjFWsYO/story.html

I agree with most of you.. if the have video proof fine them they deserve it... but also be fair and give it to rodgers, eli, vikings and panthers.. be fair... dont take away from this fantastic team

Double TE said:

You're overreacting in five years we are going to laugh at how silly this is.

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His precept was Brady being suspended for the SB, in which case Patriot fans wouldn't be laughing, and as I said I wouldn't watch the game and doubt I would ever again invest the time to bother following an NFL season again. I wouldn't see the point when all we end up with is this garbage. There are plenty of other things I could be doing and I would probably devote my time to those things.

Joey007 said:

We're the Patriots. We apparently deliberately cheated before. So we must be cheaters again.

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Perception is reality.

TBR said:

The logistics of this don't make a lot of sense either. Is Belichick seriously dumb enough to take the risk of tampering with not 1, 2 or 3, but ELEVEN (11) footballs after being approved by the officials? Really? At home, against a team that they've blown out the past 3 meetings? Who have glaring weaknesses that they've exploited over & over again?

And as much as "everyone does it" sounds like an excuse...IT'S NOT. IT'S F*CKING FACTUAL.

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Not sure how to handle this as a fan if it all is indeed true. I'll be watching the Super Bowl (which btw is a must win. a loss would totally destroy us). But beyond that I feel sick.

Deflating balls is totally unnecessary. We destroyed this team anyhow. It doesn't matter if the deflated balls had no effect. If it was cheating, it's cheating. The result doesn't matter.

This ****ing sucks for many reasons, but mainly is this:

If we lose the super bowl everyone is gonna say how cheaters never win and that it's karma.

If we win, everyone is gonna say there's an asterisk next to it because we cheated blah blah

And even if the league says we didn't know or it wasn't deliberate, you know the damage has already been done. Fools are gonna say godell gave us a free pass and sweeped it under the rug.

It's a lose-lose any possible way you spin it

Mark12 said:

This ****ing sucks for many reasons, but mainly is this:

If we lose the super bowl everyone is gonna say how cheaters never win and that it's karma.

If we win, everyone is gonna say there's an asterisk next to it because we cheated blah blah

And even if the league says we didn't know or it wasn't deliberate, you know the damage has already been done. Fools are gonna say godell gave us a free pass and sweeped it under the rug.

It's a lose-lose any possible way you spin it

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i can assure you i will enjoy another trophy

NENGFAN said:

Problem is that most of the negativity is coming true....

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Whether it's true or not, if people don't like to hear negative stuff about the Pats, don't listen, watch, or read the negative stuff. It really is that simple.

We are still going to play in the SB.

People will hate this team no matter what.

BB will still push the envelope to get an advantage irrespective of what comes out of this.

Ivan said:

His precept was Brady being suspended for the SB, in which case Patriot fans wouldn't be laughing, and as I said I wouldn't watch the game and doubt I would ever again invest the time to bother following an NFL season again. I wouldn't see the point when all we end up with is this garbage. There are plenty of other things I could be doing and I would probably devote my time to those things.

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I feel similarly, I was a living in CA and a Sacramento Kings fan for the debacle game 6 against the Lakers and I quit the NBA and never went back. Done it before and would do it again if I get fed up enough.

RavensPurple said:

Perception is reality.

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My apologies to you for some clown giving you a dislike about that post.

Ivan said:

His precept was Brady being suspended for the SB, in which case Patriot fans wouldn't be laughing, and as I said I wouldn't watch the game and doubt I would ever again invest the time to bother following an NFL season again. I wouldn't see the point when all we end up with is this garbage. There are plenty of other things I could be doing and I would probably devote my time to those things.

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brady would retire if that happened.