Bill Belichick will meet with the media today at 9:30 a.m

Tunescribe · Jan 22, 2015

I would absolutely love to see Chris Mortensen's "inside information" about 11 of 12 balls being flat proven as unfounded and the media walk away from this with a big black eye.

goheels22002 · Jan 22, 2015

SacPete1 said:
I thought it was interesting that Bill talked about his history of how he deals with footballs during practice, to talk to any current or former player about discussions or lack there of regarding air pressure.

Great observation. Belichick just sent the media scrambling to their cell phones to call every ex-Patriot they can to see if the Patriots used crappy balls in practice. I hope they call Zo, Wiggy, Matt Light, Randy Moss, Damien Woody, etc etc. Flutie, Bledsoe, Mallett, and Hoyer can all now testify.

Circle the wagons, boys.

Sicilian · Jan 22, 2015

goheels22002 said:
Great observation. Belichick just sent the media scrambling to their cell phones to call every ex-Patriot they can to see if the Patriots used crappy balls in practice. I hope they call Zo, Wiggy, Matt Light, Randy Moss, Damien Woody, etc etc. Flutie, Bledsoe, Mallett, and Hoyer can all now testify.

Circle the wagons, boys.

Unfortunately, the first people they'd call are Wes Welker, Adalius Thomas, and Kevin O'Connell.

Blizzzard · Jan 22, 2015

Is it just me or did BB seem upset or crestfallen?
He just didn't seem his usual defiant self

goheels22002 · Jan 22, 2015

Sicilian said:
Unfortunately, the first people they'd call are Wes Welker, Adalius Thomas, and Kevin O'Connell.

I don't know what Adalius Thomas and Kevin O'Connell might say, but Wes, out of work the way he is, will put his best foot forward and probably ask, "Who? Bill who? Tom? Tom who? Would someone please answer the phone? What? Whate does underinflate mean? What's for lunch?..."

Skree · Jan 22, 2015

OT: Seahawks had illegal 6-man wedge on onside kick.

Apparently, in the spirit of complete fairness - SB49 s/b Colts/Packers. There's nothing else to be done.

Bella*chick · Jan 22, 2015

Why would he be happy and excited? He is trying to ignore the noise before the biggest game of the year and YET AGAIN another ****storm by some butthurt bunch of losers is attempting to derail that in spectacular fashion.

All the blood, sweat, and hours of hard work that he and his players have put into the year and this is what they end up with before the Superbowl. I would be LIVID.

I'll say this about the Colts….the next time they prance into Gillette I am going to the game and I will make a giant sign asking about their balls. They thought "Cut That Meat!" was bad? They should NEVER live this down. Ditto the Ravens.

Big-T · Jan 22, 2015

"Tom's personal preference on his bal...footballs" lol there's a few slips like that in his press conference.

He does seem pretty sad about it all though.

Galeb · Jan 22, 2015

It sucks that BB and company had to waste cycles on this while preparing for the Superbowl. After all this, I think a win in this Superbowl be more significant to the Pats legacy than a win in 07 would have been.

Patriot_in_NY · Jan 22, 2015

Tunescribe said:
I would absolutely love to see Chris Mortensen's "inside information" about 11 of 12 balls being flat proven as unfounded and the media walk away from this with a big black eye.

^^ This.

I saw this nugget in another comment somewhere else (profootballtalk.... I known, I known

). But still, its germaine to the topic.

Don’t be surprised if league announces balls were .2lbs psi. under, not 2lbs psi. under. When referencing what Pats would do in the future he twice used .3lbs as a guideline.

Methinks that Morty might have been off by QUITE a bit, either deliberatly, or because he is a clueless tool. It could explain my earlier theory that the NFL doesn't have crap, except a couple of (technically) minimally deflated balls, but no smoking gun that could not be accounted for by gronking weather, 300 lbs linemen falling on them, etc....

Letting the Patriots clear the way for their ultimate complete aquittal on the subject.

memento · Jan 22, 2015

Seahawks formation is legal, at least 4 players on either side. We don't gain anything by calling other teams cheaters.

Danger Zone · Jan 22, 2015

Sicilian said:
Unfortunately, the first people they'd call are Wes Welker, Adalius Thomas, and Kevin O'Connell.

And it would be just as sad that no one would ever pick up on the fact that in 15 years, Bill the Evil Coach probably has fewer ex-players ready to bad mouth him than most (or any?) player's coach.

That says something to me.

As does the fact that we've had so many "personalities" come through here, many of whom are known for their willingness to go negative and for taking things personally. All of whom have left saying the best things about Belichick and the Patriots.

Efstratios · Jan 22, 2015

Bella*chick said:
Why would he be happy and excited? He is trying to ignore the noise before the biggest game of the year and YET AGAIN another ****storm by some butthurt bunch of losers is attempting to derail that in spectacular fashion.

All the blood, sweat, and hours of hard work that he and his players have put into the year and this is what they end up with before the Superbowl. I would be LIVID.

I'll say this about the Colts….the next time they prance into Gillette I am going to the game and I will make a giant sign asking about their balls. They thought "Cut That Meat!" was bad? They should NEVER live this down. Ditto the Ravens.

To borrow a phrase from a certain Seattle DB that we'll be seeing in 10 days or so, I hope that we "choke out" Indy every single time we play them from now on.... We could curbstomp them 10 more times, and it wouldn't even begin to approach a sufficient retribution for the **** they've pulled this week...

Robdude · Jan 22, 2015

I am willing to bet the Seahawks are thrilled about all of this. They are a power house team and get to practice and develop a game plan in relative quietness. While the Patriots have to spend time/effort on dealing with this instead of the Seahawks

PatsFanSince74 · Jan 22, 2015

mgteich said:
I agree that these all these remarks were carefully prepared. Brady and ownership certainly were not surprised by anything Belichick said. In fact, it seems clear to everyone that the comments were not "normal" Belichick. Every analysis that I have heard indicates that this is Belichick's longest uninterrupted statement on any matter. This just wasn't Belichick's style.

that being the case, Belichick could have said many things. He could have said that, as coach, that he is responsible for everything that goes on. He could have said that he is investigating and he will find out exactly what happened and discipline folks appropriately (last time a cameraman was fired). But Belichick did none of these. He used his prepared comments to make a Sergeant Schultz replay to the situation "I know nothing". Further, he basically said that it Brady who would know about everything to with the football.

Some characterize this as throwing Brady under the bus. In any case, Belichick absolved himself of all controversy (similar to what happened at the college level when this issue came up).

I agree with your interpretation of this. When I read BB's remarks, my first thought was "how un-Belichickian." They read like the remarks of someone trying to save his reputation. Every word was no doubt crafted (no pun intended) with the Krafts.

I actually believe him, absent further disclosures.

I also think that TB's press conference this afternoon is "must see TV." I'm not ready to say Belichick threw Brady under the bus either...though that is not a far-fetched interpretation of his remarks. But, the ball (once again, no pun intended) is clearly in Brady's court. He has a lot more capital with the media than BB and will no doubt have been prepped by the best in the business for how he speaks.

My only problem is that I wish he'd been able to spend the hours he has no doubt spent on this getting ready for the Seattle game.

50-yard-line · Jan 22, 2015

Maybe it's confirmation bias driving my perceptions of that presser, but as soon as I read some of the stories related to this, I came to believe that BB got blindsided by something of which he knew nothing.

My big fear was that the Pats were tampering with the balls on the sidelines, or something. After the presser, I can't believe that's the case, because that would hang it back on BB - it's HIS sideline.

My feeling is that Brady likes the ball softer, so goes to 12.5 or even a bit below that to see what he can get (much like Rodgers said in the other direction). Maybe he does a "trick" of inflating the ball in the warmest conditions allowable, or something like that - maybe he has Wilfork sit on them pre-game, or lets Gronk warm up his spiking arm.

Or maybe he hands the balls to the refs at 12.0 and hopes they overlook it.

I can't believe it's much more than that after the press conference, given that BB's denials would be easily enough provable.

NSPF · Jan 22, 2015

ESPN is such a ****, their video doesn't show any of Belichick explaning that he had no involvement, and instead just shows the end where he keeps saying "I have no explanation, I don't have anything more I can tell you".

LightSkinSmurf · Jan 22, 2015

Can't wait to hear what brady has to say.

upstater1 · Jan 22, 2015

PatsFanSince74 said:
I agree with your interpretation of this. When I read BB's remarks, my first thought was "how un-Belichickian." They read like the remarks of someone trying to save his reputation. Every word was no doubt crafted (no pun intended) with the Krafts.

I actually believe him, absent further disclosures.

I also think that TB's press conference this afternoon is "must see TV." I'm not ready to say Belichick threw Brady under the bus either...though that is not a far-fetched interpretation of his remarks. But, the ball (once again, no pun intended) is clearly in Brady's court. He has a lot more capital with the media than BB and will no doubt have been prepped by the best in the business for how he speaks.

My only problem is that I wish he'd been able to spend the hours he has no doubt spent on this getting ready for the Seattle game.

Belichick said he has no idea how the balls became under inflated.

Can we presume he spoke to Brady.

reflexblue · Jan 22, 2015

Robdude said:
I am willing to bet the Seahawks are thrilled about all of this. They are a power house team and get to practice and develop a game plan in relative quietness. While the Patriots have to spend time/effort on dealing with this instead of the Seahawks

They shouldn't be, the pats are going to use this as motivation and come out of the tunnel on fire come game day.

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