(Merged x3) It's All Happening!!! PFT Now Blames The NFL For Tarnishing The PATS Image

Archeryaddict12 said:

Yea, what's or who is swami. I saw him say it but I don't know what that meant?

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Yoga term.

patfanken said:

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8. Finally, I'm PISSED, and I'm out for blood. I want my pound of flesh. I don't want simply see people walk away from this with a Rosanne Rosanadana-esque "NEVER MIND". The not only was the Pats reputation hurt, a bad lawyer could prove economic damages. They were POSITIVELY slandered. Christ, NPR"s Wait Wait Don't Tell Me lampooned the Pats TWICE during the show, including a segment where they aske the guest to guess "how the Pats will cheat next Sunday" That's NP freakin' R
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As an NFL franchise, the media can pretty much say whatever it wants about the Patriots. As a public figure, the media can pretty much say whatever it wants about Brady, as long as it doesn't cross any of the bright lines that have been drawn in the law over decades. In addition, the NFL can choose to sanction or discipline the Patriots as an organization as long as what it does falls within certain broad parameters.

But.

What the NFL cannot do is accuse one of its players of wrongdoing without proof. That's why what BB did last week was so brilliant. He wasn't throwing Brady under the bus. He said in so many words that "the organization didn't do anything wrong but go talk to Tom." Brady then denied any misdeeds. At that point, this became about him. The NFL can either prove that he "cheated" or it can't. Clearly, it can't. Checkmate.

Now, everything else is starting to come out. The briefing on Saturday was part of some broader strategy that is unknown to us and behind the scenes but probably involves Bob Kraft playing hardball with the League and the Colts and the Jets and maybe the Ravens.

My only hope is that Josh and Patricia have been able to keep their focus and that of the team on the Seahawks, while Belichick dealt with all this ********.

PlainOldEd said:

If they are they will look even more foolish. why should it take them 10 extra days to come to the same conclusion the pats came to in 2 days? I think by Tuesday this will be put to bed.

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Brady said today he doesn't expect to talk to the NFL until after the SB.

Mv1029 said:

Yes. Nothing revealing accept what Reiss Tweeted.

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Brady said he thinks he'll be contacted after the Super Bowl...

SVN said:

Mike Reiss ‏@MikeReiss 59m59 minutes ago
Tom Brady tells ESPN's Chris Berman, at halftime of Pro Bowl broadcast, that he's yet to be contacted by NFL on football investigation.

Mike Reiss ‏@MikeReiss 56m56 minutes ago
Tom Brady's Pro Bowl halftime interview with ESPN's Chris Berman ends on a light note, when Brady says, "Thanks Swami."

anyone watch this interview ?

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My son and I got home from his basketball game tonight and caught the last 2 minutes of it.

He certainly looked more relaxed than he did Thursday afternoon!

Archeryaddict12 said:

Yea, what's or who is swami. I saw him say it but I don't know what that meant?

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Nickname for Berman.

shmessy said:

He certainly looked more relaxed than he did Thursday afternoon!

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Perhaps it was the lack of torches and pitchforks.

Colts
Ravens
Jets

AKA

The Sour Grapes Brigade.

shmessy said:

In that case, if the Colts tested it before handing it over to the NFL officials, they are guilty of tampering with a ball that belongs to the New England Patriots.

There is no gray area on that.

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I actually think they get to keep intercepted balls. The linebacker, Jackson, said he wanted it for a souvenir but he never saw it again. In any case, it was no longer Pats property and no longer in the game, so they didn't tamper illegally that way. But if they did test it themselves, you are right, they tampered with evidence. How long did they put the gauge in? How many times? Did they let a lot of air escape? Did the officials watch them test it? Or did they hand it right over to the officials without testing it? I bet not. Interesting questions that hopefully get answered. And I hope Jackson gets the ball back sometime - it was a good play and he deserves to have it.

Archeryaddict12 said:

Yea, what's or who is swami. I saw him say it but I don't know what that meant?

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Chris Berman's nickname on the ESPN set. He used to do a segment (he may still) where he made predictions and wore a headdress.

I think the senate needs to investigate the NFL and its executive's role in manipulating this. This is getting very big.

Mv1029 said:

Yes. Nothing revealing accept what Reiss Tweeted.

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http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story...-says-expects-talk-nfl-deflategate-super-bowl

Best part of tonight was Vinatieri shanking 3 FG's ... is there a Pro Bowl piss test?

Charlotte Pats Fan said:

Or the trainers that Jackson gave the ball too took it upon themself to let a little more air out of the ball.

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I don't know. A big part of our defense is "It would be hard to tamper in front of all those people/cameras and not be seen". The same alibi applies to the Colts messing with that ball.

Much more likely Florio (and Mortensen) are wrong about a lot of things. Footballs are not totally uniform. They all were under slightly different forces. It would be unusual for them all to be down exactly the same amount. Look at some of the experiments that have been done on Youtube.

I wish brady didnt interview with ESPN.

SVN said:

I wish brady didnt interview with ESPN.

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Why? He has nothing to hide

SVN said:

I wish brady didnt interview with ESPN.

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Because of what he said? Or because they've been ripping him most of the week?

If it's the latter, I agree, but who knows if it was something he couldn't decline.

vuudu said:

Albert Breer ✔ @AlbertBreer
At this point last week, I didn't know what PSI stood for. #DeflateGate
So these guys are not really trolling they may actually be this ignorant. No wonder BB just does want to get to their level. They are dumb "D-U-M". Yes that is how you spell dumb.

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How in the hell does a grown man go through his life and not know what psi stands for?

Danger Zone said:

Sharks of Vegas @SharksOfVegas · 15m15 minutes ago
Mike Kensil, remember that name guys.......

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Lesley Whodat ‏@saintcool13 1h1 hour ago
@SharksOfVegas so this is all about jets vs pats?

Sharks of Vegas @SharksOfVegas · 1h 1 hour ago
@saintcool13 more of Mike Kensil going full ******
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Sharks has been bang on throughout this whole debacle, from what I've seen. If Kensil sabotaged the ball he's a ****ing idiot and I hope he goes down big time.

Danny said:

Sharks has been bang on throughout this whole debacle, from what I've seen. If Kensil sabotaged the ball he's a ****ing idiot and I hope he goes down big time.

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In a perfect world for Pats fans, this will end with some team other than the Patriots losing draft picks, and with one or more NFL office folks losing their jobs.