Grigson says they cried to the NFL the week leading up

JMC00 said:

@jeffphowe
Grigson said the Colts notified the league earlier in the week of the AFCCG about some concerns with the Patriots.

So if colts ran to the NFL before the game and the NFL didn't tell Pats of the concerns then doesn't that pretty make this whole thing a sting?

It also raises even more suspicion about the ball the colts intercepted.

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It would be easy to say the league is incompetent throughout this process, but that's disingenuous. They've been controlling each and every move, every step of the way.

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Rob0729 said:

"The integrity of the game is our number one importance. That is why we suspected the Pats illegally deflated their footballs and let them play with them until we checked them at halftime. It isn't like we let them play with illegal balls the entire game. That would put our integrity in question. But for a half is just good clean fun."

-Roger Goodell

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Rob0729 said:

So, the league sets up a sting operation to catch the Patriots, but yet they do not document the the PSI before the game or when they tested the footballs at halftime. Who was running the sting? This guy?

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Sicilian said:

Here's an alternative scenario:

1) Harbaugh tips off the Pagano about underinflated footballs, either because he doesn't understand weather or they want to intentionally make a bad situation for the Patriots.

2) Grigson reports it to the NFL. The NFL says, "Not a big deal, but we'll keep an eye on it."

3) The craziness with the league employee happens, he's caught stealing a football, there's some confusion about the kicking balls, and an investigation begins into THAT situation.

4) Grigson, assuming this investigation is about the underinflated footballs, tells Bob Kravitz that the Patriots are being investigated.

5) The media hysteria ensues, which forces the NFL to actually look into that or they appear to be ignoring what the masses has made into a big deal.

Unfortunately for the NFL, they never intended to look into the inflation of the footballs because for 8 years no one has ever cared. So they have no pre-game data, no halftime data, and have to hire Ted Wells to come up with SOMETHING so they don't look like idiots. Too late.

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scott99 said:

3) The Pats, despite what we all hope, and despite all of our anger about this issue, and despite what looks like vidication at this moment, will still get punished by the NFL. I would not be shocked with a $100,000 fine and a loss of a 2nd or 3rd round pick.

I would be COMPLETELY shocked if the Colts get in trouble, I doubt there is any proof the Colts deflated the footballs (I hope there is though). I doubt the NFL referees will get in trouble for not logging the weights of the footballs prior to the game. I think it will all fall on us (Pats organization).

I pray that I am wrong, I pray something comes out proving someone else is at fault. But this whole thing has always been about GETTING the Patriots.

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Fixit said:

So Grigson either:

a) kept his suspicions (real or not) in his pocket until a more crucial time ... the AFCCG ... and alerted the NFL as late as possible in order to create a huge distraction for the Pats (because they can't compete with them on the field), or ...

b) Harbaugh is lying his ass off.

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Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

Or the Colts called up the NFL office,

A guy answered the phone, muttered to himself "geesh... another call by those whiny paranoid tankers"

then he assured Grigson that "we will be on the lookout" and then rolled his eyes, hung up, and got back to his solitaire game.

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BradyManny said:

That's a good point. We know the officials weren't notified, so its not clear how seriously the NFL took this.

If thats the case, they were right to not take it seriously. But very wrong not to do their homework on why. PV = nRT

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Fixit said:

So Grigson either:

a) kept his suspicions (real or not) in his pocket until a more crucial time ... the AFCCG ... and alerted the NFL as late as possible in order to create a huge distraction for the Pats (because they can't compete with them on the field), or ...

b) Harbaugh is lying his ass off.

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micronin127 said:

Grigson has to answer these questions. He did notify the league of concerns and can't lie about it now.

What the league did... that's a whole different thing. They've screwed this up so badly that at this point I think everyone wants to move on with the rest of their lives.

It will be sweet to crush the Colts again next year! Luck is good. They have 2 decent TE's. They have a few good CB's. Other than that he needs a team that doesn't play so soft. Good luck fixing all that and adding skill players at WR and RB all in one offseason. Result: Pats 41 Colts 14... for the foreseeable future.

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