Screw You Manish Mehta!

Ivan said:

No doubt, just read this board and there is more than enough evidence that it caused many to lose their minds.

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No question.

flasox27 said:

After all the punishments are meted out, the Jets penalty if any will swap of positions in a mid round and loss of low round draft choice. I say if because the New York media which the Jets alumni club which runs the NFL listens to is clamoring for forgiveness not a punishment. In Goodell's NFL, the only team that has received and will continue to receive disproportionate punishment is the Pats. We will see what happens when the wells report and Jets tampering report come out and what Goodell does with them.

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One other thing to remember: Goodell serves at the owners' pleasure. And Kraft is not pleased with Goodell right now.

I notice that Manish is insinuating that the Pats tampered with Revis last year when they signed him after Tampa released him.

Typical rodent defense. Just like in Tripgate, "the Pats do it too."

ctpatsfan77 said:

One other thing to remember: Goodell serves at the owners' pleasure. And Kraft is not pleased with Goodell right now.

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And, reportedly, plenty of owners are jealous of NE and (one might reasonably assume) would love to see NE get screwed. I wouldn't put all that much hope for justice in "Kraft is not pleased with Goodell".

rlcarr said:

And, reportedly, plenty of owners are jealous of NE and (one might reasonably assume) would love to see NE get screwed. I wouldn't put all that much hope for justice in "Kraft is not pleased with Goodell".

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On the flip side, no owner wants to get screwed over in a half-assed, incompetent sting operation, either.

After all like 7 violations Jets committed, they kinda have to do SOMETHING. They should punish the Jets and say from now on if anybody is caught doing something like this a 2nd round pick will be taken and the contract will be voided.

Froob said:

After all like 7 violations Jets committed, they should be punished and Revis' contract should be voided.

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It wouldn't matter Woody would just increase his offer and the NFLPA would never agree to the idea of limiting the teams a player can sign with, especially if it takes the highest bidder out of the equation. Better to simply take the Jets first rounder and award it to the Patriots for the Jets repeated tampering with the Patriots HOF caliber cornerback.

SUCK ON THAT JETFANS.

Ivan said:

It wouldn't matter Woody would just increase his offer and the NFLPA would never agree to the idea of limiting the teams a player can sign with, especially if it takes the highest bidder out of the equation. Better to simply take the Jets first rounder and award it to the Patriots for the Jets repeated tampering with the Patriots HOF caliber cornerback.

SUCK ON THAT JETFANS.

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Fair enough for this time, wouldn't be fair because there isn't a precedent for it. But I think in future cases it should be considered. It's not like the player isn't involved in the tampering.

How do they let fan boys become journalists?

Froob said:

Fair enough for this time, wouldn't be fair because there isn't a precedent for it. But I think in future cases it should be considered. It's not like the player isn't involved in the tampering.

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I would love it if that were the sanction but I just don't see how they get around the issue of limiting buyers with the NFLPA.

Ice_Ice_Brady said:

How do they let fan boys become journalists?

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The funny thing is he isn't a fan boy. He is a guy who pisses everyone off. The Jets fans hate him.

The Gr8est said:

I notice that Manish is insinuating that the Pats tampered with Revis last year when they signed him after Tampa released him.

Typical rodent defense. Just like in Tripgate, "the Pats do it too."

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Ya loves how he just happens to forget Tampa was trying to get something for Revis because they were cutting him so they probably called around to teams and probably even asked Revis which team he'd be ok with. Also don't really recall Kraft coming out two months prior saying if he knew he could have gotten Revis for a 1st round pick and that deal he would have done it or the Pats leaking contract info to media guys and saying how he was top priority of the off-season while he was still under contract.

Beside for the supposed tampering by the Pats it didn't work because reports were Revis' first choice was the jests.

Rob0729 said:

Tampering is Florio's pet project. He has been vocal about how the league looking the other way about tampering for years. Unfortunately only he and Tom Curran in the media actually think tampering is a bigger deal than people make it out to be.

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I disagree about Florio. It seems lately when this Jets controversy is discussed Florio is always sure to remind us that "tampering happens all the time." I've noticed this in the current and past articles. Fine, but then he preaches fire and brimstone from his pulpit when the Pats allegedly break a rule and don't you dare say the issue is petty or "everybody does it" because that is no excuse and this must be punished severely.

Rob0729 said:

The funny thing is he isn't a fan boy. He is a guy who pisses everyone off. The Jets fans hate him.

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I was initially wondering why you are comparing a columnist (Mehta) who obviously loves his home team's FO, owner and coaches to Borges, who hates our FO, owner and coaches.

But then, your last line above - assuming you are referring to Mehta - will establish common ground, along with the fact that neither seem to be able to think clearly.

I think the fact that Mehta is putting this out there is a sign that the Jets FO is freaking out about the possible remedy for their repeated tampering and ultimate signing of Revis. He was used as a conduit to help the Jets get Revis back and he knows it and now he is trying to help them get away with it.

SUCK THAT JETFANS

NYCPatsFan said:

I was initially wondering why you are comparing a columnist (Mehta) who obviously loves his home team's FO, owner and coaches to Borges, who hates our FO, owner and coaches.

But then, your last line above - assuming you are referring to Mehta - will establish common ground, along with the fact that neither seem to be able to think clearly.

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Jets fans think Mehta is as big of a Jets hater as Borges is a Patriots hater. Mehta has changed his tune since the new regime came in, but he always blasted Ryan, Tannenbaum, and Idzik. Even before Jets fans did.

I've read Mehta over the years and I must say this is very much out of character for him.

He is usually a very straight down the middle - Reiss type of reporter when it comes to what he says about the Pats.

I'm guessing this out of character outburst against the Patriots is because he feels he may be seen as someone who screwed the Jets big time here.

Lavictoire said:

I disagree about Florio. It seems lately when this Jets controversy is discussed Florio is always sure to remind us that "tampering happens all the time." I've noticed this in the current and past articles. Fine, but then he preaches fire and brimstone from his pulpit when the Pats allegedly break a rule and don't you dare say the issue is petty or "everybody does it" because that is no excuse and this must be punished severely.

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One thing Florio isn't is a Jets apologist. He is just pointing out the obvious fact that the league looks the other way when teams tamper.

But Florio has to tread lightly on this report because Mehta is frequent guest on his podcast.

I can't help thinking that somehow, the Jets punishment will be minimized and deflategate will be maximized so that the punishments cancel out (at best). That way the Jets will escape most of the negative attention and their fans will be happy to accept it.

A penalty is useless if it doesn't serve as an effective deterrent to the future behavior.

Swapping fourth rounders is effing meaningless when the reward for engaging in the behavior is signing a future Hall of Famer away from a division rival.

Goodell needs to make sure the penalty here STINGS.