jeff blake -- has this already been posted 100x?

There was a time when both QB used the same balls - was that the case back then ? I know they couldn't "prepare" them like now until 2006, not sure if Cincy would have it's own balls and the opponent would have theirs.

In 2006, Brady and Peyton Manning successfully lobbied the league to let every team provide its own footballs to use on offense. Prior to that, it was always the home team that supplied the footballs, which meant that road team quarterbacks didn’t get to try the footballs out until pregame warmups.


Brady said at the time that he appreciated the opportunity to address the league’s Competition Committee and get a rule change that he felt would be advantageous to himself and other quarterbacks.


“The thing is, every quarterback likes it a little bit different,” Brady told the Sun-Sentinel at the time. “Some like them blown up a little bit more, some like them a little more thin, some like them a little more new, some like them really broken in.”

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apparently, blake was doctoring the ball both guys used

BelichickFan said:

There was a time when both QB used the same balls - was that the case back then ? I know they couldn't "prepare" them like now until 2006, not sure if Cincy would have it's own balls and the opponent would have theirs.

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Yeah but that's just more nitpicky parsing IMO. Either have an ironclad procedure or don't.

This actually says a lot because it says it is taking air out of the balls, but never says that they were taken below the legal limit. If when the team gets the balls from Wilson they are over-inflated then it would make a lot of sense for McNally to call himself the deflator. This would also explain away a lot of the texts between McNally and Jastremski.

Bella*chick said:

Yeah but that's just more nitpicky parsing IMO. Either have an ironclad procedure or don't.

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It kind of invalidates this Blake point, if they were deflating the balls it would be for both teams. Although I guess if one QB liked it soft and another didn't then it would be to the advantage of the one who liked it soft. But without separate balls it's a different issue.

That's IF both QBs of BOTH teams wanted them deflated, so it doesn't invalidate Blake's point. All he was stating was that it was a matter of personal preference.

But it points to the culture of football that these guys grew up playing. Nowadays we have the cry baby you cheated, that's why we lost NFL. Someone should see if the Jets and Goodell want every game to end in a tie and everybody gets a trophy.

BelichickFan said:

It kind of invalidates this Blake point, if they were deflating the balls it would be for both teams. Although I guess if one QB liked it soft and another didn't then it would be to the advantage of the one who liked it soft. But without separate balls it's a different issue.

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yeah, it's a worse issue if one guy is doctoring equipment used by the other guy

what happens when aaron rodgers comes to town ---- that's not an unfair advantage for blake?
if each guy doctors his own balls, so to speak, wgaf?

eom said:

yeah, it's a worse issue if one guy is doctoring equipment used by the other guy

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You're right, it's just a different issue with different implications.

For the most part, despite a decent season or two, Blake was a loser. People don't seem to care about "cheating" amongst losers. Heehee, they do that and STILL lose - usual response.