Bedard:Pats sources: Strong statements by NFL officials left out of Wells report

SVN · May 11, 2015

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/05/11/robert-kraft-roger-goodell-deflategate-wells-report

The entire incident began when the Colts intercepted a ball in the first half of the AFC championship game and found it to have low pressure. After the Colts informed the league, all 11 of the Patriots’ balls were inspected and found to be below the allowable level. Patriots sources are steadfast—and their belief was conveyed to the league, according to a source—that Mike Kensil, the NFL’s VP of game operations, walked up to Patriots equipment manager Dave Schoenfeld on the sideline after halftime and said, “We weighed the balls. You are in big f------ trouble.” New England and Kraft thought this incident, and others, showed bias by the league and would be explored in the Wells report. But the Patriots’ theories (including another in which they believed the Colts deflated the intercepted ball) were tossed aside, with the report simply calling the sideline interaction a difference in recollection.

Bourne Again Christian · May 11, 2015

I think I want my picks back.

Bourne Again Christian · May 11, 2015

Kraft better fight for that first back. You can keep the 4th and a FU

Wrath Mania · May 11, 2015

First salvo delivered via Bedard. Nothing extraordinary, but hopefully a fraction of what's to come.

SVN · May 11, 2015

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england...s-hes-not-done-fighting-on-behalf-of-patriots

Wrath Mania · May 12, 2015

While I love guys like Howe, Curran, and Reiss who have been on Brady's side from the start, if the Patriots want to start dropping bombs through the media it has to come through national guys like Bedard. Get ugly.

SVN · May 12, 2015

Wrath Mania said:
First salvo delivered via Bedard. Nothing extraordinary, but hopefully a fraction of what's to come.

Why is this coming now from bedard after the ruling ? I dont get it.

BradyFTW! · May 12, 2015

Wrath Mania said:
First salvo delivered via Bedard. Nothing extraordinary, but hopefully a fraction of what's to come.

Bingo, that's what's most encouraging about this. For Bedard to be getting that information now, it looks like the Patriots (or at least some people within the organization) are ready to go to war.

Wrath Mania · May 12, 2015

SVN said:
Why is this coming now from bedard after the ruling ? I dont get it.

The Patriots are starting to talk. If BB or anyone close to Kraft was withholding things they knew were unjust, to take the high-road, now is the time to unload. Hopefully it amounts to more than just minor chatter. I understand that a court of law is where most of a difference will be made. But it can go hand-in-hand, as the Wells Report itself demonstrates...

BradyFTW! · May 12, 2015

SVN said:
Why is this coming now from bedard after the ruling ? I dont get it.

Someone from the Patriots is taking the gloves off.

Sciz · May 12, 2015

SVN said:
Why is this coming now from bedard after the ruling ? I dont get it.

Apparently somebody thought there was something to gain by shutting up and taking it. Now that we know that was the worst possible strategy, there's not anything to lose by doing the opposite now.

SVN · May 12, 2015

but how are they going to prove it in a he said she said argument ? iam curious.

captain stone · May 12, 2015

That intercepted ball never should've been thrown by Brady in the first place. That decision was almost
as bad as the INT he threw at the end of the 1st half vs the Ratbirds.
And now because of that screw-up, we are stuck in this sh!tstorm. Damn.

SVN said:
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/05/11/robert-kraft-roger-goodell-deflategate-wells-report

Hammer of Thor · May 12, 2015

Sciz said:
Apparently somebody thought there was something to gain by shutting up and taking it. Now that we know that was the worst possible strategy, there's not anything to lose by doing the opposite now.

This has the potential to be a reporter's wet dream - dirt on the NFL released by the Belichick era Patriots. Some reporter's career might be made here.

Wrath Mania · May 12, 2015

BradyFTW! said:
Bingo, that's what's most encouraging about this. For Bedard to be getting that information now, it looks like the Patriots (or at least some people within the organization) are ready to go to war.

Wouldn't shock me if it's BB.

captain stone said:
That intercepted ball never should've been thrown by Brady in the first place. That decision was almost
as bad as the INT he threw at the end of the 1st half vs the Ratbirds.
And now because of that screw-up, we are stuck in this sh!tstorm. Damn.

Questionable logic, at best. Based on the build-up it was obvious the Colts and Kensil were going to find a way to ***** about the footballs no matter what.

SVN · May 12, 2015

Sciz said:
Apparently somebody thought there was something to gain by shutting up and taking it. Now that we know that was the worst possible strategy, there's not anything to lose by doing the opposite now.

No I mean the article says
The following appears in the May 18 version of Sports Illustrated:

So obviously bedard got the scoop before this ruling. But yet they wait till today to publish it?

The Gr8est · May 12, 2015

ChrisR2223 said:
Kraft better fight for that first back. You can keep the 4th and a FU

No they can't keep the 4th, they can have the FU though.

They need to get Goodell removed ASAP. Then his replacement, someone with NO ties to the Rats or Colts at a minimum, needs to revisit recent Goodell judgments, particularly involving the Pats. The Pats should have picks coming from the Rats, and possibly from the Colts too.

SVN · May 12, 2015

captain stone said:
That intercepted ball never should've been thrown by Brady in the first place. That decision was almost
as bad as the INT he threw at the end of the 1st half vs the Ratbirds.
And now because of that screw-up, we are stuck in this sh!tstorm. Damn.

If you have seen anything with this investigation or ruling , they wouldve got the pats no matter what. that 1 ball isnt mentioned in the report anyway.

The Gr8est · May 12, 2015

Wrath Mania said:
Wouldn't shock me if it's BB.

We haven't heard anything from BB on this. I can imagine BB going to Kraft and saying something to the effect "You didn't back me in Spygate and look at the damage that caused, if you don't fight on this I am out of here."

Fencer · May 12, 2015

What's all this stuff about Goodell supposedly being easy on the Pats???

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