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Pro Bowl Player
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2006
- Messages
- 10,429
- Reaction score
- 11,309
As Pats fans, we naturally want to believe positive things about our team. And, compared to other fan bases that have been blindly shrieking about this, I think we do a pretty good job at being objective: what’s the evidence here? What do the reports actually say?
I personally always want to try and be objective, because otherwise, what’s the point? You never want to be the ones defending Paterno. So you approach it objectively, with the natural desire as a fan to see positive things.
I, like many, was taken aback by the text messages. My initial feeling was that McNally may have in fact messed with the footballs in order to get them down to the correct levels, as in the past they apparently were as high as 16 psi. And it didn’t seem unreasonable that Brady knew about that (note: I’m not talking here about proof, penalties, the silliness of the whole thing, bias, the shoddiness of the Wells report, the media, or anything other than what may have happened with the footballs.)
After reading the Pats’ response, including the admittedly somewhat comic explanation for the deflator texts, I believe the Pats, and Brady.
Sorry, this is getting long…but anyway, the only thing now that really sticks out to me is Brady’s press conference. He looked nervous, entirely unlike himself. He was asked, “Is Tom Brady a cheater?” and his response was “I don’t believe so.” That’s not the answer I would give.
Maybe he had a fight with his wife. Maybe he really was furious, but he’s been so smooth and polished for 15 years that he swallowed his anger and it came out weird. Thoughts? Anyone else puzzle over this?
I personally always want to try and be objective, because otherwise, what’s the point? You never want to be the ones defending Paterno. So you approach it objectively, with the natural desire as a fan to see positive things.
I, like many, was taken aback by the text messages. My initial feeling was that McNally may have in fact messed with the footballs in order to get them down to the correct levels, as in the past they apparently were as high as 16 psi. And it didn’t seem unreasonable that Brady knew about that (note: I’m not talking here about proof, penalties, the silliness of the whole thing, bias, the shoddiness of the Wells report, the media, or anything other than what may have happened with the footballs.)
After reading the Pats’ response, including the admittedly somewhat comic explanation for the deflator texts, I believe the Pats, and Brady.
Sorry, this is getting long…but anyway, the only thing now that really sticks out to me is Brady’s press conference. He looked nervous, entirely unlike himself. He was asked, “Is Tom Brady a cheater?” and his response was “I don’t believe so.” That’s not the answer I would give.
Maybe he had a fight with his wife. Maybe he really was furious, but he’s been so smooth and polished for 15 years that he swallowed his anger and it came out weird. Thoughts? Anyone else puzzle over this?