Momentum shift? "National Deflategate focus beginning to shift to Roger Goodell, NFL"

Another good one.
Momentum shift?

Fuel to the fire:
And this might highlight the genius of Robert Kraft's decision to call off the dogs. When Kraft first announced his intention, the thinking here was two-fold: A). Kraft and Goodell probably came to some agreement on the Brady suspension and B). Kraft backed off because he had little more to gain in pressing the issue further.


Read the whole thing, as the man says.



National Deflategate focus beginning to shift to Roger Goodell, NFL
and away from Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Kevin Duffy | [email protected]
http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2015/05/national_deflategate_focus_beg.html

The close:

Now, it seems as though there is a third layer to this. From the minute the Wells Report was released to the minute Kraft surrendered, the national conversation was the Patriots vs. the NFL. As the Patriots have removed themselves from the battle, the heart of the conversation has shifted away from the organization's perceived arrogance in fighting to prove its innocence when most people agree that they're not innocent.

The best possible outcome for the Patriots was never proving their innocence or Tom Brady's innocence. The best outcome was proving that the NFL never cared about deflated footballs (WellsReportContext.com essentially did that) and proving that Roger Goodell's motives have little to do with protecting the "integrity of the game" and more to do with protecting and re-building Roger Goodell's image.

What's worse: An organization that commits a minor violation and refuses to admit it or the league office that turned the minor violation into a scandal of Clinton-Lewinski proportions so it could reap two benefits -- the international hysteria generated by said scandal and the subsequent appeasing of the masses with heavy-handed punishment.

By stepping aside, the Patriots have all but conceded guilt, which means the conversation concerning the Patriots' guilt has stopped. The spotlight has moved Goodell, who, on cue, tripped over his own feet in Wednesday's press conference.

Surely, there will be more of that to come.



Items cited:
Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post blasted Goodell in a column Thursday, essentially arguing that Deflategate was manufactured by the NFL and Goodell to help restore the commissioner's credibility.

Bleacher Report NFL analyst Brad Gagnon recently wrote a piece titled, "In Court of Public Opinion, Roger Goodell's Reputation Might Be Beyond Repair." Gagnon focused on the wild inconsistencies of the punishments handed down by Goodell

Dan Le Batard of The Miami Herald also addressed the NFL side of this controversy in a column titled, "NFL, Roger Goodell have incredible credibility issue."
But what do you do, as a league, when you don't actually have as much integrity as you badly wish for others to believe you have? You punish and over-punish in protection of that integrity you don't have to give the illusion that you have it to protect."

Jenkins http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...2c8d2c-ffd4-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html
Gagnon http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...er-goodells-reputation-might-be-beyond-repair

Le Batard http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/dan-le-batard/article21202491.html

wasn't there supposed to be a "momentum shift" a few weeks ago? i'm not buying it. the deck is stacked against NE.

There's been a half dozen momentum shifts and turning of tides since the report dropped on the 6th. I can't buy into it anymore.

BS
Kraft KILLED the Pats in the perception of NFL fans and the nation.

PatsWickedPissah said:

BS
Kraft KILLED the Pats in the perception of NFL fans and the nation.

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That too.

Yeah, I keep waiting for the results of this momentum shift. It's supposed to have been going on for weeks now.

Seems promising enough...but like others said, better to wait and see

Umm, yeah, where's our draft picks?

And the Patriots never admitted guilt.

This smells like BS spin. Not buying it.

That said, the NFL HQ is a sewer that needs to be fumigated.

Draft picks gone. Perception means little or nothing now

You guys need to step back from the ledge. This is going to be a long term process. There is no way the public perception is going to change overnight or even in a month. This needs to play out in court. Only then will Brady get to air out the league's dirty laundry.

There has been a small amount of reporters calling this a farce and/or minimizing it because what's really important is some team name! Or some other pet issue. Nothing has changed, and Benedict Bob certainly isn't responsible for this small group that existed since the beginning any more than he's responsible for the sun rising this morning.

Not only that but the idea that the Patriots guilt and Brady's guilt is a foregone conclusion and moving to other things is a win for the Patriots is absurd. Bob is still a traitor, just one with less sense than a few reporters.

Let's hope Brady has enough arrows in his quiver to expose those frauds on Park Ave even more.

Sorry, when did it become arrogance to defend yourself against an allegation that has no merit? Who cares if everyone thinks you did it. If you didn't, you should defend yourself for as long and as loudly as you have to.

Ultimately, I think things are going to get bad for Goodell and the NFL, but the rhetoric on Brady and the Patriots will not change. Just like everything else Roger Goodell touches, it is going to turn to crap for everyone involved. No winners, just losers.

Hopefully Brady exposes them more..because Kraft sucked their *****

I'm not buying into a momentum shift either, but it's good news if reporters and media outlets start turning on Gooddell for the sake of squeezing more blood out of this rock. It's how they built such a BS case out of Deflategate against the Pats. The more stories and opinions that get written, then the more that people start asking questions.

I'll believe a momentum shift for us when Goodell is gone otherwise I will never submit to any asswipes who tell me that the Pats are guilty....I've been getting it all week from co-workers and many who are gloating over our suffering, Brady's Holy Inquisition, Kraft's ball-less move to roll over and play dead AGAIN and everyone once again diminishing our teams accomplishments with delusional media drivel they barf out on the masses.....

I know I should ignore the noise but people are too stupid for even a dictionary to adequately describe....I'm too pissed off to lay down anymore to any of the garbage

Keep Fighting the Good Fight Brady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's no momentum shift. It's just Goodell being hated on in addition to NE being hated on.

I agree with the OP. The casual fan is tired of this crap being shoved down our throats. While majority of non pats fans think Brady is guilty from what ive heard they dont care. I live outside DC so there arent many Pats fans around here. Many dont care about this scandal. And literally everyone ive spoken to hates HATES HATES Goodell.