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I can't believe Kraft gave away those draft picks.
The full 32, baby!
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I can't believe Kraft gave away those draft picks.
What a surprise the NBA had a really exciting nba finals going on, and wham lets talk about deflategate.
DEFLATEGATE is over fellas, there could be a million new reports trashing the wells report,
it.
would.
not.
mater.
Kraft ACCEPTED the Penalty. In the court room of public opinion, they cheated, they are guilty. they cheated last year and every single year. That is the legacy kraft decided was worth NOT fighting to avoid.
LET IT GO.
The most certain thing in all this is that Brady plays to win.
Yeah, I know the idiot position: "who needs all this truth and science when we have the inflamed passions of a bunch of jealous morons on our side. Plus look at all the hits we get from sh*tting on the Patriots! You think we're going to give that up? Heck no!"Deflategate was top billing for the entire week after the AFCCG and again after the Wells report was released. It was the main piece on ESPN.com, with numerous side-bars accompanying it.
Now it's a footnote. It's like when a newspaper story has a glaring error that changes the entire tone of a piece, it gets buried in the back pages. Nothing on the front page of ESPN.com, the story's over until the appeal.
I had the misfortune of switching on the Sports Hub while WEEI was in commercial--I'm a recent convert back to EEI because of this deflate gate nonsense--and caught the lead-in to Adam Jones' show, which started shortly after this report was published. His comments (not verbatim obviously): "I'm tired of this story, I'm sick of it. But we're going to talk about it. I haven't read the full report but the conclusion is that the science in the Wells report was wrong, and the numbers imply no deflation. OK, let's play that game, let's say that's true...then what about the 'deflator' text message, because I'm not buying the weight loss excuse. What about sneaking off to a bathroom with the footballs?" -that's when I yelled at my radio and clicked it off.
And this is where we are...the ****ing idiots who report on these things are tired of it. And they've been pumping the 'deflator' text and the bathroom visit since day one, ignoring the science, ignoring the plausible explanations by the Patriots. The NFL has painted themselves in a corner, by now they must know nothing happened but 31 fan bases and owners don't care about the truth, and the one owner who counts chose money over loyalty and honor and respect and legacy.
All comes down to Brady and the NFLPA. I hope they fight this so, so bad. Only way this gets cleared is if Brady's willing to go the distance, hopefully he's like his dad and is sick and tired of his name getting dragged through the mud because the NFL is too ****ing stupid and too inept to realize and admit when they dun F'd up.
Just heard Adam (mini felger) Jones say that on the radio on the ride home.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 2h2 hours ago
Peter King retweeted Nathan Venegas
It certainly was not. It was over the top.
Peter King added,
Nathan Venegas @njvenegas
@SI_PeterKing Also punishment was a slap on the wrist.
Deflategate was top billing for the entire week after the AFCCG and again after the Wells report was released. It was the main piece on ESPN.com, with numerous side-bars accompanying it.
Now it's a footnote. It's like when a newspaper story has a glaring error that changes the entire tone of a piece, it gets buried in the back pages. Nothing on the front page of ESPN.com, the story's over until the appeal.
I had the misfortune of switching on the Sports Hub while WEEI was in commercial--I'm a recent convert back to EEI because of this deflate gate nonsense--and caught the lead-in to Adam Jones' show, which started shortly after this report was published. His comments (not verbatim obviously): "I'm tired of this story, I'm sick of it. But we're going to talk about it. I haven't read the full report but the conclusion is that the science in the Wells report was wrong, and the numbers imply no deflation. OK, let's play that game, let's say that's true...then what about the 'deflator' text message, because I'm not buying the weight loss excuse. What about sneaking off to a bathroom with the footballs?" -that's when I yelled at my radio and clicked it off.
And this is where we are...the ****ing idiots who report on these things are tired of it. And they've been pumping the 'deflator' text and the bathroom visit since day one, ignoring the science, ignoring the plausible explanations by the Patriots. The NFL has painted themselves in a corner, by now they must know nothing happened but 31 fan bases and owners don't care about the truth, and the one owner who counts chose money over loyalty and honor and respect and legacy.
All comes down to Brady and the NFLPA. I hope they fight this so, so bad. Only way this gets cleared is if Brady's willing to go the distance, hopefully he's like his dad and is sick and tired of his name getting dragged through the mud because the NFL is too ****ing stupid and too inept to realize and admit when they dun F'd up.
Bush think tank?
No, on the contrary. Kessler's argument won't mean **** during the appeal hearing because Goodell is the arbitrator. My point was that Kessler's argument will only be pertinent if Brady decides to mount a legal challenge. I once thought that was a foregone conclusion. Now, I think there's no chance that happens. This is over. In my opinion, it'll be 2 games and Brady will take it
Is there an unstated implication here that the Colts' overinflated their footballs?
Not to defend the indefensible (ESPN) but, in fairness, ESPN did report on the AEI findings.
Very much legit. AEI is a news-broker site, and it has a most excellent reputation.Is this legit? Heres where the report comes from... https://www.aei.org/
Right now I am more angry at Kraft than I am at Goodell, the Colts, and all the rest of the NFL and its fans.