Latest Reiss thoughts on the league

MagicMarker said:

I disagree. If Tom Brady doesn't want to be known as "cheater", he has to fight this all the way -- the suspension, defamation suit, media blitz and not stop EVER. I don't care if the game he ends up missing are playoff games. If Tom is innocent, he can NEVER let this go and move on.

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patfanken said:

Why would Goodell reduce it to anything less than 2 games. The slander is already successful. Deflategate and Brady's suspensio9n is the first question the media will ask players/coaches, and management for the next 2 years, afterward it will drop to the 3rd question.. Deflation, Patriots and Cheating has become part of the cultural lexicon, DESPITE all the holes in the Welles report, not to mention bad science. Family Feud made a joke of it, while Mr. Robot turned Brady into a pariah. The Welles report pronounced Brady and the Pats guilty, and the media piled on. Now every media story is framed as a Guilty Brady looking to prove himself innocent, and outside of Pats fans, no one really cares. It was never guilty until proven innocent. The Salem witch trials were more just.

And then there is the issue of the draft picks and the money. that ship has sailed, thanks to the grievous error made by our heretofore error free owner (for the most part). The fact is that I will eventually forgive Kraft based on the great job he has done as owner up to that point, but that earth shattering faux pas has PERMENTENTLY scarred not only the talent level of the team with the loss of the picks, but the very brand, he worked so hard and risked so much to build. To say this was an egregious error in judgment could be the biggest understatement of the year.

But we all make mistakes and we've all had a few "eggregeous" ones. Besides forgiveness is a universal tenant in most religions. So the day will come when I will embrace Bob Kraft as the best owner in Boston, ....but not anytime soon.

What I'd really like to hear from someone is that when Brady wins in court, or the Welles report is finally outted as the heinous fraud it is, a plausible scenario showing how we get those picks back. The only chance I see that happening is Brady winning a defamation suit, but that's just me.

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obgod3 said:

I do agree with you in that I want Brady to fight this to the end. But lets make no mistake, in the court of public opinion, I mean fans of football and even those who are not - Brady is going to be tagged as a cheater. It doesnt matter what the outcome is in any of this.

It is dumb but it is true, those who today think he cheated will never change their minds, maybe some media folks but most folks are set in their beliefs at this point. even fans I know that think this is stupid and shouldn't be an issue still think Brady knew something, these are not just bandwagon fans either.

I was in a place the other day and Vikings fan (heating balls) said the Patriots cheated to win the SB this year, I mean my god how dumb right? This is what we are going to hear for a long time if not forever.

I just want Brady to play every game, go scorched earth on all opponents.

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PatsFan2 said:

Yes like the old saying "if you have nothing good to say: say nothing at all". I hope the silence is Deafening! when and after he speaks.

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"It’s been one year and two days since NFL commissioner Roger Goodell decided on a two-game suspension for then-Ravens running back Ray Rice, which he later amended and admitted was a mistake (after video of Rice’s actions surfaced). As we consider that, as well as running back Adrian Petersonbeating the NFL in court, and now wait for Goodell’s decision on Tom Brady’s appeal, I’m left to wonder: Has any commissioner ever had a worse year as it relates to player discipline? There are so many layers to digest in Deflategate, but the one I keep coming back to is how Goodell and some underlings have buried Brady -- who in many ways has represented everything the NFL should be about over the past 15 years -- with such a clear lack of evidence of him being involved in any wrongdoing. For anyone with an interest in fairness, and what it means to have a reputation affected by such actions, how does that not leave a bad taste? We hear a lot about “integrity of the game” from Goodell, but I’d like to hear him and some of his top staffers be more transparent about their several Deflategate missteps as it relates to integrity of the league office."

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