Brady appeal transcript is now public

FWIW amongst the media dan patrick thinks brady sits a couple fo games because they will come to some settlement where the language is such that he is not guilty but impeded the process of the investigation .
It would be a crime if the NFL still saves face this way.

RIpats88 said:

After this has been released i see no way judge berman can rule that goodell was fair and bradys suspension gets thrown out

Nfl just did what they wanted without regard to the facts or cba

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IF it gets to a ruling. But the judge wants a settlement. So lets see who blinks first.

Just a reminder that Skip Bayless cannot wait to talk about this on ESPN2 at 10 AM (bout 10 minutes from now).

Tuned in just now. Can't wait to see what he has to say.

FrodoBagginz said:

Just a reminder that Skip Bayless cannot wait to talk about this on ESPN2 at 10 AM (bout 10 minutes from now).

Tuned in just now. Can't wait to see what he has to say.

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Please update for us that cannot see it please

JMC00 said:

Belichick will have this as his OL against the dolts

Solder-Mason-Stork-Jackson-Vollmer-Fleming

Brady will throw it maybe 20 times the rest will be all runs and Pats will threaten the single game team rush record.

Blount might set the single game rushing record.

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Hell, in that game, I think you are over-estimating the number of passing plays called by the Patriots. I could see the Pats do the anti-Minnesota game plan (that game where they passed 27 times in a row) and run 27 times in a row. I also would not be surprised if one or two Colts players get thrown out of the club and accidentally land on a coach or three. That game is going to be enjoyably ugly.

This guy thinks this, that guy thinks that.......many opinions. Who really knows? This is like the "expert picks" we suffer through every week during the season.

I don't know why the media is on the settlement train. Yes the judge told them to work it out but if Kraft couldn't broker it before and that's what he's best at I doubt cooler heads are going to prevail now. People keep saying well this or that will come out in court and neither side wants that. Look at the dirty laundry littering their path over the past 7 months. Neither side cares. They just want to win and rub the other side's face in it.

SVN said:

FWIW amongst the media dan patrick thinks brady sits a couple fo games because they will come to some settlement where the language is such that he is not guilty but impeded the process of the investigation .
It would be a crime if the NFL still saves face this way.

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I thought with a judge it's all or nothing. I can't see Brady settling for 2 with the corrupt league.

ANGR89 said:

Please update for us that cannot see it please

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The shame is Brady might be paying a penalty for.doing nothing at all

Mods Please merge if already posted before.

Question: “So prior to this game, okay, had you ever heard of the Ideal Gas Law?”

Vincent: “No sir.”

Question: “Do you know if anyone in the NFL Game-Day Operations had ever discussed the impact of the Ideal Gas Law in testing footballs?”

Vincent: “Not with me.”

Question: “You had never heard to that?”

Vincent: “Never.”

This exchange demonstrates the pre-existing mindset of Vincent and others: If the balls are at 12.5 PSI before the game, they should be at 12.5 at halftime.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...didnt-know-air-pressure-could-drop-naturally/

I found this comment hilarious

This November your air pressure light will come on in your car. You apparently can blame Tom Brady for taking air out overnight, according to the NFL, Colts fans, Ravens fans, ESPN, and legions of other Patriots haters everywhere.

That dude Brady gets around! He’s deflating tires in Australia as we speak. This must stop.

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thenepatsrule said:

Mods Please merge if already posted before.




http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...didnt-know-air-pressure-could-drop-naturally/

I found this comment hilarious

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That document proves that the NFL doesn't know much about anything other than trying to create a scandal where there is none. Even then they screw that up. At the tune of 5+ million dollars.

SVN said:

Daniel Wallach‏@WALLACHLEGAL
Great cross by Kessler getting Wells to admit that “he stood by every word in report” and then springing this on him:



"You stand by everything you have written ?"
"Hope so, yes yeah "

And people killed brady when he said he believes he didnt do anything wrong during the presser?

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Wallach is wrong. Wells had an excellent response. He said he corrected the January 23rd public announcement in his report, indicating only he and his colleagues conducted the investigation. And that is true.

Bayless believes more than ever that Brady is 100% completely innocent. Believes commissioner looking worse and worse.

So why wasn't Aaron Rodgers suspended for admitting he directed that game footballs be inflated to exceed the limit because he liked them that way? That is far beyond "general awareness."

Why did the NFL fail to stop the Patriots from "deflating" the game balls in the first half of the AFC Championship game the way it stopped the warming of the balls in the Minnesota game?

These are rhetorical questions and these issues were touched upon during Vincent's direct. Answer: the Patriots are held to a higher standard.

These statements from Stephanie Stradley say it all for me (with the exception of the final statement regarding a fine - not necessary when nothing was done)

http://www.stradleylaw.com/nfl-brady-deflategate-transcript/

"Can see why NFL wanted sealed. They want to win bc legal standard favors them. Not bc Brady did anything."

"It often bothers me how little consideration the NFL league office has on how these sorts of investigations make private people into public figures. It is frightening to go through this sort of process, whether you did something, didn’t do it, or just are a witness.

I understand battles between management and unions, but it strikes me, as I was finishing the transcript, how unnecessary and wasteful and destructive all of this is.

Just makes me angry.

If the NFL had less arbitrary policies and were more reasonable with their punishments, they would go to court less. And waste fewer judicial resources. The NFL’s unreasonableness with some of Goodell’s decisions is a direct result of the NFL having way too much money. If they had budgets like normal businesses, they wouldn’t push the legal envelope of what they can do with their powers.

Nope, a fine and a warning to all teams would be far too reasonable."

TomPatriot said:

Why did the NFL fail to stop the Patriots from "deflating" the game balls in the first half of the AFC Championship game the way it stopped the warming of the balls in the Minnesota game?

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I have the same question, the NFL typically sends letters out to team when they "think" a team is skirting the lines. It happens every season. Im not going to ask why this isn't something the Media picks up because we already know why. But clearly this is a sting. I don't think it matters much and I don't think the NFL really cares that much about ho they look right now.

ViperGTS said:

That document proves that the NFL doesn't know much about anything other than trying to create a scandal where there is none. Even then they screw that up. At the tune of 5+ million dollars.

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Man, those people are dumb. How can you not know that temperature will effect pressure. These people should not be in charge of anything.