Does anyone else feel a setup coming on?

I believe the NFL has mapped out a series of gauntlets New England must pass through...but in the end, historians will label the 2015 New England Patriots....
the greatest team in the history of the UNIVERSE

Was lurking the Steeler's fan forums and I think this Steeler's fan nails it...


"The headset fiasco was all part of an elaborate ruse, subterfuge if you will, to distract attention from the fact that Kraft and Bellechick(sp) were pumping subliminal messages through the pa system, directed at Tomlin, Haley, and Butler. But I have a decoder and was able to decrypt those messages. They said "PLAY STUPID"."

resdubwhite said:

you mean since the last stitch up job?

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I mean I think the NFL is going to start manufacturing in game issues that then get reported to the public, vs. waiting for something like deflated balls that were caused by nature to try and hit them.

KontradictioN said:

I don't think the headset issues were perpetrated by the NFL with bad intentions. I do, however, believe that the NFL wanted it out there when it happened and won't trip over themselves to make sure it's reported accurately that this is on their communications guys and not the Pats.

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Or the fact that it happens in other stadiums and the Pats have been victim to it too, even in their own stadium.

Froob said:

Rex and BOB defending us. BOB says it happens everywhere and Rex says he can't recall specifically Gillette being bad. I actually like Rex, he's funny as hell don't understand the hate. He's not a whiner earlier.

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I'm not sure how good of a coach he is but I have no issue with Rex. Hell he was seen walking with BB at the combine so clearly there isn't a major issue between those two.

Feet: Hes been married for 27 years. They are careless for being so open about such a (IMO) strange fetish but whatever. I could care less (although if he does in fact keep a picture of his wife's feet on his desk that is absolutely hysterical. Rumor is that it was photoshop-ed).

I wouldn't be surprised if this winds up being a season long investigation attacking Belichick. Brady beats NFL in Court, conveniently the articles by ESPN/SI/NFL attack Pat's franchise as cheaters, and then game time, to keep the dream alive, conveniently, opponents headphones (and OURS) get jammed and now an investigation.
http://m.memegenerator.net/instance/60644791

scott99 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if this winds up being a season long investigation attacking Belichick. Brady beats NFL in Court, conveniently the articles by ESPN/SI/NFL attack Pat's franchise as cheaters, and then game time, to keep the dream alive, conveniently, opponents headphones (and OURS) get jammed and now an investigation.
http://m.memegenerator.net/instance/60644791

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Multiple coaches of today and yesterday (Ryan, O'Brien, Billick, Rivera, etc...) have already come out and noted that this happens everywhere, and some have said that they've never had it happen in New England.

No need to crack out the tinfoil on this issue.

Deus Irae said:

Multiple coaches of today and yesterday (Ryan, O'Brien, Billick, Rivera, etc...) have already come out and noted that this happens everywhere, and some have said that they've never had it happen in New England.

No need to crack out the tinfoil on this issue.

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We shall see my friend. I wouldn't put it past the NFL though.

scott99 said:

We shall see my friend. I wouldn't put it past the NFL though.

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Adam Schefter Verified account ‏@AdamSchefter

Steelers did not and will not file a complaint to NFL about headset communication last night, per team official.



Even Pittsburgh's pulling back.

Deus Irae said:

Adam Schefter Verified account ‏@AdamSchefter

Steelers did not and will not file a complaint to NFL about headset communication last night, per team official.



Even Pittsburgh's pulling back.

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Obviously because Kraft is in cahoots with the Steelers owner I'm sure

InRodWeRust said:

Obviously because Kraft is in cahoots with the Steelers owner I'm sure

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The NFL doesn't need it.

The Steelers don't need it.

The Patriots don't need it.

It was all ******** anyway. Adults have entered the room. Time for the winey little kids to take a nap and wait for the cookie lady.

In all seriousness ... the interference was between the coaches on field and in the box. I deal a lot with WiFi and Bluetooth in my business operations. The main barriers to clean transmission are metal (highest) followed by plaster and concrete) both high. Bulletproof glass is also high ... not sure if that glass is utilized in thos boxes but I would assume the glass thickness must be very dense. Older buildings are way easier unless it's a new building designed for the wireless age.

Stadiums are not well built for wireless transmissions so what they have to do is maintain wireless bridges in strategic areas. Even then fiddling with IP conflicts is your new issue unless setup properly with minor IP number changes ... the last number in the address. They really should have the coaches box wired directly to the field ... home and away but not both on the same side.

The bridges would be better suited placed on a human who stands right with the coaches. Highest quality wireless bridges with extremely narrow bandwidth channels could then shield away other signals. The headsets are Bose ... so I'm assuming they are of very high quality ... excellent even ... so the problem would come with the bridges or lack thereof ... someone being cheap.

These people know this ... someone is being cheap. On a trip to Gillette this year to watch my son play soccer on the Gillette field we walked through the bowels of the stadium. I was very interested with all the cables running along the steel beams and ceiling. Thought it odd that they all run together. Saw the problem last night and it was the first thing I thought.

Even the best shielded wire will struggle when running alongside powerful electrical cables ... the rf interference must be a massive issue there. I have to be careful just placing high quality audio cable in a drop ceiling ... to close to many electrical wires will cause interference. Kraft needs to spend big money to get that stadium to run smoother in terms of information wires and devices ... it really was not designed well for it ...

I bet Kraft already knows this but is a penny pincher like many rich people. He had them design a very green electric infrastructure when Gillette was built ... should have been designed for optimal performance instead or optimal savings. There are very good reasons why passengers are asked to turn off their cell phones when planes takeoff and land.

The next time Captain Tripgate* and his Three Rivers Tearstained Troupe come to town, have the PA team blast Sabbath's "Paranoid."

HE SAID WHAT HE SAID!

robertweathers said:

No kidding. Microsoft Surface is POS. Azure has the worst cloud availability of all Public Clouds.

For God's Sake put the whole thing on Red Hat and AWS.

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Glad you aren't calling for iPad. Apple convincing people the ideas they stole are inivative lol. I've heard Linux is the best if you know what you're doing. Never tried it myself, I like Windows 10 but thinking about trying a dual boot with Linux.

At this point, I expect the world to fall on us. It is what it is.

Froob said:

Glad you aren't calling for iPad. Apple convincing people the ideas they stole are inivative lol. I've heard Linux is the best if you know what you're doing. Never tried it myself, I like Windows 10 but thinking about trying a dual boot with Linux.

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No iPad! Nothing wrong with basic stuff but I view what the NFL needs on gameday is mission critical.

Surface with dual boot scares me but I do know folks running Ubuntu 15.4 on Surface 3 and they say it's ok.

As I understand it, the issue is the com. Not sure if the hotspot is going down but god if they don't have auto failover or haven't HA'd the hotspot their IT team are a bunch of morons. I think it's a Hz issue. The geek in me really wants to know what the deal is.

I digress....

KontradictioN said:

I don't think the headset issues were perpetrated by the NFL with bad intentions.

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I do. The NFL is determined to come up with another Patriots cheating investigation and will manufacture one again if they have to.

patriot1136 said:

The biggest problem is that the technology was powered by Microsoft Windows which is crap to begin with.

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The headset provider was Motorola up until last year, and is now Bose. Don't think Microsoft has anything to do with it. Surface tablets (which I like, FWIW) are a whole different thing.