NEINsider posts again on ESPN's message board
 

Ok, I am beginning to think this guy is full of crap, but since his posts generate a lot of discussion here is his latest:

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/...2568176&lid=11

One thing I do agree with is that I think Walsh, Levy, and Specter never want Walsh to talk and that the implication that he has the goods on the Pats is probably far more damaging than anything he has. I don't see any upside for the league to stall this thing anymore than it already has. They don't want this whole Spygate thing to linger into next season and even if Walsh has the good, it is better to get it over with now that the NFL is slow and most of the sports attention is on baseball.

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maybe you dont believe him, but he writes convincingly...

also, i like what he says :D

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I agree, and think of it this way... if you do believe the anti-pats movement is using the tactics above (the "looming" evidence theory), then what better way to fight back then to spread the seeds of our own story?

Even if this person has no actual inside knowledge, what he says makes a lot of sense most of the time, and as we've seen, the nationwide perspective isn't based on the "truth" anyway.

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The point about how the data is processed is an interesting one. If it's true that nobody in the league 'investigation' thought to even ask that, then it just further shows how much of a joke the whole thing was.

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I don't know. Michael Felger went over his first post point by point on his radio show a few weeks back and he disputed some of the media stuff that he knew first hand was wrong or at least not 100% correct. I really don't think you needed to be an insider to provide any information from this last post.

This person could be the real deal. But if it is, it would have to be someone pretty close to Belichick and Pioli. I can't see them not knowing who it is based on the information leaked (or at least have a good idea of a small list of suspects) and allowing it to go on. I don't see the upside for the Pats for leaking this stuff.

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I would agree, but NEInsider is preaching to the choir. It isn't like any of this stuff is getting picked up outside of New England. Other than a few internet sites and Michael Felger's radio show, I haven't heard the media picking up this stuff either. I think if they were fighting fire with fire, they would leak it to people like John Czarnecki at FoxSports (they no doubt leaked to him that the tapes turned over to the league had video evidence of other teams cheating) who could give these things a national forum and add a little weight to the story rather than an anonymous poster on a message board.

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hes not leaking any info that would give other teams advantages....i would not be surprised to know that BB and Pioli may know about it, and not try to stop it

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That's probably the point of posting on espn.com. The problem is, there is zero motivation for anyone outside of NE to give the story legs, so on that point you're absolutely right.

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I could come up with a bit of a conspiracy theory, and say that the guy, if he's legit, could be posting with Belichick's knowledge as a way of getting the Pats' side of the story out while bypassing a) any gag orders on Goodell's part that we may not know about, and b) the bias of the media. Admittedly, that's pretty far-fetched, and no, I don't think that that's the truth, but I really doubt someone this close to BB would be posting this info against his wishes. Almost certainly, the guy possesses some insight, sure, but is lying about being a team insider.

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A lot of what this guy says doesn't really provide much info you can check for credibility, and some of the other info he gives is actually recycled. There's also some commentary thrown in that appears to give team info, even when it may just be an opinion, or assumption.

One contention I believe he previously made was that NE intended to move Meriweather to CB? That's something we can come back to later, and check for accuracy.

As it is, I don't think this person is actually a team "Insider", but maybe a writer who covers the team in some form? Possibly based out of CT...

Also, some of the stuff he says plays to some of the things us Patriots fans would all like to believe, so it makes it easier for his post to pass our scrutiny.