Wrath Mania
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Petraglia and Price are the best. Interesting that they both believe the reason for Brady and Belichick not being interviewed yet by the league is that it is the league's strategy right now to smoke them out by letting them twist in the wind very publicly.
Here is their 7+ minute breakdown of what happened today:
http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports...dy-pressers-and-what-it-means-to-deflategate/
Who first reported that it was jackson who noticed the ball? Mort?
The league is really horrible for not saying a single word but leaking info to mort and then watching the pats toil in front of the media. WTF is kraft doing?
The other day it came out the it wasn't D'Qwell but the equipment manager who reported the ball.With D'Qwell saying this now, the cat is out of the bag!
Although I'm backing off on the Kraft-will-fire-BB horse ****, I do think Kraft has to choose what damn side he's on for once. I still sadly think he'll cover his own/Goodell's ass.The league is really horrible for not saying a single word but leaking info to mort and then watching the pats toil in front of the media. WTF is kraft doing?
This is now an official ambush - - "setup" mode.
Even curran said this this AM that the league is trying a 'sting' operation on the pats out of spite
http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/curran-focus-moves-brady-and-nfls-sting
********Whooops, THERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff Howe @jeffphowe
Oh RT @ScottIsaacs: Colts LB D'Qwell Jackson: "The deal about me saying that I noticed anything about (the football), that's totally false
Not for the league. This is the most the NFL has been in the national spotlight before a Super Bowl in the history of the the sport. It's a fairly harmless controversy involving one of the most popular and polarizing teams in the NFL. NFL is now the lead on every national news outlet. Awareness for this SB is through the roof. Ratings won't be broken for 10 years.Or maybe the league is not that interested in pursuing this issue in behalf of a bunch of whining sportswriters. Maybe there's no way to put a hand in the cookie jar and they're not in the mood for crucifying a ball boy..
What's the point of interviewing BB and TB if they simply don't have any prints on the weapons?
From a marketing standpoint, this needs to go back to being about the super bowl
http://www.wcvb.com/sports/nfl-inve...ayer-thought-ball-was-under-inflated/30798932Lots of reporters did.
Not for the league. This is the most the NFL has been in the national spotlight before a Super Bowl in the history of the the sport. It's a fairly harmless controversy involving one of the most popular and polarizing teams in the NFL. NFL is now the lead on every national news outlet. Awareness for this SB is through the roof. Ratings won't be broken for 10 years.
I'm also wondering if the balls were under-deflated by fractionally, by like .2PSI, not 2PSI. I thought BB's example of 12.5 falling to 12.3 in bad conditions was pretty telling. Suppose Mortensen screwed up, or was fed the wrong info? It's not inconcievable. These morons are taking about the weight of the ball and have no idea what they're saying, physics wise.
I think the NFL is loving it.So you're saying they're wagging the dog?
I think the NFL is loving it.
Their biggest downside is having to admit that their officiating staff has grown lax in proper measurement procedure of a fringe element of the game (psi) and that the league will correct this, even while admitting over- and under-inflated balls do not offer a discernable competitive advantage to a team so it is not a major oversight on their part.
The league is really horrible for not saying a single word but leaking info to mort and then watching the pats toil in front of the media. WTF is kraft doing?