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Yes, I also think ESPN being allowed to jump in on this is Wery Wery Interwesting. You know they had to run this story up the NFL flagpole first.
1. Seems like they introduce twist on the new narrative, its now "running a scheme to deflate footballs", and TB was guilty of being "'at least generally aware' of the deflation scheme". So now it's a scheme.
2. Obviously this is a NFL orchestrated message. It's actually quite funny, in every enumerated paragraph where the NFL is at fault, TB is thrown under the bus with a "Brady was punished...", or "Brady's guilt.." etc. Still, it's an NFL sanctioned article, so we should examine it closer.
Summary: The NFL meatheads are concocting/conceding the one game evidence is garbage, but.... if they only had these stronger standards in place they would have caught NE in it's dastardly scheme (and I think they say that almost verbatim in the article too, haha), and they will next time. Keep the TB smear on going, of course. They will instead now use conspiracy theory logic to back any case for punishment, as they also read article comments, and that's all that's left for those that still believe them. That's my Cliff Notes at least.
Conclusion: NFL drops charges against TB. Says these new important standards were not in place. NE draft penalty remains as proof the caught NE doing something wrong in this "scheme" of some kind. Tops it off by throwing a molatov ****tail of blame under the bus singeing Wells, The Refs, TB, NE, stadium security, everyone really, and shockingly, even blaming themselves a little (for outdated lax rules, which they have now addressed).
I guess by slinging so much mud, after TB is at 0 games, the NFL hopes to deflect much of the discussion back to, the procedure.
So yes, I find this ESPN very interesting. I'd invite others to try and read the tea leaves of this rare sighting as well.
There was a <gulp> ESPN article today that said what I had speculated- which was that the new ballhandling rules undermine the NFL's ruling on TB12. The only logical reason I can think of doing that BEFORE announcing the ruling on the appeal is to grease the skids and show some level of justification (other than stupidity, revenge, ego and thirst for being a 24x7 news article) for the reduction in the suspension.
Yes, I also think ESPN being allowed to jump in on this is Wery Wery Interwesting. You know they had to run this story up the NFL flagpole first.
1. Seems like they introduce twist on the new narrative, its now "running a scheme to deflate footballs", and TB was guilty of being "'at least generally aware' of the deflation scheme". So now it's a scheme.
2. Obviously this is a NFL orchestrated message. It's actually quite funny, in every enumerated paragraph where the NFL is at fault, TB is thrown under the bus with a "Brady was punished...", or "Brady's guilt.." etc. Still, it's an NFL sanctioned article, so we should examine it closer.
Summary: The NFL meatheads are concocting/conceding the one game evidence is garbage, but.... if they only had these stronger standards in place they would have caught NE in it's dastardly scheme (and I think they say that almost verbatim in the article too, haha), and they will next time. Keep the TB smear on going, of course. They will instead now use conspiracy theory logic to back any case for punishment, as they also read article comments, and that's all that's left for those that still believe them. That's my Cliff Notes at least.
Conclusion: NFL drops charges against TB. Says these new important standards were not in place. NE draft penalty remains as proof the caught NE doing something wrong in this "scheme" of some kind. Tops it off by throwing a molatov ****tail of blame under the bus singeing Wells, The Refs, TB, NE, stadium security, everyone really, and shockingly, even blaming themselves a little (for outdated lax rules, which they have now addressed).
I guess by slinging so much mud, after TB is at 0 games, the NFL hopes to deflect much of the discussion back to, the procedure.
So yes, I find this ESPN very interesting. I'd invite others to try and read the tea leaves of this rare sighting as well.
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