I am going against my better judgment even responding to a troll, but I'm really tired of claims like this one.
BB has a reputation of never complaining to the league office when things don't go his way, there haven't even been any reports of the Pats calling for investigations of any other teams' activities after what they have been accused of, they have just shut up and taken their medicine.
BP and the Colts have been a different story. BP has a history of complaining to the league or the officials to get an advantage, such as complaining about the condition of the Pats' field when we had the home field or talking to the refs before games to emphasize watching out for certain offenses. Did you hear the Pats complaining to the league when BP turned off the A/C or piped in noise? The answer is no, and you didn't hear many fans here asking for an investigation either. You may have heard some complaints, but like BB and the Pats, I think most fans here understand that that is part of the game and that is part of home field advantage.
BP has also been on the competition committee seemingly forever, and he has used that position to enhance the Colts chances of winning by manipulating the rules. It may not be against the rules if you can make the rules, but IMHO it certainly IS cheating. If BP was concerned about a level playing field then he would be concerned about the integrity of ALL rules, not just the "re-emphasis" of the rules that suit his own team. I notice he doesn't seem to have much of a problem with the way offensive holding is called, that couldn't be because it would adversely affect his team would it?
When Peyton Manning finally hangs them up and Colts become a team based on a strong defense, that will be the time when BP gets his epiphany and decides to re-emphasize offensive holding.
The Colts of all teams have NO room to talk about anyone cheating. You guys live in a glass house and everyone knows it.
So many points, so little time to refute. I'll pick one that I haven't seen debated anywhere; the myth about BP not caring about offensive holding.
I've read in this forum that the Colts get away with murder on holding calls, which I honestly have not noticed, but that's probably because on offensive plays I'm busy looking at our receivers or at Peyton, while opposing fans are probably looking at their defensive line hoping they get to Peyton.
At least that's my logical conclusion. Not refuting the consensus that the Colts get away with holding because I simply don't know.
However, on defense, I do watch our defensive line, particularly Dwight Freeney. And as a result, I can tell you that he gets held about 4 or 5 times a game, usually when the LT doesn't have help from the TE or the FB.
Bill Polian has talked about opposing defenders getting away with holding against the defensive players LEAGUE-WIDE. To the point that he is considering going to the competition committee--of which everyone knows he is a memeber (smart man, why didn't BB think of getting Pioli on board?)--and requesting that all refs call the games equally. It is believed that there are a few ref crews that refuse to call holding and all the teams know ahead of time when these refs are going to be calling their games and naturally they exploit that.
So you see, if he is successful in getting all the refs to enforce holding calls equally, then that will affect all defensive players, including those going up against the the Colts offensive line.
He is part of the competition committee in charge of leveling the playing field on all games. If you guys think the Colts O-line gets away with murder, and if Polian is such an evil genius, he wouldn't be doing this, would he?
