Deflate-Gate: Here We Go Again

[vyrago]

Best case tin foil hat scenario I can come up with:

This was an ambush

1) Indy was already obsessed with this since the November game
2) Sport Science on ESPN showed twice, not only cold can change a ball, but so can water - we saw the weather on Sunday night.
3) BOTH the New England AND Indy balls (yes, theirs too) lost Psi during the play of the 1st half.
4) D'Qwell Jackson has no idea about football pressure- - when he brought the ball back to the sideline, the Indy staff jumped to get it and confirm that the Pats balls had also lost Psi
5) NE did not tamper with their footballs
6) INDY did- - reinflating up to protocol

Cue the piano player to play "The Entertainer" by Scot Joplin and you have an ambush sting operation.

I wondered what happened to my hat; YOU have it and you've made very good use of it indeed!

 

[Fixit]

Mort had been the ONLY one so far and the NFL has not confirmed or denied his story

If that "report" about the refs not checking the second set of balls is true, it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the refs were absolutely incompetent. I doubt it, though.

 

[vyrago]

Yup, there's alot of stink.

The only solution is NFL custody of balls during the game.

This whole issue is stupid and should never have even come to pass.

Won't happen. Those cheep b*tards don't want to pay ballsitters for every game.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

Jeff Risdon ?@JeffRisdon 24s25 seconds ago
Someone said it yesterday but it bears repeating: not one NFL person here in Mobile gives a single crap about the deflated footballs.

That's from the Senior Bowl. No-one cares other than holier than thou ass holes.

(my apology to anyone here who is one of them).

 

[upstater1]

I didn't say it was a sting operation, I think that's crazy and will ultimately be denied by the league. What I did was that a sting operation would not only test the balls but document their air pressure if they were trying to prove tampering. Initialing the actual pressure of each ball would be easy to do and absent that documentation n you can't prove anything.

Sorry, I was agreeing with you. I was being sarcastic. Ugh, the internet.

 

[mgcolby]

If the information about the NFL knowing ahead of time is true, it certainly was a sting and Goodell blew it again. A simple phone call to Kraft saying "We know what you're doing, we're watching, we'll be testing, don't even think about doing it" would have sufficed.

Suspension or firing for Belichick ? I'm out if that happens.

He could have just told him when Kraft hosted him at his home last Friday night....

 

[FCB02062]

Jeff Risdon ?@JeffRisdon 24s25 seconds ago
Someone said it yesterday but it bears repeating: not one NFL person here in Mobile gives a single crap about the deflated footballs.

That's from the Senior Bowl. No-one cares other than holier than thou ass holes.

(my apology to anyone here who is one of them).

That flies in the face of what Glazer said last night, which is "nfl owners, coaches, and GMs are sick of this 'stuff' from New England."

 

[pwes]

Jesus I hope they wrap this up today. If we do get sanctioned I hope the team fights it to the death instead of rolling over and taking it.

 

[hambone1818]

Jeff Risdon ?@JeffRisdon 24s25 seconds ago
Someone said it yesterday but it bears repeating: not one NFL person here in Mobile gives a single crap about the deflated footballs.

That's from the Senior Bowl. No-one cares other than holier than thou ass holes.

(my apology to anyone here who is one of them).

Yet another conflicting report to add to the mountainous pile. Glazer said people were pissed at the senior bowl, that they were fed up with the Patriots shenanigans and the league needs to come down hard on them.

Who to believe? We'll find out soon enough.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Based on what? The league hasn't confirmed anything or denied anything a straight no comment. Everything else is basically based on his initial "unconfirmed" report.

Which also raises the question of who is leaking and we do they still have a job?

The NFL is a f.cking joke. It is the worst sports league in the world, and that is coming from a life long fan. I quit following baseball in the 90s and never went back. Football is close to becoming extinct for me. I have had enough of this garbage. If their goal is to lose hard core fans they are succeeding. Roger Göodell lives right around the corner from me and I am going to make sure he knows just how much he sucks come summer

 

[Jackson 2]

That flies in the face of what Glazer said last night, which is "nfl owners, coaches, and GMs are sick of this 'stuff' from New England."

That may or may not be true, but what is clearly true based upon confirmed history is that Glazer is is sick of NE.

 

[mgcolby]

Won't happen. Those cheep b*tards don't want to pay ballsitters for every game.

They pay them now. Its my understanding that the ball attendants are typically local people that are NFL employees.

 

[Kontradiction]

Can anybody bring me up to speed on all of the juicy deets that may have emerged overnight? I'm trying to keep up with this until the final report comes out but I'm trying not to immerse myself in it because it's depressing. Any new twists and turns I need to be aware of?

 

[mgcolby]

That flies in the face of what Glazer said last night, which is "nfl owners, coaches, and GMs are sick of this 'stuff' from New England."

What is this stuff? Losing to them?

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

That flies in the face of what Glazer said last night, which is "nfl owners, coaches, and GMs are sick of this 'stuff' from New England."

Mike Loyko agreed with what I posted last night. I think the discrepancy is Glazer probably asked around but the other reports is about NFL worker bee scout types chatting in the stands and no-one gives a crap.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Yet another conflicting report to add to the mountainous pile. Glazer said people were pissed at the senior bowl, that they were fed up with the Patriots shenanigans and the league needs to come down hard on them.

Who to believe? We'll find out soon enough.

I don't believe anything Glazer says

 

[Ring 6]

I said its unconfirmed, but Mort had been pretty dead on so far.

Nothing mort has said has been confirmed
Doesn't mean he hadn't been right. We will find that out soon enough but his rumors don't become fact just because they get repeated a lot.

 

[hambone1818]

Jesus I hope they wrap this up today. If we do get sanctioned I hope the team fights it to the death instead of rolling over and taking it.

The leaks to Mort; the NFL having possibly been alerted--either in November by the Colts or two weeks ago by the Ravens--of deflated footballs and sitting on that news, trapping the Pats; the lack of ANY news or updates, allowing the media to run wild with this.

So my nightmare right now: the NFL is flat-out done with Belichick and this is their way of doing it. They'll announce in the next 20 minutes--or even during BB's press conference--and leave him hanging out to dry.

It's an absurd thought, but that's what happens when you have three days of silence on such a stupid issue and nothing but BS whispers.

 

[MTM558]

Just turned on ESPN to hear Schefter. He says that he doesn't get the sense that Bill had any knowledge or involvement and that unless there is CLEAR evidence linking Him to the situation there may not be any significant punishment.

 

[BradyManny]

Can anybody bring me up to speed on all of the juicy deets that may have emerged overnight? I'm trying to keep up with this until the final report comes out but I'm trying not to immerse myself in it because it's depressing. Any new twists and turns I need to be aware of?

Unconfirmed report that Tom Brady & Bill Belichick are responsible for 9/11. Belichick to address in full at his presser today.