PATRIOTS NEWS The Published Wells Report.

[Big-T]

enough times to lower the pressure in the ball, obviously

Which then makes it so the Colts illegally tampered with an opponents ball.

 

[Rob0729]

Apparently that one was gauged several time by the Colts.

Like with most things in the investigation, it didn't make a whole lot of sense.

It's funny - I actually do think the texting between ball boys is suspicious. Or rather, their explanations of the texts are - frankly I think there are ways to interpret them as innocuous, but some of their explanations come up short.

However, there is really no evidence that Brady was even generally aware of an attempt to circumvent the rules. Furthermore, the scientific evidence is very shoddily interpreted by the hired guns the NFL got.

Not sure how this all plays out. Might be a situation where everyone loses, but Brady has taken the brunt so far, so its the NFL's turn. They clearly butchered this whole situation really badly.

It was gauged by the Colts, then aren't they in violation. They cannot put a pin in the ball as much as the Pats' can't. More questions left unanswered by the Wells report because it didn't put the Pats in a bad light.

 

[50-yard-line]

I know you you don't know what I am talking about .... you don't even know what YOU'RE talking about

Okay, I get it now - you're in a pissy mood and want to fight on the internet.

 

[BradyManny]

enough times to lower the pressure in the ball, obviously

It says in the report but if I open it up then I'll pretty much blow my day away, so I'm banking on memory that they checked it three times. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Brewskies]

You're making a judgment on something that isn't there, nor should it be imo.

You could be correct I am having difficult time wrapping my head around Brady saying he didn't know McNally.

 

[IllegalContact]

Okay, I get it now - you're in a pissy mood and want to fight on the internet.

not at all.......just dismissing your total nonsense

 

[IllegalContact]

You could be correct I am having difficult time wrapping my head around Brady saying he didn't know McNally.

yeah.....that's a bump in the road, but alone doesn't amount to beans

 

[50-yard-line]

not at all.......just dismissing your total nonsense

And yet, the post in which I spelled out my reasoning was given a "Winner" by another poster.

Just because you're too dimwitted to understand what I'm saying doesn't make it nonsense.

 

[BradyManny]

You could be correct I am having difficult time wrapping my head around Brady saying he didn't know McNally.

I actually think this is the most overblown thing in the whole report. Brady very well may not have known McNally by name, yet been aware of a person who was carrying out his functions. When asked who McNally is, he would not have known. In fact, his testimony says as much, yet the Wells report makes little of that.

 

[Brewskies]

Tom Brady is an NFL QB. He is not the second-coming of Ronald Regan or Bill Clinton. People need to cut him some slack.

The NFLPA told him to clam up. The problem is the Brady cannot say that as it would make him look like he is hiding. The problem is that the optics are awful.

I have noticed that all the major networks and newspapers are cutting him slack not. How do you know the NFLPA told him to clam up. Does that mean he was told to say he didn't know McNally?

 

[Deus Irae]

If I had a press conference and it didn't go well and even thee WH press secretary makes comments on how bad it was and I knew I had nothing to hide I would make my electronic documents available to the investigator. That's all I am saying.

That would be foolish, as history has demonstrated this tactic to be a failure about a gazillion times.

 

[The Gr8est]

The Yee charge is important because it signals there will be a fight over the innuendo in it.

In other words, this ain't over yet. The Brady people are going to seek to open this up. This is going to go on and on and on.

He is challenging Wells to release ALL his information.

Oh no. I hope this doesn't make the NFL look bad, corrupt, or Rat-centric in their decisions.

 

[Ring 6]

You could be correct I am having difficult time wrapping my head around Brady saying he didn't know McNally.

That could easily be explained. McNally is a part time employee that apparently is known by a nickname. The fact that Brady was given the name of the guy who holds onto the football bag and didn't recognize it is not evidence of a deep dark conspiracy.

 

[upstater1]

It was gauged by the Colts, then aren't they in violation. They cannot put a pin in the ball as much as the Pats' can't. More questions left unanswered by the Wells report because it didn't put the Pats in a bad light.

Apparently, the Colts have been sticking pins into the Patriots balls for a long time. Not just at the AFCCG.

 

[Brewskies]

The problem is that TB probably knew it was a witch hunt from the beginning and knew it was lose lose for him. I'm sure Wells' initial request was something like "we want you to tell us about your illegal activities." TB knew that this investigation was not about finding the truth. I wouldn't have cooperated either.

We wil have to wait for the second shoe to land and how bad it will be. If it was a witch hunt for him then his PR was terrible.

 

[DarrylS]

If the referee, Walt Andrews, lost contact with the allegedly measured footballs, from the locker room to the field.. why didn't he retest them to insure compliance??..

 

[SVN]

You could be correct I am having difficult time wrapping my head around Brady saying he didn't know McNally.

There is no electronic exchange between brady and him. Brady once contacted the other guy after 6 months of no contact. Mcnally is clearly unhappy with brady because he is getting nothing in terms of gifts. You would think a guy doing a huge personal illegal favor for brady would be showered with gifts and have a good relationship with brady . He clearly sounds disgruntled with Brady, that he isnt close enough to him to get any benefits . The texts seem to clearly indicate that.

 

[Deus Irae]

Yo rainman.

Ignorance isn't an excuse. See Sean Payton. Payton said he didn't know what Willaims was doing and still got 1 year from the NFL. The punishment phase is coming and BB is responsible for everything Patriots.

Wake up.

Kindly steer me to all the examples of coaches getting punished when their players fail drug tests. Ignorance is no excuse, right?

Kindly steer me to verification of the 100% coach punishment rate when a player is caught violating the law. Ignorance is no excuse, after all.

If you can't do that, then please realize that "ignorance is no excuse" is not some catch-all destined to be invoked.

 

[SVN]

If the referee lost contact with the allegedly measured footballs, from the locker room to the field.. why didn't he retest them to insure compliance??..

Well even before that, the letter from grigson was sent to the NFL before the game. How in the world they didnt write down the PSI at the start and how in the world did they possibly allow the AFCCG to go on in the 1st half with footballs they were suspecting. ? Isnt that against the integrity of the game ?

 

[SeanBruschi54]

Kindly steer me to all the examples of coaches getting punished when their players fail drug tests. Ignorance is no excuse, right?

Kindly steer me to verification of the 100% coach punishment rate when a player is caught violating the law. Ignorance is no excuse, after all.

If you can't do that, then please realize that "ignorance is no excuse" is not some catch-all destined to be invoked.

But he's right, the NFL could not wait for something like this to rear its head for Belichick and Co. and now that it has they are going to hammer this team.