Is Tom Brady Making the Right Move By Remaining Silent Before His Appeal?

[TheBostonStraggler]

Is Tom Brady Making the Right Move By Remaining Silent Before His Appeal?

Steve Balestrieri

Tom Brady hasn't spoken regarding his appeal of this four-game suspension by the NFL for Deflate-gate. He probably won't speak until his appeal on June 23

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Consider the risk(cost)/benefit factor. If Brady had spoke up, what does he gain versus what does he risk?

IMHO Brady's gains would have been minimal. Was it going to change the NFL's punishment decision? Very unlikely it would not have. Was he going to tangibly change the 'smear' of his name in the media and/or gain media positivity? Would NFL fan support increase enough to pressure Goodell to do an about face? Both of those, IMHO, are distinctly no. However, one tangible would have been to make his relatively small group of ardent supporters feel better.

Given those benefits, is the risk of compromising your formal process for nullifying the NFL's punishment worth the benefit?
Consider this risk if he speaks: Brady's explanation/response to the NFL is "........". He is wide open for arguing whatever is most plausible. That includes adapting to any change of the mood/storyline that tends to happen over time. Unlike Goodell/NFL who are married to a very specific story, Brady can adapt to the most optimal/winnable explanation. (Side note: in the arena that this is headed, forget about what is true. Unfortunately who better sells their story is who wins, period. If his argument also happens to be the complete truth it is a fortunate coincidence. it is what it is).

 

[RIP#40]

And you have evidence that Tom is lying where, exactly? Spare us your argument from ignorance.

So you believe they referred to the one buffoon as the deflator because he was trying to lose weight or Brady knew how much stress they were under "trying to get them done". Personally, I think not wearing knee and hip pads as required by league rules is a more serious offense, but I do think the Pats did it and Brady knew about it. We'll see who is ignorant by the end of the month. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think he gets off Scott free because I think he is guilty.

 

[Clonamery]

So you believe they referred to the one buffoon as the deflator because he was trying to lose weight or Brady knew how much stress they were under "trying to get them done". Personally, I think not wearing knee and hip pads as required by league rules is a more serious offense, but I do think the Pats did it and Brady knew about it. We'll see who is ignorant by the end of the month. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think he gets off Scott free because I think he is guilty.

OK.

What EXACTLY do you think he's guilty of?

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

OK.

What EXACTLY do you think he's guilty of?

This should be fun

 

[RIP#40]

OK.

What EXACTLY do you think he's guilty of?

Telling the equipment guys to take air out of the balls. Once they are inspected by the refs it is against the rules to deflate them even if it's from the high limit 13.5 to the low limit 12.5. Stupid rule but a rule.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

When you win say nothing.
When you lose say less.
When you continue to lose season after season, make up some $%#!# about the winningest team and try to set everything you can against them.

Brady has nothing to gain by speaking publicly. Heck, most everyone's mind is already set, so he stands to gain little except by waiting a few years until he and BB retire.

 

[Deus Irae]

So you believe they referred to the one buffoon as the deflator because he was trying to lose weight or Brady knew how much stress they were under "trying to get them done". Personally, I think not wearing knee and hip pads as required by league rules is a more serious offense, but I do think the Pats did it and Brady knew about it. We'll see who is ignorant by the end of the month. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think he gets off Scott free because I think he is guilty.

Telling the equipment guys to take air out of the balls. Once they are inspected by the refs it is against the rules to deflate them even if it's from the high limit 13.5 to the low limit 12.5. Stupid rule but a rule.

Please explain how having "The Deflator" taking the air out of footballs after the officials check them results in footballs at 16 PSI.

 

[supafly]

So you believe they referred to the one buffoon as the deflator because he was trying to lose weight or Brady knew how much stress they were under "trying to get them done".

The "trying to get them done" comment/text may very well have been in regards to the fact that McNally and JJ (or possibly just one of them) had quite a daunting task ahead of them during the 2 week period between AFCCG and SB.

Everyone knows that a great amount of detail goes into the preparation for ANY quarterback's footballs, so they had to prepare something around 40-50 footballs during that small two week window, as I believe that TFB chooses "his" 18-24 balls from that group. Each ball takes a good amount of time to prepare, so a good amount of man hours were dedicated to this task. Once again, the context of these messages is important, and the fact that Wells came to his own conclusion made all the difference in the world.

As far as the "deflator" text (which occurred in May), one of McNally's main tasks was immediately opening the ball from its box and taking out a couple of PSI. That was one of his jobs. Either way, I don't see what difference it could've made since it happened in May when no games were taking place. How does that suggest that Brady ordered anyone to take air out of a football after the officials had inspected them? It doesn't. If something like that had been discovered, you can be sure it would've been included in the Wells report.

I'm not attacking your opinion that "something" may have occurred that pushed the rules (we honestly have no idea, aside from the clear lack of evidence in the Wells report), but one would think that they'd have some type of evidence that suggests what you're claiming. Instead, it's nothing more than taking the context of the texts into account, along with the fact that McNally chose to go into the bathroom with the balls. Had he not done that, we probably wouldn't be here. Whether anything shady happened or not, there sure as hell doesn't seem to be a shred of evidence that implicates Tom Brady, hence their use of the term "more probable than not that he was 'generally aware.' "

 

[supafly]

Brady has nothing to gain by speaking publicly. Heck, most everyone's mind is already set, so he stands to gain little except by waiting a few years until he and BB retire.

I think most of us would agree that he has nothing to gain by speaking publicly, but I'd think that he stands to gain a lot during the expected court hearing sometime in the next several months--not necessarily "a few yrs" for he and BB to retire.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

I think most of us would agree that he has nothing to gain by speaking publicly, but I'd think that he stands to gain a lot during the expected court hearing sometime in the next several months--not necessarily "a few yrs" for he and BB to retire.

i agree, but the payout won't be immediate. And I really hope the NFL* gets taken to the woodshed over this. But, I don't think any media-types will really try to unravel the truth of what happened to the Patriots while (A) the current regime is still in power and (B) People have had time away from them to consider their legacies and the affect that these witch hunts have had (or really what was the offense).

I mean the fact that people refer to TFB as a repeat offender or habitual cheater is really mind boggling. But it gets accepted as fact (see, not I'm getting pissed again).

 

[RIP#40]

Please explain how having "The Deflator" taking the air out of footballs after the officials check them results in footballs at 16 PSI.

Please tell me what that has to do with the AFCCG? I believe the game in question is the Colts game.

 

[Deus Irae]

Please tell me what that has to do with the AFCCG? I believe the game in question is the Colts game.

You're using the nickname "Deflator" as part of your argument. The nickname was in effect in May, which is before October, and we've heard nothing about a change to "The Inflator". Now, please explain how having "The Deflator" taking the air out of footballs after the officials check them results in footballs at 16 PSI.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

You're using the nickname "Deflator" as part of your argument. The nickname was in effect in May, which is before October, and we've heard nothing about a change to "The Inflator". Now, please explain how having "The Deflator" taking the air out of footballs after the officials check them results in footballs at 16 PSI.

Come on DI, you know he can't explain it because the explanation would directly contradict the 'Brady is guilty' opinion.
Oh wait! that was the intention of your post

 

[ThatllMoveTheChains!!!]

Come on DI, you know he can't explain it because the explanation would directly contradict the 'Brady is guilty' opinion.
Oh wait! that was the intention of your post

Times not linear... it's the only explanation.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Times not linear... it's the only explanation.

Brady had a DeLorean and a 1.21 gigawatt power source?

 

[supafly]

Please tell me what that has to do with the AFCCG? I believe the game in question is the Colts game.

The sad reality is that the only evidence available from the actual game in question stems from McNally's choice to use the restroom. I won't insult your intelligence and pretend like we definitely know if this was a premeditated action or just an innocent trip to the restroom, but the "other" evidence has nothing to do with the game played in January.

As a matter of fact, there's no evidence whatsoever to suggest that anything shady occurred during N.England Patriot home games when they were in charge of the balls. There's a suggestion of a text from the month of May, and another from a text which occurred during an away game in the month of November, neither which occurred in Foxborough, and neither which had anything to do with the AFCCG.

 

[ThatllMoveTheChains!!!]

Brady had a DeLorean and a 1.21 gigawatt power source?

Tardis, it was in the bathroom. Brady deflated the balls himself using his sonic screwdriver.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Tardis, it was in the bathroom. Brady deflated the balls himself using his sonic screwdriver.

Being a SciFi nerd almost since birth, I hate to admit it that I had to look up 'Tardis'. For whatever reason Dr. Who wasn't a show I got into.
After looking it up I then could appreciate your joke