My own view is that many Pats fans were so conflicted over the Jills making the playoffs that they didn't have a chance to revel in the Cravens loss.
But, I can't think of a better opportunity to revisit the Deflategate Fraud Karma Scorecard after yesterday's events.
All set, boys and girls? Here we go. (I'm sure that there are additions that can be made to this list, so go ahead!)
The Deflategate Fraud Karma Scorecard
On January 18, 2015, at the conclusion of the American Football Conference Championship Game in Foxboro, Massachusetts, footballs used during the game were measured to determine their PSI after a complaint about their "softness" from the Indianapolis sideline. The measurements, while taken by two different gauges and never aligned to the individual balls as measured after inflation before the game, nonetheless revealed that the balls weighed within 0.231 psi (i.e., the weight of a toothpick) of the weight that would be expected, according to the laws of Physics, for balls that had been inflated in a room with a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and subsequently used in an environment with an average temperature of 42 degrees in a cold, wet rain for three hours. While subsequent studies performed by independent scientists, from MIT to Cal Tech, showed that the only thing that caused these balls to lose air pressure that day were the Laws of Nature, the subsequent events came to be known as "Deflategate" and resulted in a four game suspension for Tom Brady, subsequently recognized as "The G.O.A.T", a $1 million fine to the Patriots and the loss of a fourth round draft pick. Objective observers now view the entire charade as a Fraud.
Baltimore Ravens: The team whose whining after the Pats outsmarted them in the 2014/15 Divisional Round most likely led to the Deflategate Conspiracy.
Regular Season Record since that day: 22-26
Playoff Appearances since that day: 0.000000
Joe Flacco QBR since that day: 83.4
Indianapolis Colts. The team that conspired to create Deflategate.
Regular Season Record since that day: 20--28
Playoff Appearances since that day: 0.000000
GM Ryan Grigson
The "Mastermind" of the conspiracy:
Fired 2017
Subsequently sentenced to Cleveland Browns.
Chuck Pagano
Fired 2017
Andrew "Salty" Luck:
W/L Record for three entire seasons since that day: 10--12
IR in 2017*
D'Qwell Jackson: The stooge who "reported" that an intercepted ball felt "a little soft" (a statement he subsequently denied making):
Suspended Four Games in 2016 for PED use
Cut in 2017
No longer playing in the NFL
Mike Kensil, VP of Football Operations and commonly regarded as the instigator of the conspiracy and most likely the source of the leak to HSPN:
Demoted from VP of Football Operations 2016 to VP Game Operations International, i.e., from responsibility for oversight of 256 Regular Season and 11 Post Season games per year to oversight of three games a year (probably a case of keeping him on for an agreed number of years at his old salary just to keep him quiet)
All senior staff members of NFL Football Operations: fired or moved to other jobs
Chris Mortensen*
The "Tweeter" and main Deflategate perpetrator
Operating on tip from Kensil (or one of his now fired flunkies) publishes an inaccurate and misleading Tweet about the loss of air pressure in the AFCCG Patriots' game day balls, which starts the entire charade. He later removes but does not apologize for the Tweet.
Diagnosed with Advanced Throat Cancer, which, after a period of remission, has now metastasized to his lungs.
Your New England Patriots
2015 Season and Postseason through 2017 Regular Season:
Regular Season Record since that day: 39--9
Post Season Record since that day: 7--1
Two Super Bowl Championships
Three AFC Championship Game Appearances
Three Division Titles
Tom Brady:
Average Regular Season QBR since that day: 105.7
36--8 Regular Season Record
7--1 Post Season Record
Two SB MVP's
Karma: she do be a ******
* Note: we take no pleasure in the injury of Luck or the tragic illness of Mortensen and wish them both full recoveries...but, how Karma treated each...well, it's not my place, as a mere mortal, to question Karma...
