Penalties being considered for the Pats - UPDATED 1/1/2020

Feels like a trial balloon leak to gauge reaction.
Still think a big fine is a certainty and as unfair as it might be for this particular incident something will likely happen to a draft pick. imo

Bob kraft should be suspended the rest of the year, and a $250,000 fine

Then jonathan taking over for the rest of the year brings back AB and we win the title and Bob gets to have his cake and eat it too,.

What a freaking joke.

Punching Goodell in his mouth is on my bucket list.

super - nice work

chasa said:

Bob kraft should be suspended the rest of the year, and a $250,000 fine

Then jonathan taking over for the rest of the year brings back AB and we win the title and Bob gets to have his cake and eat it too,.

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The "cake", what was her name?

Unreal. As Mark mentions, the Patriots two prior punishments are outliers, and massively so - off the chart outliers.

Total bullsh*t if football ops is punished for an innocent mistake by non-football ops. Not only would basically any penalty (other than a trivial fine) be disproportionate to the offense, but it makes zero sense to punish football ops for a non-football ops mistake. It'd be like punishing a company's legal team for a tax mistake made by their accounting team.

If the team loses (a) pick(s) I wouldn't be shocked if Belichick walks, either to another team or from the league, and understandably so. A corrupt, inconsistent, and biased league making his life miserable by stripping draft picks for something Belichick (and football ops as a whole) had zero to do with.

Here's hoping that report is not true.

Suspend Krafty Bob for a year and rescind his orchids of Asia day pass

Release the tape. Public should know if whatever punishment is handed down fits the crime.

A loss of a draft pick, especially if it's a significant one, and I might just be done with the NFL.

Crazy Patriot Guy said:

A loss of a draft pick, especially if it's a significant one, and I might just be done with the NFL.

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It's a bit premature for another competitive balance tax, but they have won two SBs since the last one.

I'm just so tired of this.

Still waiting on the league to provide verified data showing PSI readings from every single game since the Colts-Pats AFCC, let alone waiting on the footage of this ordeal

Where can I get the Roger Goodell pony shirt please??

dreighver said:

If the team loses (a) pick(s) I wouldn't be shocked if Belichick walks, either to another team or from the league, and understandably so.

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Why would he walk somewhere else to start from total scratch?

The penalties will be whatever they are and the media team and other non-football ops people will hopefully learn from this to not half-ass even the smallest details.

luuked said:

Why would he walk somewhere else to start from total scratch?

The penalties will be whatever they are and the media team and other non-football ops people will hopefully learn from this to not half-ass even the smallest details.

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Because he’s being restricted in his ability to do his job by a corrupted league with an anti-Patriots interest, as a result of the actions of those not in football ops.

That has to be beyond frustrating. Can see him wanting to wash his hands of the situation.

dreighver said:

Because he’s being restricted in his ability to do his job by a corrupted league with an anti-Patriots interest, as a result of the actions of those not in football ops.

That has to be beyond frustrating. Can see him wanting to wash his hands of the situation.

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If I learned anything about BB in the last almost 20 years it is that I dont think he gets frustrated much by things that are out of his control.

Sometimes you see cracks and the proto emotions come out -- he is human afterall -- but with stuff like that I doubt it affects him much.

I sincerely doubt he ever sits around and laments stolen picks, injuries to key players, draft busts and whatnot.

festy1986 said:

I'm just so tired of this.

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Me too...and i hope final decision will come sooner then later...so sad that we went again in a trouble we should hv avoided

Ras-IR Dowling said:

Release the tape. Public should know if whatever punishment is handed down fits the crime.

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Eh, I’m not sure that is going to put the team in a positive light. It could make things even worse. If the guy made a mistake and was filming the sidelines like it’s being reported, it could be hard to find any good in what’s on the tape. Just my opinion.

Brick27 said:

Still waiting on the league to provide verified data showing PSI readings from every single game since the Colts-Pats AFCC, let alone waiting on the footage of this ordeal

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I’m waiting for someone in the national media to start asking why the NFL would release false PSI data about the Patriots and Colts footballs to make New England look guilty. A sports league falsely incriminating one of it’s teams, especially one preparing for a championship game, is a significant story that everyone ignored.