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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Yes, one was mangled looking and they gave different readings between the two with one measuring like .4 pounds higher than the other. Not precision work with equipment like that and showed how this was not precision work by the refs before the game.Can someone clarify something else for me, wasn't there an issue with the pressure gauges used? like they used 2 different gauges, not calibrated or something?
I would bet my bottom dollar that the pregame measuring of the balls was done entirely is a half-assed manner. The ref was probably doing 1,000 other things, took out a few balls, measured them with one of the ridiculously-poorly calibrated gauges, saw they were not obscenely irregular, then put them back in.Can someone clarify something else for me, wasn't there an issue with the pressure gauges used? like they used 2 different gauges, not calibrated or something?
Exactly. It probably didn't matter to anyone at all up until that point. Brady tells Harbaugh to learn the rulebook and this is what we get. That's what happened.I would bet my bottom dollar that the pregame measuring of the balls was done entirely is a half-assed manner. The ref was probably doing 1,000 other things, took out a few balls, measured them with one of the ridiculously-poorly calibrated gauges, saw they were not obscenely irregular, then put them back in.
As they basically have always done but sometimes maybe that's not the way to go. Would other owners have stood by as the league piles up on their star QB? To leak fake numbers like that right off the bat is basically insane. Would Jerry of let it all go for the 'greater good'?
I would bet my bottom dollar that the pregame measuring of the balls was done entirely is a half-assed manner. The ref was probably doing 1,000 other things, took out a few balls, measured them with one of the ridiculously-poorly calibrated gauges, saw they were not obscenely irregular, then put them back in.
This is very true. He had no data to leak and help his player's case though. I don't expect any of them to go full "Al Davis" on the others over a player. Lets not pretend they care that much. I would of leaked the real data and dealt with that after.Jerry Jones did a lot of blustering when Ezekiel Elliott's domestic violence investigation was going on, more than Kraft did. In the end, the other owners told him his only option was to accept the league's ruling and Jones caved. Jones didn't make the concession speech that Kraft did, but he turtled the same way.
Not saying it was right. I’ve said all along Kraft handled it horrendously and fans should consider harbor ill will toward him and his phoniness.As they basically have always done but sometimes maybe that's not the way to go. Would other owners have stood by as the league piles up on their star QB? To leak fake numbers like that right off the bat is basically insane. Would Jerry of let it all go for the 'greater good'?
A weasel in sheep's clothing. Wolves don't bend over for the 31.Not saying it was right. I’ve said all along Kraft handled it horrendously and fans should consider harbor ill will toward him and his phoniness.
At least Jones is consistent. Kraft is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
In a nutshell there were 2 gauges present. They gave different readings. In order to test the readings you would have to know which one was used. Anderson said he used one. If that was correct the balls where perfectly fine. If he used the one he didn’t say he used then the deflation was more than science dictates.Can someone clarify something else for me, wasn't there an issue with the pressure gauges used? like they used 2 different gauges, not calibrated or something?
Good point. A bendover ***** in sheep’s clothing then.A weasel in sheep's clothing. Wolves don't bend over for the 31.
The ref said he used the gauge on the right. Using that gauge the Patriot balls match up exactly. For everything else they said the refs memory was impeccable and took it as fact but clearly he was wrong about this and used the one on the left. The hoops they had to jump thru to prove wrong doing is mind boggling.Can someone clarify something else for me, wasn't there an issue with the pressure gauges used? like they used 2 different gauges, not calibrated or something?
He can't unlatch from Goodell. He's eternally grateful to Goodell for CMGI/Gillette even though he was only here because Tagliabue sent him.During the “investigation,” the Patriots had the actual PSI numbers in their possession. They could have easily leaked those numbers and wrecked the NFL’s narrative, preemptively calling out the BS before the Wells bomb hit.
Bob trusted the other owners and Goodell, though, and trusted the process even while it was incredibly obvious to everyone they were being railroaded.
Imagine if another owner’s Hall of Fame quarterback was being railroaded, and the owner had in his possession clear evidence of his innocence for months but declined to share it with the press because the commissioner told him not to.
Bob spent four months getting played, got angry for a day, and then within three minutes at arriving at an owner’s meeting, espoused the ideals of surrendering to a false narrative (and abandoning his QB) for the sake of the greater good. It’s difficult to overstate his cowardice.
I know of only one fan who had an issue with the uniforms.He can't unlatch from Goodell. He's eternally grateful to Goodell for CMGI/Gillette even though he was only here because Tagliabue sent him.
And he'll never unlatch from the flying elvis. He's in love with it and enemy blue jerseys and enemy silver helmets. The vast majority of real Patriots fans for 33 years who were and always will be against it were described by the media in 1993 as a "small faction". And the false narrative that the team sucked for those 33 years or were somehow worse than any other franchise persists in force to this day, fueling anti-Patriots rhetoric and denigration.