Deflate-Gate: Here We Go Again

[Todd Bradley]

I wonder if nonsense like this will deter Revis from resigning with us.....

 

[Deus Irae]

Before I reply to your comment, from which angle are you coming? Don't want to inadvertently start debating a point we're actually agreeing on

People trying to blame this on the NFL, or the Colts, or aliens, for example. Last night, we actually had someone *****ing about Mike Reiss, of all possible media people.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Lol, just IMAGINE if they suspended Brady for the SB.

I wouldn't watch it.

In fact I doubt I would ever watch football again. Simply not worth it.

 

[Sicilian]

People trying to blame this on the NFL, or the Colts, or aliens, for example.

Gotcha. Yeah, I've pretty much ignored the tinfoil brigade.

 

[Deus Irae]

Lol, just IMAGINE if they suspended Brady for the SB.

Goodell would lose his job.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Lol, just IMAGINE if they suspended Brady for the SB.

Yeah, that would be hilarious.

 

[winged1dur]

If the NFL is so concerned with the "integrity" of the game why do they allow a set of balls for the home team, another set for the away team and another set for the kicking game? Why not 50 balls supplied by the league set to the NFL's standards?
It almost seems as though they were allowing teams to "bend" the rules to suit each QB.

 

[Ring 6]

If the Pats did mess with it, the most likely method that I have seen posed would be filling the balls with hot air just prior to the refs testing it. By game time, the PSI would drop a predictable amount.

Which would not be violating anything. The rule says what pressure the balls must be at when the referee inspects, and that they cannot be tampered with after.
I just find it hard to believe that a group of players circled around the ball boy like he was Larry Izzo taking a dump while he stuck a needle in 11 balls and reduced them to a perfectly equal psi.
There is something we do not know, or we think we know that is inaccurate, which is the case with the standard leaking of informaiton in all the NFL investigations.

 

[strngplyr]

I want to know what the NFL is going to do about the Patriots being forced to play the first half with an inferior football that didn't meet specifications. We have have scored 60 if they didn't give us a bad football.

Add to the list of ways to counteract this:

Don't test the balls 2 hours before kickoff. Test them 20-30 minutes before kickoff. If the gametime refs are busy with prep at that point, force another league official to be on hand to do so.

Or regulate the balls themselves. It seems they want player preference to matter, so tighten up oversight of the balls the teams control.

 

[Double TE]

I wouldn't watch it.

In fact I doubt I would ever watch football again. Simply not worth it.

You're overreacting in five years we are going to laugh at how silly this is.

 

[Froob]

How long before Billy Cundiff claims that a deflated ball was the reason he missed that kick?

 

[Deus Irae]

If the NFL is so concerned with the "integrity" of the game why do they allow a set of balls for the home team, another set for the away team and another set for the kicking game? Why not 50 balls supplied by the league set to the NFL's standards?
It almost seems as though they were allowing teams to "bend" the rules to suit each QB.

Yeah, it almost seems as if the league thinks "Don't screw with the balls after you get them back" is supposed to mean "don't screw with the balls after you get them back". Crazy, huh?

 

[NENGFAN]

You're overreacting in five years we are going to laugh at how silly this is.

I hope so but I thought the same thing with Spygate and it still lives on after 7 years.

 

[strngplyr]

Yeah, it almost seems as if the league thinks "Don't screw with the balls after you get them back" is supposed to mean "don't screw with the balls after you get them back". Crazy, huh?

Sounds more like a guideline!

 

[ChesBay]

Please explain the concept that cheating is perpetuated in the Patriots organization.

They were penalized for breaking a rule by conducting acceptable taping, but from an incorrect location, and had a reasonable defense where the rule specifically stated it applied if you were using the film in that game, which they did not.

Balls were under inflated and no one yet knows if the Patriots had anything to do with that.

What else you got?

by "perpetuated", I am only talking about the issue of the pressure maintained on their footballs, NOT anything in their past! I actually believe that the Patriots have never cheated, and only guilty of being smart enough to stretch the rules to the limit of their applicability. We must remember that the NFL is not bound by the same rules of evidence as a court of law, and can punish however they see fit. It's a "Club"...just like your local Country Club, Yacht Club, Reading Club!

and the phrase "seem to point" is a qualifier....read the rest of my post, we are on the same side!

 

[moejr]

Lol, just IMAGINE if they suspended Brady for the SB.

If that happened and I was the Pats I would wait to the last minute and forfeit the game so there would be no SB and the NFL would lose millions from companies looking for a refund on their ad money.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

I read his WEEI interview. Downright disgusting that these guys get airtime and are columnists. Says BB should thrown out for good and Packers should go to the SB instead of the pats who 'rigged' the game.

Why torture wounded Aaron & the Pack again?
If the NFL did something this stupid, I'd laugh my ass off at a Colts vs Seattle SB debacle.
So would everyone else outside of Indy or NY, the epicenter of Patriots hatred.

 

[King Brady]

#inflatethis thanks browner lets trend this

 

[The Brandon Five]

How long before Billy Cundiff claims that a deflated ball was the reason he missed that kick?

It's sad that even this site is perpetuating the idea that kicking balls can be tampered with. They can't.

 

[karguy85]

If that happened and I was the Pats I would wait to the last minute and forfeit the game so there would be no SB and the NFL would lose millions from companies looking for a refund on their ad money.

In that case they can always show last year's super bowl again...

On second thought, never mind...