Peter King: Why NFL Should Give Back Picks to Pats (But Won’t)

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

When it comes down to it, the evidence against Brady is the following:

1. Two equipment managers whose professional job is prepare footballs for a game, and who must necessarily know about PSI in order to comply with NFL rules, are guilty because they have texted each other about air pressure, even though there is at least as much evidence to suggest they were complying with the rules than as much ambiguous evidence to say they were doing something wrong. There are several texts referencing PSI within the permitted range and nothing suggesting they were not. The word "deflator" in itself means nothing without context, considering that their job consists of deflating balls at times, which is not only legal but necessary for every team to prepare balls. By the way, that text came in the offseason.

2. Brady and Jastremski spoke about Deflategate the morning after a major scandal broke out, as if human nature and logic wouldn't dictate that they would have a discussion. Brady acknowledged their conversation included this issue, even though Goodell lied about Brady's testimony to the public.

3. Brady "destroyed" his cell phone after being told it was optional to submit it to an absurd "detective" looking to nail him. Wells reassured him that he would take extraordinary precautions to ensure privacy, yet here we are with the entire world having access to Brady's emails, which were given the same precautions. By the way, Brady had over 10,000 text messages, most of which were personal and sensitive in nature.

That, folks, is the case that trumps science.

 

[MitchKumstein]

That's great for this year, but that really doesn't address the problem: People within the NFL fed the media false information in order to make a team/player appear guilty. They also supplied false information to that team and refused to release the correct data. That this also served a distraction for that team's Super Bowl preparations was probably just a bonus for them.

I'm sure that the NYJFL people that were behind this entire debacle (cough cough Kensil!) will eventually be punished severely for lying and intentionally setting off this firestorm

 

[Jackson 2]

may or june.

I believe that's in line with what Michael McCann projected.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

I believe that's in line with what Michael McCann projected.

From your lips to God's ears...

 

[aluminum seats]

Yeah cuz I'm sure he hasn't had 50 lawyers telling him to say nothing to anybody ever about anything.

Right. That point's been made.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

If you start with the assumption that the Patriots probably did something, then these facts all look suspicious and only confirm your assumptions:

- The "deflator" text - what ELSE could it possibly refer to? Weight loss? Uh, yeah, sure.

no, it refers to taking over-inflated footballs and deflating them within legal limits!

- The rapid increase in communication between Brady and Jastremski immediately following Brady's D&C interview.

I'd do that for sure if I was accused of being involved in some else's wrongdoing. I'd be dying to know eveyrthing

- McNally entering the bathroom with the footballs.

yep. he had to pee.

- The fact that the Patriots' footballs were deflated by more than the Colts' footballs were.

false. they were at a lower pressure, at a different time point, and after being at a different temperature.

- Brady "destroying" his cell phone after he was told is was not needed.

- Brady's shaky press conference, driven by lies and misinformation in the questions asked.

- The Patriots refusing to allow ANOTHER interview with Jastremski and McNally.

perfectly normal, pre-agreed-upon conditions

see bolded parts for perfectly reasonable explanations for the "damning" stuff

JJ had to pee, at an unfortunate time: That is ALL that they have.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

The balls were tampered with by a human.

Come to think of it, if the NFL had argued that they were tampered with by Little Green Men from Alpha Centauri, their argument would have made more sense than the Pash/Wells Report...

 

[SVN]

To this day, I cannot understand why Brady calling Jastremski so much after he found out that the League were investigating him means anything. Sure a guilty man would have phone activity like that, but so would an innocent man. It proves nothing. It suggests not much more. I don't get why people harp on it.

If I was Brady and I found out during a radio interview that I was accused of cheating, the first thing I would do when I got off the air would to be to call everyone to find out what the hell is going on and whether anyone did anything that I didn't know about.

That was the point on which NFL and goodell got caught lying in the appeal. Goodell says brady only talked about the upcoming game meaning brady didnt talk about the deflating footballs ergo he is guilty whereas brady in his appeal clearly told goodell he spoke about this issue too to ask what happened.thanks to judge berman making the transcript public we found that out.But Goodell and NFL havent been given enough grief about this lie. Wish florio or somone would expound the point like wetzel did.
Roger Goodell's manipulation of Tom Brady's testimony leaves NFL on slippery slope

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I don't think these guys know how to issue a "quick" ruling, especially when a case is being argued by a former Solicitor General, who might end up on the Supreme Court if the Republicans come to their senses and nominate someone electable...which, so far, they don't seem to be inclined to do.

I agree on clement, but I don't think trump will make a mistake in this one

 

[SVN]

This peter king
Deflategate dominates Patriots coverage in advance of Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

"The conclusion: There is little doubt the New England footballs were tampered with by a human."

 

[XLIX]

A corporation can sue an employee for breach of contract. You have two multi-billion organizations with endless resources v. a guy who works for Bellavance Beverages in Nashua, NH.

What contract would he breach? He is a part time employee that did nothing wrong. If he goes on 60 Minutes and tells the whole world he did nothing wrong, where is the breach of contract??

Money can easily sway a person's truth if they let it. Do you think the NFL would want to pay off McNally to say that he "took the needle" to 12 balls in the bathroom before a game?

If you're saying the guy would accept a bribe in exchange for telling a lie, I cannot address that point because I do not know him personally or know if he would do such a thing. However, there is no evidence whatsoever suggesting he would deliberately lie in exchange for a bribe so I will give him the benefit of the doubt until I see evidence that he is the type of guy who would do that.

 

[NashuaPats]

see bolded parts for perfectly reasonable explanations for the "damning" stuff

JJ had to pee, at an unfortunate time: That is ALL that they have.

The use of the term "deflator" has another explanation. Jastremski inflates and deflates footballs a lot. He described the process of how he prepares a new football for game use. It's brushed, covered in oil, and rubbed down multiple times. He explained that during the process he inflates and deflates the balls at least several times. That's at least four times each or eight times he inflates or deflates a ball. For a game in inclement weather, he prepares 50 footballs. 50 X 8 = 400. That's about 400 times he's inflating or deflating a football and this only for game day balls. He's also in charge of preparing and maintaining many balls for practice. And I'm sure the non used game balls end up in practice, but he's obviously inflating and deflating footballs constantly. When you do something that repetitively, it's normal for that term to become a part of your vernacular.

McNally is his buddy and colleague and he's a funny guy who uses a lot of amusing slang and constantly teases or banters with Jastremski. McNally picks up on Jastremski using these terms for things such as weight gain and begins using them himself when talking to or texting Jastremski to tease him and to be funny. There's even evidence of him telling Jastremski to "deflate" when telling him to calm down.

This may sound like a long, convoluted explanation, but it's completely normal and it's how people behave and how friends interact.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

What contract would he breach? He is a part time employee that did nothing wrong. If he goes on 60 Minutes and tells the whole world he did nothing wrong, where is the breach of contract??

If he signed a confidentiality agreement and then blabbed he'd be in breach of that contract.

 

[Ring 6]

If he signed a confidentiality agreement and then blabbed he'd be in breach of that contract.

Do you really think employees who work 10 days a year since confidentiality agreements?
Besides, what would he have to lose?

 

[XLIX]

If he signed a confidentiality agreement and then blabbed he'd be in breach of that contract.

Well sure, if you're going to assume he signed some sort of contract that we have no evidence actually exists, then there could be consequences.

Of course, for a contract to be lawful, he would have had to have received some sort of benefit for himself. So yes, if he took money in exchange for agreeing to keep his yap shut, and then went to 60 Minutes, then yes he could be sued. But you are talking about a hypothetical response to a hypothetical situation involving a hypothetical confidentiality agreement that we have no idea if it even exists.

 

[IllegalContact]

People are pissed there is no first round pick and wanted Kraft to stand up and fight the league sanctions, I agree with them. Kraft apologized for his actions so even he knows he was wrong.

understood.............both he and Brady seemed naive and did not take the issue seriously enough in the early weeks of it.......the fact that the whole thing was a sham has given Brady recourse, but not Kraft....I am sure that if they knew what was coming, including 2 entities being held primarily responsible for ONE ACT, they would have handled it differently

But Krafts admission that he f*cked up is as far as it went for me.......people still wetting themselves over it now is pointless

@flasox27 you have issues.........it's hard to figure whether you're a tail on a dog or just some poop hanging from the butt

 

[Mack Herron]

This peter king
Deflategate dominates Patriots coverage in advance of Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

"The conclusion: There is little doubt the New England footballs were tampered with by a human."

He was pandering to the mob, self-righteous, and entirely wrong. But in calling publically for Goodell to return the picks, he has gone further than the owner himself.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

This peter king
Deflategate dominates Patriots coverage in advance of Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

"The conclusion: There is little doubt the New England footballs were tampered with by a human."

That's the problem, it's too late. WAY too late.

He's like someone who could have called 911 when he saw a murder being committed then giving the eulogy. Too little, too late, Peter you are a useless piece of sh!t.

 

[IllegalContact]

I didn't say they weren't ****ty at it. Although they've successfully smeared the Pats.

It was over before it started.......they got f*cked and in retrospect, they could have handled it better......Brady has help with the CBA, Kraft not so lucky

they had bullseyes on their backs and didn't even know it.......that's life....hopefully the next time (and I have no reason to believe there won't be one) they better be prepared

I look at it as Kraft was Larry and Goodell was Moe.......Kraft got his eyes poked, hair pulled and did a fist bump that hit him in the noggin

 

[Deus Irae]

There is no cogent, logical argument that can be made for returning the picks and keeping the fine.