{"id":6865,"date":"2016-07-12T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=6865"},"modified":"2016-07-11T23:03:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T03:03:51","slug":"tuesday-daily-rundown-712-new-england-patriots-news-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2016\/07\/12\/tuesday-daily-rundown-712-new-england-patriots-news-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Daily Rundown 7\/12: New England Patriots News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick Programming Note: After a brief break working on some projects, we’ll be picking up with daily entries from now through the beginning of training camp.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a quick rundown of this morning’s top stories:<\/p>\n

Study Finds Brady ‘Dodging’ Questions Helped Him…Really –\u00a0<\/strong>This is the most boring time of the year as we head into the dead zone between now and the beginning of training camp, and the types of stories out there more or less reflect that.<\/p>\n

A recent\u00a0study that appeared <\/a><\/strong>in the current issue of the International Journal of Sport Communication<\/em> looked at the reactions of people and the amount of ‘goodwill’ they felt when Brady answered questions surrounding the DeflateGate nonsense during the team’s championship run nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

The study centered around testing whether or not people believed Brady when he said, ” I don’t know” or “I have no idea” as the veteran QB responded to the allegations stemming from the accusations of deflated footballs following the AFC Championship win. The apparent study tried to test the reactions when they heard his full answer, vs an abbreviated version when the “I don’t know” or “I have no idea” were removed in an edited copy of the video.<\/p>\n

This study apparently really happened…seriously. I’m almost intrigued enough to want to meet these people who now have hours and minutes of their life that are now gone forever.<\/p>\n

In the study, they looked at Brady’s January 22nd, 2015 press conference where Brady responded to the charges. \u00a0David Clementson, author of the study and doctoral student in communication at The Ohio State University, worked with a professional videographer and created two shortened versions of the news conference. \u00a0The first\u00a0version reportedly included a selection of unaltered questions and answers in which Brady began\u00a0statements with something like, “I don’t know” followed by further explanation. \u00a0 From there they put together a second video, which contained the same material but they removed the “I don’t know” style of answers and included just the responses\u00a0from that point forward.<\/p>\n

According to the study, the participants (105 college students apparently took part in this) then\u00a0watched one of the two versions. \u00a0The people who saw the edited version without the “I don’t know” type of responses felt he dodged the questions, while the people who saw the complete answers were more satisfied with his responses.<\/p>\n

Clementson said that there’s logic behind the reasoning, saying it makes “intuitive” sense.<\/p>\n

“In the real world, we generally believe people when they say ‘I don’t know’ to a question we ask them. We don’t hold that against people. Why would it be different for sports stars and politicians?” he said.<\/p>\n

“People felt better about Brady when he admitted he didn’t know before he offered further comments.”<\/p>\n

No word if the scientific study included the NFL saying “I don’t know” about the Ideal Gas Law. \u00a0Although, as we’ve learned, science and logic doesn’t seem to apply in anything that happens at the league office.<\/p>\n

Brady Congratulations Murray – <\/strong>After winning Wimbledon, Andy Murray got a little support from his fellow Under Armour athlete in Brady, who took to Facebook to congratulate him for his achievement.<\/p>\n

After the win, the Patriots QB put together a fun photoshop photo as he congratulated Murray for his impressive accomplishment.<\/p>\n

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Well-played by Brady as usual.<\/p>\n

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Brady recently impressed Celtics’ star Isaiah Thomas. (USA TODAY Images)<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Thomas “Starstruck” by Brady<\/strong> – It’s always fun to see a couple of local athletes from two different worlds meet, especially here in New England.<\/p>\n

Celtics star Isaiah Thomas recently met Brady while the two were on hand trying to recruit Kevin Durant at a meeting at The Hamptons over Fourth of July Weekend and Thomas was impressed with the Patriots quarterback. \u00a0Thomas called Brady “down to earth” and used the hashtag #GREATNESS to describe him in a photo of the two on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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