OT - Patriots Deflate Report

[7nohitter]

The balls used in the second half were different...and Brady threw up even more points. The rest of the country is JEALOUS of 15 years of success.

Is anyone upset with Rodgers who admits he over inflates the footballs?

No? Really?

Then be quiet.

[TUM301]

It`s all a plot by Belichick and Brady, "the whole world hates us boys and it`s us against the world". Really though it looks like the NFL wanted to nail the Pats and they did. Brady gets a 2 game suspension, it`s reduced to one, and the Pats get fined around 250 K. So for the Thursday nite opener the Pats are minus Brady and the Steelers will be down Levon Bell. Jimmy Garap. goes 18/26 for 265 yds and 2 TD`s.

[ZachS]

As a Saints fan, I just want to see Goodell punish someone else for a change.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Since the NFL went through such great lengths to investigate this, might as well hand out a punishment commensurate with the investigation.

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Since the NFL went through such great lengths to investigate this, might as well hand out a punishment commensurate with the investigation.

Maybe the NFL can also go back to 2007, challenge the Tyree catch on the basis that all five of the Giants O-Linemen were holding on the play and negate that Super Bowl win for the G-Men.

Oh, and if that play happened to the Patriots, everyone would be screaming that Brady was in the grasp and the play should have been blown dead.

Just sayin....

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

The balls used in the second half were different...and Brady threw up even more points. The rest of the country is JEALOUS of 15 years of success.

Is anyone upset with Rodgers who admits he over inflates the footballs?

No? Really?

Then be quiet.

+1. Yup, a little air out of the footballs and filming defenses. That's why they've been so good for 15 years. Belichick is playing chess while the rest of the league is playing checkers. Neither Belichick or Brady pays any lip service to the national media and that's why ESPN, the NFL Network, etc... all have an agenda to beat them down with the morality stick. Brunell crying on the air about Brady flouting the integrity of the game? He should be crying over his mediocre career....

I guess since all of their tricks have been found out, the Pats will certainly go 6-10 next year....either that, or we'll win yet another division title.

Haters gunna hate.

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by wolf441

+1. Yup, a little air out of the footballs and filming defenses. That's why they've been so good for 15 years. Belichick is playing chess while the rest of the league is playing checkers. Neither belichick or brady pays any lip service to the national media and that's why espn, the nfl network, etc... All have an agenda to beat them down with the morality stick. Brunell crying on the air about brady flouting the integrity of the game? He should be crying over his mediocre career....

I guess since all of their tricks have been found out, the pats will certainly go 6-10 next year....either that, or we'll win yet another division title.

Haters gunna hate. :d

truth!

[calvindog]

I'm more upset about the idiotic pass call at the end of the Super Bowl than I am about the under-inflated balls. The NFL should investigate Pete Carroll's brain.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I'm more upset about the idiotic pass call at the end of the Super Bowl than I am about the under-inflated balls. The NFL should investigate Pete Carroll's brain.

That will go down in history as possibly the worst call of all time. I couldn't believe it. Carroll should be proud of himself.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Leon

That will go down in history as possibly the worst call of all time. I couldn't believe it. Carroll should be proud of himself.

I think possibly the worst call in the history of sports. It was that bad.

[Orioles1954]

Who knows if the deflation gave them a competitive advantage or was simply a result of testing the balls. What matters is that they, mainly Brady, clearly lied to investigators about knowledge of efforts to deflate footballs. That is what requires some amount of disciplinary action on the part of the NFL.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Leon

That will go down in history as possibly the worst call of all time. I couldn't believe it. Carroll should be proud of himself.

And even with that call, if Wilson makes a good throw, Seattle scores.

[iwantitiwinit]

12-4 should still be good enough to win the AFC East next year. Losing the 32nd pick shouldn't hurt too much either.

[baseball tourist]

Go Dolphins!

[calvindog]

Again, all the NFL cares about is money and the perception that the Pats cheated in the playoffs was enough to make the commissioner freak out. Heating up the balls illegally on the sideline? 25K fine because the press didn't run with it. Brady messing with the balls? He's 1/4 Paul Hornug-ed.

[yanks12025]

Love the Pat fans finding any excuse to defend their cheating quarterback.