This is the message that needs to be sent to the NFL by everyone via twittter, email, ect... i did not watch the probowl and will not watch the superbowl if enough fans buy into that with conviction and let the NFL, their team they support know change is going to happen to save the market
It's becoming more and more apparent to me that Goodell and his cronies just want to get through this game and then, once again, slap the Patriots lightly on the wrist for getting caught cheating once again.
This also answers Pats homers' "we didn't cheat because we didn't need to, we would've won regardless" The reason for deflating balls was not the fear of IND. It was simply what they were always doing. Deflating balls to Brady's liking is no big deal, it's just standard operating procedure.
I actually think their main hope is to win so that Brady and Bill can retire right after the game. Then Goodell's line would be easy: Yes they cheated, but there is nobody left to punish... What a shame... Sorry fellas
One possibility for it taking so long is they may have to investigate whether this was one off or something that has been happening for a while. Easy way is to see if that toilet stop was consistent at every home game.
Lol if they did end up retiring after winning the SB, I think that would almost prove their guilt. Not that it isnt already obvious that they cheated....
They aren't gonna retire over deflated footballs,I feel like Belichek is gonna leave the league on a stretcher....he doesn't strike me as the type who wants to retire
I read today that the Patriots were the only team that didn't fumble a rushing attempt this season...that may have been fumbles lost, though, not really sure.
Like I said before, I would laugh so hard if the patriots fumble 3x and drop more than 5 balls on Sunday. Sent from my LG-LS720 using Tapatalk
Former Jets qb Jeff Blake (1992) came out and said he used to have the ball boy deflate air out of the footballs before every game and said every team did it when he was in the league http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/01/needles_on_sidelines_former_jets_qb_jeff_blake_had.html
"Former Jet" is technically true but Blake played for 5 or 6 teams in his ~10 year career, if I remember correctly. He was a Jet for a single year. Anyway, it makes it even better that Tom Brady, Bill Belicheck AND Mr. Kraft would all lie about doing this common practice. If everyone is doing that, maybe "deny, deny, deny" isn't the best strategy.
This is the ever one does it defense. Won't work. Just because everyone does it does not mean it is right. If you get caught you need to pay the piper. The fact that it appears it has been happening since 2007 is really astounding and shows a blatant disregard for the rules. This is in the time frame were they were punished for spygate. So they went from one cheat to the next. now for the difference wen these other teams (Johnson or Blake) did this bother teams used the same balls. So the playing field was even as they both played with the same footballs. Brady asked for this change in 2006 for each team to supply their own balls.
All I know is the Seahawks better win this game ,I really hope the blow them out Brady throws two ints and fumbles the ball ......I know that won't end up happening but I can wish....
I actually don't think that defense works either. But I will say if that is the case, and it causes more scoring - I highly doubt the NFL would care. I think they're going to want whatever their QB's want in their hands. So I think it's plausible IF this were true it could potentially be buried "for the good of the league". But as with all things in life I'd just as soon learn the entire encompassing truth and it's context.
I also think is somewhat plausible this entire thing is manufactured to a certain degree, for ratings. Ratings are expected to be through the roof Sunday and most people who think a deflated football can do more than it does, still don't feel it's an earth shattering thing. That's the casual viewers perspective, not my own. They have somewhat of a good vs. evil narrative going on that is bigger than CTE, which was just discovered in another passed away NFL vet the other day.
