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Bill Belichick claims ignorance of deflated footballs, throws controversy on Tom Brady
Yahoo Sports ^ | 1/22 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 01/22/2015 9:56:26 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue

Belichick addressed the controversy for the first time Thursday morning and made a number of strong and precise comments that, if he isn't telling the truth, can be fairly easily contradicted or even proven completely false. If that were to happen, his reputation would be finished.

Instead he claimed ignorance, threw the controversy onto quarterback Tom Brady – who always should have been at the center of this – and willingly and purposefully put himself in a box.

Belichick repeatedly mentioned he believes current and former players or staff members – or anyone else – will confirm what he said. He all but asked NFL investigators and the media to go ask them.

This suggests what Belichick said was honest. He's a smart man – extremely smart – and even his greatest critics will concede that. Only a fool would say what he said if his comments were so easily disproved. This strategy would run against every bit of lawyerly advice.

So he didn't come out and just say, "No explanation," for how the Patriots' footballs wound up underinflated in the first half of their rout of the Colts.

He said he never heard a word of this until Monday morning – not from officials, not from staffers, not from the media.

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To: TangledUpInBlue

Yemen falls to ISIS, and our country is fixated on Tom Brady’s balls.


61 posted on 01/22/2015 2:11:40 PM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Brady seemed evasive when first asked if he could tell the difference between the first half balls and the second half ones.

Also: “I get the snap, I drop back, I throw the ball,” Brady said. “I grip it and I try to throw the ball. That’s the extent of me touching the football.” Trying to imply that he really doesn’t handle it much at all so he wouldn’t know about any inflation issues. It doesn’t smell right.


62 posted on 01/22/2015 2:23:04 PM PST by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: Karl Spooner
They will be calling for PSI checks every time Brady throws a TD now.

They should make it like the Stick Check in Hockey.

63 posted on 01/22/2015 2:29:08 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

We could easily have real time telemetry data.
Just like the Indycar and Formula 1 guys do with tire pressures.
We’ll be watching velocity, spin rpm, etc on our television sets in just a few years I predict.


64 posted on 01/22/2015 2:34:44 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: dfwgator
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65 posted on 01/22/2015 2:47:12 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Red Steel
Do you guys and women even know the difference between 11 lb inflated vs. 13 lb inflated football?

15% of the weight I believe.

66 posted on 01/22/2015 2:54:24 PM PST by mware
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To: mware; Red Steel

DOH!


67 posted on 01/22/2015 2:58:56 PM PST by hlmencken3 (“I paid for an argument, but you’re just contradicting!”)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

So called deflated balls were used in the first half. Hard rock balls were used in the second half when Patriots beat the Colts like a drum. This entire “non-story” is something cooked up by the Colts because they are tired of getting their bell rung by the Patriots.


68 posted on 01/22/2015 5:26:20 PM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: for-q-clinton

Michael Sam said the balls he inspected were fine.


69 posted on 01/22/2015 5:33:02 PM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet

Funny!


70 posted on 01/23/2015 7:02:55 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: NKP_Vet
I created this based on your comment.
71 posted on 01/23/2015 7:10:50 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Go_Raiders

To me the way rule 2 is written it leaves the door open to manipulation of game time pressure based upon temperature manipulation of some sort. I didn’t run any ideal gas law calcs to check the professors numbers. However I think it is a neat idea and not outside the rule as written to do this if you want a softer ball to play with. I admire innovation of this type.


72 posted on 01/23/2015 7:28:01 AM PST by smaug6 (We can't afford to be innocent!! Stand up and face the enemy.)
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To: NKP_Vet
fixed it to be one line top and bottom:
73 posted on 01/23/2015 7:53:28 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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