Posted on 01/23/2015 6:27:05 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
Is Tom Brady telling the truth? Is he lying? Can both scenarios be possible?
Is it remotely plausible that some unnamed, unknown, mystery equipment manager altered the footballs without Brady's knowledge and approval … or did 11 of the Patriots' footballs, but not one of the Colts, nor apparently 12 more backup footballs from the Patriots, lose pressure naturally?
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1) Belichek is a total control freak and a detail oriented savant. There is no way, NO WAY, something goes on with that football team that he doesn't know about.
2) Chris Simms was on local radio today and they had three footballs: 1 properly inflated, 1 underinflated, and 1 overinflated. He touched each ball once and correctly identified each. This is CHRIS SIMMS! Tom Brady is a first ballot Hall of Famer and he says he couldn't tell???
3) The NFL... So from Sunday until last night (at least) the NFL has not even contacted Tom Brady. No one. Not a word. On the heels of Ray Rice and everything else, you would think they would want to appear better. But they can't. Why?? Because they don't want to suspend the coach or the QB before the big game. They're dragging it out intentionally and as a result, the game will be tainted. The NFL has the worst PR firm in the world working for them and the fact that Roger Goodell is best friends with Robert Kraft doesn't look good.
4) Kraft... Where the hell is he? He's on TV every time the Pats score a damn touchdown and now he's nowhere to be found. He's not coming out saying: "I'll get to the bottom of this!" This makes us look bad. It's embarassing and we'll find out what happened. No. He's totally MIA.
5) Which brings us back to Brady and Belichek. Not ONCE, in both pressers did either person say they were embarrassed and wanted to find out what happened. Not ONCE did they say - this makes us look bad and we'll get to the bottom of it. Not ONCE. Not even close. What did Brady say: "This isn't ISIS, no one is dying." Really?
Tom..you cheated for cheatings sake. You're lying or you're not as talented as Chris Simms. It's not a little deal because you chose do this in the AFC TITLE game...
Bill....you should be suspended for a year at least. Starting now. Sean Payton got a year for doing nothing. Never broke a game rule. Never gave the Saints a competitive advantage. And during that year the Saints were penalized at the bottom of the league for personal fouls. Payton got a year for LYING to the Commissioner.
Oh Mr. Goodell?? Grow a pair of balls. Even if they're underinflated.
“Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?” - Henry II, Murder in the Cathedral
“Who will rid me of these turbulent footballs?” - Tom Brady, Cheating at Foxboro
The news media didn’t wonder if Obama was lying about knowing about the IRS scandal,benghazi, solyndra, and a thousand other scandals
The media is the enemy and the main problem in America.
The news media now keeps showing us this ridiculous stuff about some footballs. This is not news, not important. the news media is keeps putting out stuff like this to distract the population from what is really going on from as in : Obama’s tyranny, executive amnesty , Obama adding 9 trillion $ to the debt, the fact that people can’t find jobs and are making less money , the danger of the growthg of government etc.
The Patriots are cheaters. Plain and simple. They are the Barry Bonds of football. * next to their records and stats. Go Seattle!
“The NFL has the worst PR firm in the world...”
Do you think superbowl ratings will be better or worse after this issue is constantly in the news cycle until the game itself?
Freegards
As I understand, the NFL has not officially confirmed any of the “facts” being thrown around except that they are investigating.
It sure seems like the differences being talked about are within the variance of temperature and gauges. Gauges are far less accurate than commonly believed.
The news media didn’t wonder if Obama was lying about knowing about the IRS scandal,benghazi, solyndra, and a thousand other scandals
The media is the enemy and the main problem in America.
The news media now keeps showing us this ridiculous stuff about some footballs. This is not news, not important. the news media keeps putting out stuff like this to distract the population from what is really going on as in : Obama’s tyranny, executive amnesty , Obama adding 9 trillion $ to the debt, the fact that people can’t find jobs and are making less money , the danger of the growthg of government etc.
We need a new Federal Agency to inspect & certify everyone's balls.
Federal Ball Inspectors !
This is not an issue. This is just the news media brainwashing and distracting the people.
That we are diverted so by this sand grain of triviality is a perfect snapshot of our place in history.
All true.
It's amazing how the Colts drubbed them in the second half when the balls were put right. It's obvious they were the better team from their second half come back performance.......
A chain of possession and documented proof that the proper protocols were followed needs to be presented. If this process was not followed then there is no issue. No DeflateGate. The NFL is trying hard to find a way to present this and probably looking for the one person who will fall on his sword.
Sure, gauges may be inaccurate. But, 11 of the 12 Patriot balls were deflated to the SAME PSI. 12 of 12 Colts balls were properly inflated. Again, to the SAME PSI.
That’s not a coincidence.
Michael Sam would volunteer.
:: 2) Chris Simms was on local radio today and they had three footballs: 1 properly inflated, 1 underinflated, and 1 overinflated. He touched each ball once and correctly identified each. This is CHRIS SIMMS! Tom Brady is a first ballot Hall of Famer and he says he couldn’t tell??? ::
I am a lifelong Lions fans.
That said, did Chris Simms stick his hand in an ice-bath for 10 minutes prior to “examining” the balls? Without the “cold” factor, this “pundit” is simply “perpetrating-a-fraud”.
Note, I’m not trying to vindicate Bellichek/Brady but, really...when you get spanked by that much, the nay-sayers appear to be whine-enthusiasts.
Tell me, would Ray Nitchke complain about a “soft ball” when he got pancaked by Alex Karras? And to be circumspect, would D’Qwell have made the INT if the ball ^wasn’t^ soft? (Reference Bostic of GB on the K-O?)
ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!!!!!!!
(Jumping around, waving arms wildly!!)
“Do you think superbowl ratings will be better or worse after this issue is constantly in the news cycle until the game itself?”
Neither. Hundreds of millions of people will watch the game regardless whether there was a controversy or not. But in the wake of the NFL’s lousy job this year surrounding Ray Rice - their strategy of “ignore and this too shall pass” isn’t working. And if they wait until after the game to dole out punishment and have it be effective next season, then they are impotent and gutless.
This is a coach who has already been fined $500,000 for cheating and a franchise that has lost draft picks for cheating. It’s not like they’re poster boys for honesty - which again, makes Robert Kraft look like an idiot.
It’s also not confirmed to be a fact officially by the NFL.
Guilty or not, we'll never know for sure now. The time to do a proper investigation was Monday. The NFL doesn't think forward, just goes from crisis to crisis. Maybe the Pats are guilty of something, maybe what they did (if they did) is equivalent to throwing a spitball or corking a bat, or maybe they're innocent and their records are forever tainted.
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