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Tom Brady's tale doesn't hold weight [Says sack Brady for Super Bowl if he cheated]
ESPN ^ | Jan. 23, 2015 | Ian O'Connor

Posted on 01/23/2015 1:50:05 PM PST by Colofornian

Under his oversized ski cap, Tom Brady could not hide from the fact he was convicting himself in the court of public opinion. The quarterback of the New England Patriots admitted that footballs pumped up to 12.5 pounds per square inch are "a perfect fit for me," yet swore he did not notice a difference in the AFC Championship Game when most of the balls had significantly less pressure.

Brady's story Thursday was harder to believe than the story of the 199th pick in the NFL draft becoming one of the greatest players of all time...

"I would never do anything outside of the rules of play," Brady said.

But his own words told a different tale, and as soon as he was done talking, a 17-year veteran of the quarterback position, Mark Brunell, said on ESPN that he was among those who didn't believe Brady. Earlier Thursday, even before Bill Belichick seemed to be throwing his franchise player under a triple-decker bus in his own news conference, Hall of Famer Troy Aikman said on a Dallas radio station the following:

"It's obvious that Tom Brady had something to do with this."...

(Excerpt) Read more at espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: bestquarterback; cheat; deflategate; gopats; patriots; sorelosers; tombrady
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To: TexasGator

6 of 15 initial plays were runs...40 percent...once down 14 0...runs became less than 25% and once down 3 scores runs became under 10 %7


321 posted on 01/26/2015 1:30:50 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

Was initial drop of about 17% ND then another 15%...so 2nd td had gretest impact on run game...% drop wise


322 posted on 01/26/2015 1:32:35 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

“6 of 15 initial plays were runs...40 percent...”

One of the ‘runs’ was a pass play ... quarterback scramble.

One pass play was called back on a penalty.

5 of 16 = 31%.


323 posted on 01/27/2015 8:42:34 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: kjam22

From ESPN reporting of a Goodell press conference Jan 30
“No knowledge of past in-game testing.
Asked if the NFL has tested the air pressure in footballs during a game in the past, and how important that is as a frame of reference in the ongoing investigation, Goodell said he didn’t know the answer and that attorney Ted Wells will look into that as part of the investigation. From our viewpoint, this answer warrants scrutiny based on the magnitude of the NFL’s investigation and the media firestorm it has created. How could Goodell not know? “


324 posted on 01/31/2015 10:22:12 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: mmichaels1970

From ESPN reporting of a Goodell press conference Jan 30
“No knowledge of past in-game testing.
Asked if the NFL has tested the air pressure in footballs during a game in the past, and how important that is as a frame of reference in the ongoing investigation, Goodell said he didn’t know the answer and that attorney Ted Wells will look into that as part of the investigation. From our viewpoint, this answer warrants scrutiny based on the magnitude of the NFL’s investigation and the media firestorm it has created. How could Goodell not know? “

You don’t know of previous examples because no one checked before.


325 posted on 01/31/2015 10:23:29 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Colofornian

“(Oh...sure QBS NEVER handle any balls In those minutes before kickoffs)”

Turns out the only ball that was deflated was the one handled by the Colts staff. hmmmm.

Turns out Chris Mortenson lied and you believed him.


326 posted on 02/05/2015 10:28:52 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Colofornian

The Game is over.

The best team won.

Sour grapes. Enough already. ;)


327 posted on 02/05/2015 10:31:52 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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328 posted on 02/05/2015 10:39:03 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Daffynition

Perhaps u should give up mind reading ... against forum rules anyway...no surprise tho coming from Cheaterville. .. not a colts fan...nor seahawks...didn’t even watch game


329 posted on 02/05/2015 11:55:46 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian
LOL


330 posted on 02/05/2015 12:09:38 PM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: pocat

ping


331 posted on 02/05/2015 12:13:31 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: the irate magistrate

ping


332 posted on 02/05/2015 2:03:00 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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333 posted on 02/05/2015 8:10:59 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: timestax
The incident, besides reviving those old “Belicheat” cliches from SpyGate, ripped the cover off a part of the game that many fans never think about: the journey of a football from approval to sideline. NFL footballs, according to the rule book, must be inflated with 12.5-13.5 pounds per square inch. Each team brings a number of balls to game officials, who approve them and mark them 135 minutes before game time. The footballs eventually are returned to each team, and each side uses its own set of balls when it is on offense. The NFL won’t be pulling the Patriots out of the Super Bowl. If it determines that they acted deliberately, a fine and/or loss of draft picks would be the likely punishment. But in a multi-billion-dollar business, this is either a really bad way to go about things or it’s a nonchalance, an arrogant shrug that says “everybody does it” and pays no mind to the possibility that it taints all those gaudy stats offenses have put up the last decade. So one of the first questions Goodell must ask as the NFL probes DeflateGate is: how pervasive is this?
334 posted on 02/05/2015 8:20:07 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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335 posted on 02/06/2015 6:21:09 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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