“....you missed probably the best SB ever.”
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I missed it “live” but viewed the game early Monday morning. I am up at 4:00 AM so I caught all the highlights and as soon as it goes up on YouTube can, if I choose watch the game in it’s entirety.
About the deflate gate thing. What many seem too overlook is that Brady LIED to the investigators about destroying his cell phone so he wouldn’t have to turn it over. He was in constant contact with the equipment manager(s) beginning immediately after the claim of deflating the balls was made. This in contrast to his having literally NO contact with them previously.
There is a history of the Pats breaking the rules and paying substantial fines. Sure they win games but the aura surrounding the team is they do this by breaking the rules. Is it true? Does it matter if the perception among so many football fans (close to 70%) is that the Pats cheat?
Finally there is the arrogance and lack of class of the team in general, although I would leave Brady out of this part. They are very Ungracious losers and even worse when they win. One example which has stuck in my mind was when they beat an opponent on the road and after the game ended the Pats players ran to midfield and proceeded to jump up and down on the opponents emblem . Childish? You bet and something I had never seen before despite watching football for almost 60 years.
The unpopularity of the Pats has been brought on them by their own actions.
What many seem to miss is that the players union told Brady not to give up his cell phone. They did not want that to become a precedent. I agree with that decision, private property does not belong to employers. I know that if my employer asked for my cell phone I would tell them to KMA unless they had a court order, which the NFL did not. I think the whole thing was a witch hunt simply because other owners are jealous of the Patriot’s success. That was made obvious to me by the clown Goodell letting the Steelers slide on deflated balls this year. It was never about the sanctity of game balls being properly inflated. If it were, they would be demanding Big Ben’s cell phone and he would be sitting out 4 games next year. It was always about nothing more than Goodell getting Brady and the Patriots for the other owners who are incapable of emulating the Patriot’s success.