Posted on 01/22/2015 5:51:09 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
Indianapolis Colts linebacker DQwell Jackson, who says he didnt snitch on the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, told NFL Medias Jeff Darlington that Brady was using a Colts football at the end of the first half Sunday night. Jackson spoke to an official, who said they couldnt locate a usable football, during a TV timeout when the Patriots had the ball. Later in the first half, Jackson noticed that the Patriots were using Colts footballs.
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There seemed to be an odd moment in the game where the refs were looking for a football and they swapped them. Very odd.
3rd Qtr
So maybe the refs did notice. They just hoped nobody else would.
Go'wohn ... nuthin' here t'see.
What does it mean when the doctor prescribes DQwell?
I remember seeing that as well. It was not a normal swap.
Colts should have kept quiet about the balls. It was only 17-7 at the time. After the balls were switched, they were outscored 28-0
No idea but he always played well in Cleveland.
And the plot clots in ballgate.
Since everyone who tracked and handled the footballs from the time of the measurement before the game is paid by the NFL, someone had to be complicit or responsible. (Assuming, of course, they followed procedure from their rule book.) The NFL officials seem to be the only ones profiting from this, their calls are no longer the big story.
Not accurate. Before kickoff, they were turned over to the ball boys who are employed by the Patriots, not the NFL.
” their calls are no longer the big story.”
The Dallas, Greenbay game showed their calls on the field don’t mean squat. Maybe the replay officials can go and look at every second of video and find a culprit. Even if Belichick had the ball for two steps and stabbed it with a knife, he could claim he never had posession because he dropped it when reaching to put it back in the bag
Did you hear the NFL had not even talked to Brady yet? What the heck?
Brady and Belichick sounded lawyered up today and weren’t believable, IMO.
Pro baseball pitchers have been throwing spitballs for decades. Part of the game. This whole thing seems overblown to me, and may be part of the lamestream media’s war on pro football.
I wish folks would be as concerned over a corrupt government as they are over an under inflated football.
But that's only an "outward glance" observation, and not reflective at all as to how the Pats scored those 4 2nd half TDs.
Second Half TD #3 (the last one of the 3rd qtr) was set up by an interception. The Patriots needed only 1 play (13 yds) -- and it wasn't a Brady pass.
(So now you're essentially down to 21 pts vs. 17)
Second Half TD #4 (only one of the 4th qtr) was only a 40-yard drive and Brady's passing contribution was simply 3 short passes for 22 yards...no completed passes downfield.
Second Half TD #1 (first of second half): Blount covered 40 of the yards in this drive with his running...Brady's passing contribution was a 6-yarder, a SHORT pass to Edelman that Edelman picked up 23 yards -- most yards AFTER catch, and the TD -- a 16-yarder to an eligible lineman who likewise had most of the yards AFTER catch.
(Once again, NOTHING downfield!)
Second Half TD #2 This drive had the ONLY downfield completed pass...one to Edelman down the middle for 22 yards. Other than that, LaFell had a SHORT 9-yard catch; Gronk had two short ones -- 7 and 5 yards -- and even his 16-yard catch was a short pass in which Gronk got YAC.
“...may be part of the lamestream media’s war on pro football.”
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I was wondering the same thing, myself.
Deflated footballs was the lead story on the national news, for cryin’ out loud.
Anything manly or strong the media wants to tear down, whether it’s the military, pro-sports, etc.
And the deflated balls helped the Pats' receivers in yet another way -- Amendola's punt return which spurred New England's field goal drive in the second quarter.
Just as passes were easier to grab and run -- so was his punt return of 30 yards.
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