$500,000 (or even a million) is a drop in the bucket for this organization. It is chump change to most NFL teams these days.
Still, my sense is that because the Patriots are finally big favorites this year, they have been chosen to take the fall for something that is likely being practiced to one degree or another League wide.
I just enjoy watching my local team win after the decades of being the sad sacks of professional football.
BB got the $500K fine. The team cannot pay it. The team also loses a #1 pick which is quite the spanking.
The Jets fans can whine all they want but they had no answer to Randy Moss on Sunday and that was the biggest difference. That and they couldn’t stop the running game.