BREAKING: Patriots Found Guilty For Deflating Balls

[Blizzardwizard]

People hating on the Pats

Mad cus their team didn't come up with the idea first

[spurraider21]

Have you just been willfully ignorant of the details of this story, or are you being purposely obtuse? Please reply thx

Neither

[Blake]

As I wrote in Tuesday’s Patriots mailbag, “There are specific rules that prohibit altering the ball after they have been checked by the officials 2 hours, 15 minutes before game time. If the Patriots (or any team, for that matter) are knowingly breaking those rules outside of the normal scope of what is accepted (e.g. New York Times story on Eli Manning; Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers acknowledging how he likes his footballs to feel), there is a price to pay.”

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/b...ots&id=4766756

Time to find a new excuse, Pats fans... you're talking out of your asses.

I guess the Pats will find out the price they have to pay after their Super Bowl parade.

The NFL should kick their own asses on this.

[monosylab1k]

Neither

Then why did you ask that question?

[spurraider21]

Then why did you ask that question?

I asked the question because I wanted it answered, to put it simply.

[monosylab1k]

I asked the question because I wanted it answered, to put it simply.

If you had read anything on this story besides "CHEATING CHEATER PATRIOTS CHEATED!" you'd have known before asking.

[spurraider21]

If you had read anything on this story besides "CHEATING CHEATER PATRIOTS CHEATED!" you'd have known before asking.

You're talking out of your ass.

[monosylab1k]

You're talking out of your ass.

You were being willfully ignorant.

[lefty]

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[lefty]

League says balls were inspected and approved pre-game. The balls were weighed at halftime which is where the 11 underinflated ones were discovered.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Truth is SR that this isn't uncommon. BJ paid 8000 dollars to ball boys to deflate all 100 game balls before the game.


illegalas , but when rules that are broken aren't getting punished?

[Killakobe81]

League says balls were inspected and approved pre-game. The balls were weighed at halftime which is where the 11 underinflated ones were discovered.

If a equipment manager did the deed he should fall on his sword accept full blame. Under the table Kraft and Belly should make sure they pay him off to never implicate any other Pats staff ... case closed. We focus on football ...

[monosylab1k]

Once all the facts come out and all this ass-blowing ceases, if the Patriots are guilty then I wonder how they actually handle it. Do they suspend Belichick for the Super Bowl? Do they wait and give him the Sean Payton special? Or even go Gregg Williams?

SB might be Belichick's last game as HC of the NEP. , the AFC Championship Game might have been.

[SupremeGuy]

Cheatriots can't win without cheating

[Avante]

There is no doubt or debate, if not for deflated balls Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Pats ain't . If they had to play with ordinary balls they'd be lucky to go 2-14.

So if they beat the Seahawks in the SB it was all about under deflated balls. Obviously all their other SB wins....tainted.

You could take the Jags and if they played with under deflated balls....SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The key to winning in the NFL....air pressure. Give Lagarrette Blount an ordinary ball, he's averaging 3.4 a carry.

Cam Newton's problem is he plays with ordinary balls.

[Spur-Addict]

[Thebesteva]

Heard on Cowherd this morning that Tom Brady was on a local radio show earlier this season and said something along the lines of," I love when Gronk es the football at the end of a TD. He deflates the ball and I prefer deflated footballs for throwing."

They have this in audio, they just played it on ESPN radio.

Check...mate

[Darth_Pelican]

Once all the facts come out and all this ass-blowing ceases, if the Patriots are guilty then I wonder how they actually handle it. Do they suspend Belichick for the Super Bowl? Do they wait and give him the Sean Payton special? Or even go Gregg Williams?

SB might be Belichick's last game as HC of the NEP. , the AFC Championship Game might have been.

"NFL Investigations" never move quick enough for him to get suspended for the Super Bowl. You will hear the cliché bull from PR: "we are still gathering all the facts, we are in the process of determining how severe the actions were, and who exactly is involved", blah blah blah.

But Belicheck could definitely be looking at the Sean Payton treatment and be suspended next season, and like you said, if that happens, I could see him ride into the sunset, especially if he is holding the Lombardi next Sunday night.

[Avante]

Heard on Cowherd this morning that Tom Brady was on a local radio show earlier this season and said something along the lines of," I love when Gronk es the football at the end of a TD. He deflates the ball and I prefer deflated footballs for throwing."

They have this in audio, they just played it on ESPN radio.

Check...mate

I feel sorry for the Colts now, obviously if the pressure had been right they win that game. Air pressure was why they got destroyed.

[spurraider21]

Truth is SR that this isn't uncommon. BJ paid 8000 dollars to ball boys to deflate all 100 game balls before the game.


illegalas , but when rules that are broken aren't getting punished?

Oh someone else did it too I guess that makes it OK then.

Also apparently Johnson had all 100 available footballs deflated, whereas in this case it's only the one the Patriots used

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Cam Newton's problem is he plays with ordinary balls.

And is still superior to RW

[Thebesteva]

I feel sorry for the Colts now, obviously if the pressure had been right they win that game. Air pressure was why they got destroyed.

Thats not what its about smart ass, NE could have been doing this all season. In fact, other players are coming forward and saying they have felt the ball was deflated @ NE.

[The Gemini Method]

And is still superior to RW

Naw.

[Spur-Addict]

Once all the facts come out and all this ass-blowing ceases, if the Patriots are guilty then I wonder how they actually handle it. Do they suspend Belichick for the Super Bowl? Do they wait and give him the Sean Payton special? Or even go Gregg Williams?

SB might be Belichick's last game as HC of the NEP. , the AFC Championship Game might have been.

No, can't do that. Can't have that looming over the S.B. But if it is pretty bad, I would imagine just picks, and economic restrictions (Salary Cap).