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Rodgers said he asks the equipment guys to over-inflate them to make them harder to handle. Seems to work at home.
This is very strange. I thought it was Stubby who had the sagging balls.
there might be some meat to this story after all
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...with-patriots/
Belicheat is finding himself in a very hairy situation
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-patriots-nfl/
At this point it is a matter of when and who will the league slam because of this. They won't do anything before the SB, but in light of bounty-gate a 1 year suspension would not be surprising for those involved. If it goes all the way up to Belicheat the Pats should lose multiple draft choices (#1, #2, and #3, or #1 this year and next) as well as the suspension.
He said only about half the QBs prefer a softer ball.
I saw Joe Theisman on TV, for what it's worth, he did a test this morning and couldn't tell the difference. Of course Joe has no feeling in any of his extremities.
It seems like a pretty silly scandal, I don't mind if it is true.
The scandal itself is silly, but it raises questions as to what else the Patriots are up to. Everyone in the world knew the Patriots would go heavy with the run game with Blount after Jonas Gray destroyed the Colts in Indy. The question is, why even bother with the footballs then? I hope the Patriots get nailed.
Now the league is saying the officials checked the balls before the game and they were fine, meaning the Patriots took the air out after the refs inspected them.
http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id...mpionship-game
11 of 12 Pats footballs underinflated
Updated: January 21, 2015, 2:19 PM ET
Yup underinflated footballs are exactly why the Pats blew away the Dolts, stupid fucking story and a non-issue. Next the Packers will be whining that the Seahawk fans get voice lessons, which unfairly helps them cheer louder.
I missed the section in the rulebook where it says cheating is allowed as long as you win by 30+ points.
Apparently someone on the Patriots sideline deflated the balls after the officials checked them out. NE was the superior team that day and nothing the Colts did was going to stop them so the question is who did it and why. Could have been some schmuck who overheard players saying how a low inflated ball is easier to throw or catch but it was done and it will be interesting to see who has to fall on the sword to keep this away from the head coach. By the way, I think MM had his balls deflated at half time vs the Seahawks and we know how that turned out.
Brady was paying off the ball boys. :)
To claim some kind of moral high ground over a game that grown men get paid more than most of us will earn in a lifetime is fucking stupid. All I can say is I wish M3 wanted to win that bad.
Thread deflated.
The NFL gets more and more like NASCAR every year.
What is an appropriate penalty for deflating balls in the championship game? Fine? Draft picks?
The only possible punishment for this is castration.
No offense but as mentioned previously Rodgers ADMITTED they over-inflate the balls......should the Packers get the same penalty as anything the Pats get?
This is really minor, the only concerning thing is these dudes seem to have a pattern of bending the rules and getting busted.
I wish we deflated the dam balls and won; this is much about nothing
Maybe if the balls were deflated Bostick would not have tried catching a ball with his helmet
I wish we had Hoody Genius the last five minutes; we'd be in the SB after he buried Seattle with some first downs...regardless of the deflation of the balls
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The score of the game should have no bearing on the punishment. I say force the Patriots to provide recordings of their entire practices to all 32 teams and to play with greased footballs while on offense.
What a bunch of pussies crying about balls not being big enough.
They have a lot of balls pointing at balls !
The twitter tellsss me that Belichick denied knowledge of Ballghazi. Bill Simmons is collecting evidence to support his theory that this might be Brady's last year with the Pats.
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons 6m6 minutes ago
Also - the fact that Belichick did the whole "wasn't me, ask Tom" thing makes me feel even worse about Brady's iffy contract status.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc
Warning: 80's hair
The whole thing is kind of nuts. Ball inflation pressure? It is really hard to fathom how it matters, but I guess there's a rule, and the point is, they broke it. They didn't find a way around the rule, or challenge its validity, they just flat out break them, which I do see as the bigger problem.
One question I have: is this another bounty-gate? Are many teams doing it, but the NFL is not interested in looking to see?
Makes me wonder - are over inflated balls harder to catch (and throw) as Arod points out. Wonder how much that would go into the drops we sometimes see?
As there are 'K' balls for kicking - Bostick has no more excuses.
Posts over at PFT about this are pretty hilarious - a lot of mud slinging at the Colts, must be a lot of Baltimore fans over there! Among the claims:
lost games on purpose to get the #1 pick in the draft,
caught pumping fake crowd noise into the stadium,
changed rules league wide to benefit their own team, and
turned off all cold water and cranked up the heat in the visitors locker room during a playoff game knowing the opposition had many players with the flu
Did they paint the visiting locker rooms pink?
Of course they all do it, Manning and Brady asked the NFL to let them do it. Each team preps their own footballs for their offense, which was a change from the previous policy.
The question is how many are dumb enough or arrogant enough to go so far off spec that someone (more than one apparently) noticed?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ty-punishment/
Troy Aikman: Patriots punishment should exceed Saints bounty punishment
Posted by Josh Alper on January 22, 2015, 3:12 PM EST
" ... Aikman made an appearance on Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket on Thursday and said he believed that it is “obvious” quarterback Tom Brady was involved in deflating the footballs. ..."
Comment woodbuck27:
Troy Aikman's stance here surprizes me.
What would Nolan Nawrocki say of a QB prospect who said, sure, I may have bent some rules and gotten into trouble, but its not like I am a member of ISIS?
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/...ady-isis-video
Here's a late music entry for the Super Bowl half-time in honor of the Patriots:
http://www.homoculture.ca/wp-content...atest_Hits.jpg
Evidently an under-inflated ball is easier to throw/grip and catch in cool wet conditions like we saw in the AFCC game. This is so stupid of NE if indeed they are found guilty. Did they think nobody would find out? I really wonder if an over-flated ball would be an advantage. And the league is aware of what Rodgers said but as far as we know the league isn't investigating that. I don't know if there is a limit on over-inflating the footballs.
This misdeed seems minor but I find the fact that NE has this history of bending the rules and outright cheating disturbing. I have a feeling so does Goodell and company. It will be interesting to see what punishment is doled out after the SB.