If the NFL had just followed my advice following Spygate incident, none of this resulting nonsense would have occurred.
Dispersal draft of the Patriots.
If the NFL had just followed my advice following Spygate incident, none of this resulting nonsense would have occurred.
Dispersal draft of the Patriots.
There is something to this. Festering anger over how the Patriots behave like a NASCAR crew chief in search of 2 additional horsepower is part of what drove this process.
If they had a plan to deal with these types of incidents that did not involve backing themselves into corners, they might have tamed Belichick long before this.
But I am not sure the football inflation is worth the battle. If those fumble statistics had held up, then we are talking about a season long advantage (at home at least). But since those numbers have been largely debunked, I am not sure this was the hill to die on.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Ya, there's seems to be a strong undercurrent of resentment in league to these antics. Remember mic picked up Wolf at recent HOF gathering lauding Goodell directly for "handling that Patriot thing" or something to that effect.
I don't think many will shed a tear when the Belichek & Brady reign of terror comes to an end.
He would have to have some major stones to rip on the commisioner of the game as he's handed the gold jacket. Although Wolf always had a biting personality so I could see it.
But pretty much the battle lines are drawn here.
Players back Brady.
Front office folk back "The Shield."