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AP: NFL finds it probable that Patriots deliberately deflated balls
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ElectricBlanketFire
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Wow.
Netherscourge
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LyleLanley
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4 game suspension and the first round pick seems excessive to me.
TheLostBigBoss
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Alright, here is my question.
This was basically a sting operation, correct?
If this was such a huge infraction, why would the league allow this to happen and destroy the integrity of the game? The NFL knew about this and let it happen.
Man, Patriots got set up and caught with their pants down. NFL had a bad PR year and Patriots got a baseball bat to the face. My guess is if the Pats cooperation more the draft pics wouldn't be as bad.
This was basically a sting operation, correct?
If this was such a huge infraction, why would the league allow this to happen and destroy the integrity of the game? The NFL knew about this and let it happen.
Man, Patriots got set up and caught with their pants down. NFL had a bad PR year and Patriots got a baseball bat to the face. My guess is if the Pats cooperation more the draft pics wouldn't be as bad.
Goodell had put himself in the corner with this. I personally think it should have been 1 or 2 games at most, but hey I'm not making $40 million a year, so what do i know.
CassidyIzABeast
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That's that Goodell fuckery. The report clears the organization and said it was all on Brady. Takes the teams draft picks.
ElectricBlanketFire
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New thread?
TheLostBigBoss
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Na, Patriots made this worse on themselves.
Didn't cooperate and went on the attack against the league when they clearly had dirt on Brady.
Pats made this as bad as it is.
Netherscourge
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Does that include the Bye Week?
Week 1 - Pittsburgh - OUT
Week 2 - @ Buffalo - OUT
Week 3 - Jacksonville - OUT
Week 4 -BYE-
Week 5 - @Dallas - OUT?
Week 6 - @ INDIANAPOLIS - BACK IN (lol) I'm sure the crowd in Indy will give him a nice return celebration.
Week 1 - Pittsburgh - OUT
Week 2 - @ Buffalo - OUT
Week 3 - Jacksonville - OUT
Week 4 -BYE-
Week 5 - @Dallas - OUT?
Week 6 - @ INDIANAPOLIS - BACK IN (lol) I'm sure the crowd in Indy will give him a nice return celebration.
LyleLanley
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That's what really doesn't make sense to me.
timetokill
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Excessively weak? I'm not following you here.
I'm still waiting to see what, if any, consequence the referees are going to face.
NFL too smart.
looks like you called it
Netherscourge
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Yea but the locker room guys = organization people.
Not to mention Bill Belichick made mockery of the situation with his "My Cousin Vinny" conference at the Superbowl. And Bob Kraft said it was all lies and demanded a public apology.
TheLostBigBoss
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The team didn't allow the two dudes to interview after the text messages were revealed.
And they went and attacked the league and demanded appologies and all that shit.
Those are the draft pics, thats where that is coming from.
Agreed. A first round pick when the team itself cooperated fully? The fuck is this shit?
They cooperated by giving up their phone texts.
Those phone texts were deleted and had to be recovered. And after the investigators presented the recovered ones to them, they stopped cooperating.
TheLostBigBoss
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Once again, this isn't true.
The team stopped McNally and Jastremski from interviewing after the texts came to light.
That last wanted interview was Wells going over those text messages with them, and the Pats went "NOPE".
Banjo-Kazooie
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Can stop laughing. Saints get docked 2 second rounders for trying to basically kill people.
Ray Rice gets suspended two games for clocking his girl
Brady gets 4 games and Pats lost a first
Bahaha Goddell is such a joke at punishments. "Report says it was the QB probably and not the team but let's just take them for $1million and dock them a first and a fourth because why not"
Ray Rice gets suspended two games for clocking his girl
Brady gets 4 games and Pats lost a first
Bahaha Goddell is such a joke at punishments. "Report says it was the QB probably and not the team but let's just take them for $1million and dock them a first and a fourth because why not"
Empyrean Heaven
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The scary thing? They'll still go 13-3 and make the playoffs, because there isn't a team in the AFC East that even comes close to them right now.
CassidyIzABeast
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Goodell just wants to get back at Kraft for tell him to apologize.
timetokill
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The coverup is always worse than the crime. Pats tried to stonewall and even demand an apology.
Netherscourge
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Cooperating doesn't reduce your penalty if you are directly part of the conspiracy.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I guess I don't get this:
Basically, because of the hefty fine and loss of draft picks, the NFL is admitting the Patriots organization cheated.
Why, then, do they get to keep the Super Bowl win?
Basically, because of the hefty fine and loss of draft picks, the NFL is admitting the Patriots organization cheated.
Why, then, do they get to keep the Super Bowl win?
Skellig Gra
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With that secondary and no Brady? Fat chance.
entremet
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Make one.
The Atticus
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Ridiculous.
Alligatorjandro
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Brady got punished worse than ray Rice origlally did.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Did they cheat to win the Super Bowl? Was their victory against the Colts in question?
I feel ya.
It still feels like a lot though.
Idk, well probably still go 3-1 or 2-2. Tbh we could go 0-4 and still be ok.
$1,000,000. That's $250,000 per *.
CassidyIzABeast
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Goodell and the league just makes this stuff up as they go.
CitizenCope
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I can live with this. Pats fan here. As much as I love my Patriots I listen to sports radio much more than I watch their games. This is going to be a great summer with the Sox sucking too.
You can't stop Garopp!!
You can't stop Garopp!!
For real? Holy Shit Guess NFL is going to be a lot more strict with ball meddling from now on.
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