May Day 10

Like come on. There are like 1000 reporters ruining Tom Brady's day and its on nearly every news network. This is my Super Bowl

he is getting flustered, lol. I love it

rogue equipment guy deflating all the balls

all pointing that way

pre-scripted

crises like this are what he does though and its been well handled. Itll go away and nobody will care by next week, yet everyone will watch

yup. leaks before. Report after probably before close of business. very well played by the NFL and Pats It will be forgotten by Tuesday

yup. Just like Spygate, itll be fashionable to put it behind you. The media will fall into line.

yup. The NFL NEEDS this to go away just like when the star runningback knocked his wife out cold

yeah. They will say he pushes the 12.5 limit just like Rodgers and 13.5.... Then they will play dumb. Meanwhile the NFL will find something a little off with the testing maybe... maybe a "screwup" by New England's equipment staff... and also attribute some to the temperature change. It will all be gray and no big deal. Brady will still be squeaky clean as well as the Pats and the Super Bowl

they are working hard to isolate this to only Brady and whoever handles the balls... and making sure it appears Belichick and other players were not aware... big l.o.l. I really hope the media doesnt lap that bill of goods up. The motivation for the Pats to do this is to deflect attention from the perception of the systemic culture of cheating. You think Blount, the Center, Edelman, Gronk, etc had no clue if a linebacker had the ball for like 5 seconds and knew?

^^^ exactly what everyone is angling for

my 2 year old has it figured out that the amount of air inside balls is a major variable. I would be willing to bet the "greatest football mind of this era' is at least mildly aware of that?

maybe the equipment guy switched it out without Marchawn knowing?

I despised Ryan at first, but after he toned down the WWF personality a bit (even then I remember saying I wish the Bills had a coach like that), he grew on me. Im on record here saying a number of times this year (as early as week 5) that he would be a perfect fit. With Belechick comes cheating perception. Along with my dislike for him, there would always be that shred of questionablity that would come if the bills won a title. I dont want that. You would also have a HC that has so much legacy elsewhere and a title in Buffalo would be a footnote, not the pinnacle

honestly, I wouldnt.

im sure its brady's call on how he prefers the footballs.... but no way in hell Belichick is out of the loop and completely clueless to that. Especially if there is an operation to obtain and alter the footballs after inspection..

there is no way he has no idea. He is constantly heralded for having complete control of the outfit It does kind of sound like he is covering for himself though

lol. now he is saying they are going to make sure balls have a lot of air. This is very uncomfortable to just listen to

your mind starts to wander. You think of those playoff games where Manning struggled in the elements vs Brady with full command. You think of how they won like 40 straight (meaningful) AFC home games. You think of how they guess correctly at the line like 90% of the time.

Spygate broke before the Superbowl and that looked 100x worse than this.... during a possible undefeated run. They made people forget about that. No matter what, people buy and watch and sponsors sponsor. Dont get me wrong, I want this crap to end, but if people are hoping for some vindication and implication of the Patriots... and for the disgraced end of Belichick and Brady.... we aren't getting that. I dont even think we see a suspension of any sort. Draft picks will be secure. Fine only IMO

Even if guilt is established... how does making a bigger deal out of this and doling out a huge penalties, as well as exposing guilt serve the NFL? Especially since the #1 priority is obviously "protecting the shield"?. All they need to do and will do is create murkiness and doubt into whether the Patriots blatantly cheated. Then the voices of "much ado about nothing" will get louder and the "prove it" and the "so what they won, just beat them losers" crowd... eventually drowning out questions and people will move on. They always do. Looking back on it, "Spygate" seems like a pretty huge deal and they evaded that the best they could.

My prediction is the nfl goes with the path of least resistance: they "find fault" with the testing that particular day. Then they will be in the safe and familiar waters of "everybody does it" as it would reduce the infraction to what Aaron Rodgers outlined

It hurts the nfl to come down hard. It hurts these leagues to come down on anything unless it's their only remaining course of action. Spygate is a great example. Steroids in mlb. Full exposure of Spygate would have ruined 3 superbowls as well as one of its best brands. You also have a very visible and influential owner of the team. The more attento on brought to wrongdoing will bring skepticism to the nfl's greatest run of 20 years Especially if the pats win the superbowl, nothing huge wI'll come down. It would taint their money shot of brady and kraft holding the trophy along with tedy bruschi for some reason. I understand and respect that predicament. They will wait it out until people tire of it and it becomes a joke. It'll become fashionable to explain it away like Spygate and call everyone not satisfied jealous haters and whiners. It will die out and a slap on the wrist will suffice with little concrete info released. Guys like Rodgers and Collinsworthless will do their best to push the narrative that "everybody does it" to some degree... "it doesn't make any difference" and "they had little control over the equipment guys"

The league is going to now have to create a bunch of cumbersome rules on lineman and eligible receivers and now gameballs. There is going to be a weighing of the balls ceremony at the coin toss. Then balls wills be guarded by 3 armed security guards. Balls will be inspected and weighed every scoring play. We have the technology. Children are our future