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New indictment against Hernandez. Didn't see it posted yet. "Aaron Hernandez was accused of shooting former right-hand man Alexander Bradley in the face in February 2013, but he never faced any criminal charges -- until now. Prosecutors announced an indictment Monday accusing Hernandez of shooting Bradley and leaving him to die in an industrial park near Riviera Beach, Florida. Bradley is believed to be a witness to the homicides of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, and prosecutors say Bradley was shot by Hernandez after he made a remark about the double murder."

Thanx. Indeed. I was kinda taking the science approach to say a few things including the one you mentioned. I think there were multiple screw ups in this. My assertion immediately after this first broke and even now, is that Brady* and Co. continuously flirt with the fringes of the rules because they know that the worst that can happen is far less than the Lombardi trophy Peace, Kelly. I got testy when I saw my precious half hour of writing seemingly wasted. You know that half hour I would have rather spent creeping on random Facebook profiles. That half hour.

I was responding to the Florio article. And by me specifically talking about the crooked needle, I was supporting the theory that the difference in pressure could not be attributed to the (mis) shape of the needle. Florio seems fascinated by that aspect as if to imply that the needle's deformity somehow explains the difference in pressure measurement. I was making the point that it could not. Heck, I am not explaining this again when my original post was pretty clear IMO.

Where exactly did I dispute the assertion that the deflated balls were an intentional act ?

I am now going to talk purely from a engineering standpoint. - The pressure in a ball will drop when the temperature drops and unless you are dealing with non-ideal fluids, the change should follow the ideal gas law. Pressure and temperature are directly related i.e. temperature drops, pressure drops. You have to be careful in the units of measure during this conversion. Temperature needs to be converted to Kelvin and pressure in atmospheres etc. Not very important unless someone asks me to convert and double check these calcs - The crookedness of the needle in the gauge is mentioned several times in this article as if that by itself is a significant variable. Note that we are measuring pressure and not flow rate. If you are measuring flow rate, all other things being equal, the crookedness of a pipe will add pressure drop and lead one to an incorrect measurement. However, we are measuring pressure here and if you allow even a second between needle insertion and taking measurement (allowing for the needle to stabilize and not vibrate), the crookedness should be immaterial - The quoted potential error between the gauges "measures the air pressure at 0.3 to 0.45 PSI lower" sounds weird to me. For a 12 psi measurement, this is a 2.5 - 3.75% error which is way too large, IMO. If the gauges can be off by this amount, then the entire premise of the investigation is not only ridiculous but points to a far larger problem in the NFL. If this is the case, then the NFL should be taken to task for quality control issues. In fact, I would say this should become a separate investigation by itself Feel free to chime in guys. Florio is either intentionally causing confusion or inadvertently pointing to issues he does not fully understand.

Or Garoppolo plays like the second coming of Brady who never gets his starting job back, gets traded for a first and the Pats* dominance extends to another 10 years.

I am not entirely on board with this philosophy. There are many things that are best kept behind closed doors. I am sure players like certain other players (remember how Evans liked Losman) but I do not want those preferences stated in public. Players may dislike their role but it is best expressed and sorted out with the coaches and fellow team members. There needs to be quite a measure of control on the opinions that are expressed in public versus in private to the coaches.

Perhaps hanging out with Pneumonic

Maybe just me but I think it is too early to write off Cyrus K also. The battle of the guards will be quite nice, methinks.

Not sure what point you are making but the same argument can be made by any number of sportsmen caught for cheating. If they truly believed they were better than everyone else, why do it ? We have no idea of the impact of properly inflated balls would have on their playoff game. Were there other games in which they used this or other tricks to enhance their chance of success ? It is entirely conceivable that one or more games lost without said advantage could have changed the course of the playoffs and the Superbowl. It has now been proven time and time again that the Pats* will stretch the rule book or even try to see what they can get away with, just to gain advantage. Pretty much what every cheating sportsman did.

Man, this thread has grown, fast ! I think secretly we are all hoping to nab Collins if only to snub all those media "experts" and Mr (has-been) Polian who gave the Bills a low draft grade.

To be fair, your put 'rumor' prominently in the title. However, if you were secretly auditioning for a job at said networks, my apologies.

Couple of points. We are truly stacked only at the WR and RB positions. Any other position was fair game. Secondly, Ryan's scheme depends a lot on DBs so we should have seen this coming. I cannot speak to how good or bad Darby is, but this I believe is the logic which led to picking this position. IMHO, Rd 3 will be a QB or OL.

As long as we dont pick a RB or WR at #50, I am happy

This is all great and fun, but what if, after all this, the Bucs change their mind and take Mariota? Will Chip be equally happy with Winston?

Completely agree. This decision dropped Brady in my eyes even more than before. And seeing all the comments below that article indicate he has fine company in this great nation of ours. As states above, it is immaterial which party he/she belongs too.

I think the Brown discussion could have been had without reference to Jason Peters but we do have a penchant to scratch open old wounds.

Didn't he give up something like 11 sacks that last year with Buffalo ? I lost respect for him and hence stated that it would have rewarded bad behavior and set a bad example for the team.

Yep. -Undrafted rookie to play on ST and as TE - Converted to tackle (RT) where he did well, was paid as a tackle - Replaced Gandy at LT and did well - Sulked in following year and held out of TC. Eventually played the season and gave up a lot of sacks - Sulked again during TC and refused some Bills offer (not sure what it was exactly) and was traded This has been debated ad nauseum on this board but I hated him for dogging that last year with the Bills because he was unhappy. IMO, his bad behavior should not have been rewarded by giving into this demands for a ~$10 MM/yr contract. There was also no way to know if he would pout again in a couple of years. At the time the decision was made by the Bills, I was supportive of it as he was a malcontent with a bad attitude.

I watched it a couple of times and came away with a 'meh'. I have no idea what that trailer communicated about the tone of the movie or the villains. Way too much voice-over build-up in the first 1 minute. Instead of concentrating on Superman's status in shadow, they should have shown some more action, hint at the plot, something. All we saw were some borderline still shots of Affleck and Cavill with some hero vs hero action. Just didn't get me excited.

Well said. I have JP flashbacks who also was a good guy but terrible QB. On some level, I wonder if some posters are more afraid of being wrong than the team losing.

Depends if he was or not responding to a question. Otherwise, There was no reason for him to say anything at all unless he felt strongly about it

I think we also need someone credible who can play center. As backup to Wood.

Thanx. I was thinking about a smaller tree, maybe no more than 30' tall From what I have read, now is the right time here.

The reasons for the sideline argument are not known and so are subject to the spin on either side of the argument. In effect, holds little merit. No one owes anything to Leroi. And definitely not an apology.