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Yep. Just like in 2008.

I am of mixed emotions about this. On one hand I am disgusted that somebody who has been caught cheating in a premeditated fashion as this....and who didn't comply fully with the investigators, gets only a 1/4 of a year ban. On the other hand I understand that in a PED riddled sport where cheating is somewhat commonplace, the penalties for cheating are lower than what should be appropriate.....and at least Brady's reputation and legacy are permantly damaged. Good on the NFL for coming down hard.....but shame on them for allowing a system where cheating is treated as an unfortunate byproduct.

With a cynical guess I would say he only travelled to bad weather games...like Buffalo.

Wasn't the rule change to enable away teams to bring their own balls....thus the Pats were then able to deflate the away balls too? All things being equal, that should see both home and away being of similar fumble stats since the rule change....but things are not equal as a percent of Patriot away games are played without the weather factoring(in domes)....so this should theoretically see a slightly higher fumble rate at home compared to away.

Is cheating really so much a part of modern day culture that so many people can look at a blatant case such as this and be content with a slap on the wrist type penalty of a 1-4 week suspension? I don't know about anybody else, but I was raised to be honest, work for my achievements, and not to cheat. IMO any first offense premeditated cheating should get a one yead ban, regardless as to what exact level of actual benefit the cheating achieved. Second offenses should be a lifetime ban.

Australian Rugby(NRL) took away 2 titles from the Melbourne Storm for salary cap cheating. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/apr/22/melbourne-storm-stripped-nrl-titles I have been baffled at the many, many responses from people recently who seem to think that Brady's cheating warrants only a 1-4 game suspension, and this from people who hate him and think he is guilty. IMO, any premeditated, focused and ongoing attempt to cheat should minimally hold a 1 year ban.

Because it is clearly beyond reasonable doubt that Brady is guilty.

Pointing out an issue where some people eroneously think there is evidence of guilt does not supply more room for doubt. The crux question is... What reasonable explanation could there be to suggest that the texts implicating Brady were somehow false or misleading?

I understood what you meant. What I have been saying is that there isn't any room for (reasonable) doubt. There is plenty of room for muddying the waters, but the crux of the situation shows that Brady's guilt is without doubt. There are two guys who are guilty of commiting the cheating act. Though they both say that Brady had nothing to do with it their text messages clearly implicate Brady as not only knowing about it, but actively directing it. What reasonable explanation is there to account for those texts being false or misleading?

That has no relevance to the concept that it has been determined that the two chuckleheads at the Patriots illegally deflated balls after the refs checked them.....that those two guys had regular conversations via text implicating Brady as the instigator in the conspiracy....and that Brady denied all knowledge of the deflated balls. Unless one is willing to believe that the two guys not only took it upon themselves to cheat, but to also have a long term plan in place that would frame Brady if they ever got caught (and logically, if they were going to think ahead and plan something as elaborate as that, why wouldn't they communicate via burner phones so as to not get caught in the first place?), then there is no doubts as to Brady's guilt. It clearly shows beyond reasonable doubt.

That doesn't make sense. Brady stated in his press conference (from memory here) that he likes his balls at exactly the legal minimum.....and that he directs them to be inflated to that amount. If he stated he wanted the balls to be at the legal minimum then there would be no reason for deflating them after the refs had done their checks, and importantly no reason for all of the back and forth text conversations shown in the report regarding Brady wanting the balls deflated. Beyond reasonable doubt. Hell yes! He's guilty.

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He's going to get unlucky again and miss out on his HC opportunities due to his team getting to the SB.

Now that he has been restructured so that the Saints can afford to keep him......can the OP plèase change the thread title to "...Evans now off the trade blocks.."?

Probably.

He has already taken a paycut to one that is more commensurate with that of a solid veteran backup. I would think that he is fully aware of what his role is hoped to be this season.

This is how I am seeing thing as well. With the obvious "win now" atitude they have displayed so far this off-season it is hard to imagine that they will throw it away by starting a rookie QB. 2nd round QBs are never plug and play guys.....hell, #1 overall QBs are never plug and play guys. As our only two real needs are QB and OL, and the fact that 2nd round OL draftees have the possibility of comming straight in and playing decently.....coupled with the concept that Incognito is only on a one year deal.....I think it would be extraordinary if we drafted a QB in the 2nd, let alone have him become the starter.

And just 2 years ago Geno slipping all the way out of day 1 (and storming off to have a cry). I think it's a very good reason to not attend the draft.

His knowledge of cricket leaves me speachless.

That's not really saying much as this will only be the 3rd draft since Luck was drafted. Effectively it is saying he is a better prospect than Bortles.

How do you conclude that they saved a bunch of salary cap?

Marrone had the same slogan when he was will the Bills.

No, once actual money(cash) has been paid in a contract, its cap implications are then set and cannot be maneuvered or reallocated. The Cowboy's Witten is an example of this: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jason-witten/ You can see in the Spotrac link that his original amortized SB stays fixed and there is an additional 2013 amortized restructure bonus.