New England Patriots caught deflating game balls

[TheBillsWillRiseAgain]

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

 

This is getting old and makes us look like jealous idiots.

 

And for theove of God, enough with the asterisks askter the name Pats. It's childish, but more importantly MAKES NO SENSE. You're not questioning their name. If you want to use it after one of the Titles (should you mention one of those), it's still childish, but at lease it makes sense - if that's what you're going after.

 

Cheating is cheating. The cheating doesn't have to be the direct reason for your win to make it wrong/illegal.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

 

This is getting old and makes us look like jealous idiots.

 

And for theove of God, enough with the asterisks askter the name Pats*. It's childish, but more importantly MAKES NO SENSE. You're not questioning their name. If you want to use it after one of the Titles (should you mention one of those), it's still childish, but at lease it makes sense - if that's what you're going after.

fixed

[Maddog69]

Belicheck should be immediately suspended and not allowed to participate in Superbowl prep. They are giving the NFL a black eye. Something needs to be done. But I expect it to be swept under the rug.

[filthymcnasty08]

It will be interesting to see how the NFL handles this….it's not the reg season, there are 2 teams left and one of them most probably cheated. Everyone is watching and the Ray Rice/Purple Jesus incidents are still pretty fresh….The Gooddell war room will convene and Kraft will be on speaker phone…maybe Jerruh can offer up his PR "fixer"

 

I'm going to look for the articles to start this afternoon and throughout the week where ex players, ex coaches and ex officials come out and say "oh we all did it….nothing to see here"…a lot of them need the money and fat daddy Kraft has it in spades.

 

I hope we can eek one out for the Bills before this game has completely jumped the shark in everyones minds.

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

This is getting old and makes us look like jealous idiots.

And for theove of God, enough with the asterisks askter the name Pats. It's childish, but more importantly MAKES NO SENSE. You're not questioning their name. If you want to use it after one of the Titles (should you mention one of those), it's still childish, but at lease it makes sense - if that's what you're going after.

Sorry but you're dead wrong. Has nothing to do with us so please leave that insecurity at the door. It's an unfair advantage on a rainy, wet day in the AFC championship game. A game where one fumble can cost you the Super Bowl…that is unless you can have an edge. One that was pre-meditated and where you cannot measure or cherry pick the effects after the fact by looking at the score….the game is tainted and the league needs to make it right.

[Jerry Jabber]

Patriots keep coming up with ways to get an advantage. Last week, they were doing last second substitutions which didn't give the Ravens defenders time to adjust, now it's under inflated footballs. I wonder what they'll have up their sleeve for the Superbowl.

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

 

 

well then ... how do you feel about them running up the score?

[peterpan]

 

Probably what will happen. Bet you a dollar nothing will come of this.

 

Did this affect the outcome of the game? No. Patriots still would have killed the Colts. However, cheating is still cheating and the Patriots* seem to do it and get caught more than any other team. The fact the league allows this crap to continue with little or no meaningful punishment says a lot about the state of the league.

Yes it sure did affect the game. Thats why it is ILLEGAL to deflate the football, because it affects the game.

 

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

 

This is getting old and makes us look like jealous idiots.

 

And for theove of God, enough with the asterisks askter the name Pats. It's childish, but more importantly MAKES NO SENSE. You're not questioning their name. If you want to use it after one of the Titles (should you mention one of those), it's still childish, but at lease it makes sense - if that's what you're going after.

IT WAS A TEN POINT GAME AT HALFTIME.

[May Day 10]

who knows how the game would have went though? They got to gameplan for it, and practice with the changed physics.

[TheBillsWillRiseAgain]

-Bill Bellichick files an antitrust lawsuit against the Jets to free him from his contract so he can join the Patriots

-Patriots get caught cheating in Spygate and fined in 2007

-Raiders accuse Patriots of tampering with Randy Moss in 2008

-Former Patriots accuse Patriots of cheating on injury reports in 2013

-Patriots investigated for deflating balls in the AFC Championship game in 2014

Real stand-up team they got there.

[Fixxxer]

It's always something with these cheaters. But they are the darlings of the NFL, nothing will happen to them.

[Captain_Quint]

caption this

 

 

meet me in the shower in 15 minutes

Your balls were just right today

[KDIGGZ]

I think for a team that has been caught cheating multiple times, the correct penalty should be a 1 year suspension for the head coach like what happened with Sean Payton in New Orleans

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Oh Jesus Christ, they won by 38 points. They could have been using a marshmallow and this wouldn't have mattered.

 

This is getting old and makes us look like jealous idiots.

 

And for theove of God, enough with the asterisks askter the name Pats. It's childish, but more importantly MAKES NO SENSE. You're not questioning their name. If you want to use it after one of the Titles (should you mention one of those), it's still childish, but at lease it makes sense - if that's what you're going after.

You are right that it didn't affect the outcome of the game. But why invite this stuff? The pats push it too close to the line. After spygate, you would think they would be careful to ensure transparency and honesty. But instead they are looking for small sly advantages. It's really unprofessional.

[firemedic]

Hopefully, Seattle destroys them.............

[stevewin]

I think its important the note that while most people remeber Spygate for taping other teams signals, it was much much more than that.

 

"But it wasn’t just a matter of filming opposing team’s coaches — it was also how that information was allegedly passed to Brady.

As the scandal broke, the NFL was investigating a possible violation into the number of radio frequencies the Patriots were using during the Jets game, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who reported at the time that the Pats did not “have a satisfactory explanation when asked about possible irregularities in its communication setup during the game.”

Quarterbacks communicate with the sidelines via microphones in their helmets that pick up an NFL-monitored radio frequency. An NFL sideline official cuts off communications on this frequency 15 seconds before the play clock runs out.

Offensive plays would be called based on stolen signals and the information relayed straight to Brady’s helmet, O’Leary theorizes.

In this scenario, the extra frequency is critical, as it allows the team to do something in real time with the stolen signals, out of earshot of the NFL monitor, and change its plays accordingly.

If there’s an open channel during the play itself, you can also alert the quarterback to open receivers he may not see.

O’Leary repeats a rumor that Pats backup quarterback Doug Flutie once said he accidentally picked up Brady’s helmet during the 2005 season.

“He was amazed that the coaches kept right on speaking to Brady past the 15-second cutoff, right up until the snap,” ­according to O’Leary.

“The voice in Tom Brady’s helmet was explaining the exact defense he was about to face.”

That same year, Pats linebacker Ted Johnson told USA Today that an hour before game time, a list of the opposing team’s audibles — the signals a QB would use at the line of scrimmage just before a snap to change the play — would sometimes appear in his locker. He had no idea where the lists came from. Three years later, he said he was as surprised as anyone to hear about the cheating allegations.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/12/they-are-cheaters-spygate-the-nfl-scandal-that-started-it-all/

I think people are very very right to question how good Tom Brady really is. I mean, he stands there un touched and throw 5 yard passes to wide open wide recievers. He knows the Defense before the snap. He is told about it in his helmet. Jamarcus Russel could win with that info

 

This is the reason it drives me crazy the respect and adoration Brady gets - cheater plain and simple. No way he would have had his success without it. IMO he should be villified for his success, not praised. He is the Barry Bonds of the NFL.

[papazoid]

total hogwash.

 

haters gonna hate.

 

 

why this story has legs.....There was an awkward moment to start the third quarter involving a ball being switched just prior to the Patriots' first play, although retired ref Mike Carey — serving as an analyst for CBS — suggested officials were customarily swapping one used for the kickoff with another designated for game action.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/patriots-quarterback-tom-brady-dubs-deflate-gate-accusations--ridiculous-135815596.html

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

Hopefully, Seattle destroys them.............

^ this X100

[filthymcnasty08]

total hogwash.

 

haters gonna hate.

 

 

why this story has legs.....There was an awkward moment to start the third quarter involving a ball being switched just prior to the Patriots' first play, although retired ref Mike Carey — serving as an analyst for CBS — suggested officials were customarily swapping one used for the kickoff with another designated for game action.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/patriots-quarterback-tom-brady-dubs-deflate-gate-accusations--ridiculous-135815596.html

 

So Tom Brady disagrees, glad we have that vital piece of information. Where there's smoke….

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

total hogwash.

 

haters gonna hate.

 

 

why this story has legs.....There was an awkward moment to start the third quarter involving a ball being switched just prior to the Patriots' first play, although retired ref Mike Carey — serving as an analyst for CBS — suggested officials were customarily swapping one used for the kickoff with another designated for game action.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/patriots-quarterback-tom-brady-dubs-deflate-gate-accusations--ridiculous-135815596.html

They should just have Brady run the investigation. I'm sure he'd find no problems.

[Wayne Cubed]

total hogwash.

 

haters gonna hate.

 

 

why this story has legs.....There was an awkward moment to start the third quarter involving a ball being switched just prior to the Patriots' first play, although retired ref Mike Carey — serving as an analyst for CBS — suggested officials were customarily swapping one used for the kickoff with another designated for game action.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/patriots-quarterback-tom-brady-dubs-deflate-gate-accusations--ridiculous-135815596.html

 

Why the story has legs? The story has legs because the NFL is IN FACT investigating it. Brady can call it hogwash all he wants but why would the NFL investigate it then Tom? I don't hear anything out of Seattle about them deflating their game balls, so I'm not really sure I get the "haters gonna hate" comment. And apparently the officials removed several balls from the came. 1 or 2 being deflated, ok that probably happens often. But several, that raises eyebrows hence the investigation.