SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Not that this is something new. Florio shared two notable pieces of reporting from the Deflategate saga that began after the 2014 AFC Championship Game, when ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that 11 of the Patriots' 12 game footballs were underinflated by at least two pounds each. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-nfl-covered-key-deflategate-150631069.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) So...the league will compensate them with more conditional draft picks? 🤔 Edited February 9, 2022 by Ridgewaycynic2013 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissythecat Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 21 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: So...the league will compensate them with more conditional draft picks? 🤔 If story is true, Pats have a good reason to get those picks that they lost back. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 this league has become a corrupt third world dictatorship. I hope the USFL cleans their clock 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 bury the lead....protect the shield....move along......rinse repeat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 No Way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthymcnasty08 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Goodell's NFL at it's finest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Florio has favored New England in many opinions and columns so I do not see this as "evidence". There were other clear breakages of rules on this which he is trying to wave his hands and make disappear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Man, every day it's something in today's NFL. An owner or coach being accused of some bad behavior. A player (or a few) being arrested. Getting harder and harder to support. If we didn't have Josh Allen and were finally a real contender I'm not sure I'd even watch anymore. Way too often NFL Network turns into the nightly news with stories of lawsuits and legal battles. Arrests. Scandal. COVID, Vaccination...It's Hard Copy now because of those that play in and run the NFL. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Evian said: The NFL is as shady as every other business. Sports really are just meaningless entertainment though, so nobody cares. The Covid scam was the best though. Not a single player missed a playoff game with Covid. It magically disappeared and all the government officials making kids wear masks showed up at the NFC title game with no masks. If there was a league of liars, the Superbowl of lying would be between the NFL and State of California Goverment. 😂 It seems the Pats*** are the only team getting away with obvious cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHateMe Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 F em.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 59 minutes ago, prissythecat said: If story is true, Pats have a good reason to get those picks that they lost back. They have fallen upon hard times, haven't they...😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 29 minutes ago, Evian said: The NFL is as shady as every other business. Sports really are just meaningless entertainment though, so nobody cares. The Covid scam was the best though. Not a single player missed a playoff game with Covid. It magically disappeared and all the government officials making kids wear masks showed up at the NFC title game with no masks. If there was a league of liars, the Superbowl of lying would be between the NFL and State of California Goverment. 😂 because they stopped testing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Goodell was just being vindictive after Brady destroyed the cell phone and gave the commiss ***** in the media after everything the shield had done for NE during spygate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNord Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: Not that this is something new. Florio shared two notable pieces of reporting from the Deflategate saga that began after the 2014 AFC Championship Game, when ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that 11 of the Patriots' 12 game footballs were underinflated by at least two pounds each. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-nfl-covered-key-deflategate-150631069.html Are we really going to revisit Deflategate? Who cares? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToGoGo Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, JohnNord said: Are we really going to revisit Deflategate? Who cares? The real story with Deflategate was the fumbles, or the lack of fumbles for the Patriots over many years by several standard deviations lower than the 2nd lowest team. Deflated balls are harder to fumble. https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/stats-show-the-new-england-patriots-became-nearly-fumble-proof-after-a-2006-rule-change-pushed-by-tom-brady.html People should care. It's a great example of how effective the Pats were at cheating for years. These things add up. 1 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Fan Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, LeviF said: Goodell was just being vindictive after Brady destroyed the cell phone and gave the commiss ***** in the media after everything the shield had done for NE during spygate. This. We are on the outside and will never know what really happened, but I really think you have to consider spygate when you talk about the NFL reaction to deflategate. Remember also that Goodell is often the personification of the owners. I'm sure there were a ton of owners who kept it quiet, but were furious at Kraft and the Patriots over spygate. They bit their tongues a little because, if it is bad for the shield, then it actually is bad for them. Proof that the Pats cheated in Superbowls would definitely hurt the shield. So, the tape evidence is destroyed on the spot and the owners go along....but they must have been seething. Especially the ones that felt that their team may have been robbed by the Pats cheating. Then, deflategate comes (more Pats cheating) and they are in no mood to be forgiving. I bet Goodell had no choice but to come down hard. Edited February 9, 2022 by Long Suffering Fan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Florio is head ball-washer for Cheatriots, Inc., according to the org chart at www.cheatriotway.com. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 lol, heads are exploding.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNord Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, ToGoGo said: The real story with Deflategate was the fumbles, or the lack of fumbles for the Patriots over many years by several standard deviations lower than the 2nd lowest team. Deflated balls are harder to fumble. https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/stats-show-the-new-england-patriots-became-nearly-fumble-proof-after-a-2006-rule-change-pushed-by-tom-brady.html People should care. It's a great example of how effective the Pats were at cheating for years. These things add up. Bill Belichick is the Richard Nixon of the NFL. Didn’t need to cheat but did anyway 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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