#DeflateGate (Court of Appeals Reinstates Suspension)

[Nerf DPOY]

I don't think I'll EVER forget this


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-wpDVWlP0A

I realize I'm probably the last person in the world to see this, but what a sanctimonious piece of crap Mark Brunell has turned out to be. Is he serious with this reaction? Let's assume he really doesn't believe Brady, and finds it offensive how he gained a competitive advantage and took no responsibility for it.  He's what, 45 years old? Is this how he always gets when he suspects someone of lying? Is this the most offensive thing he's ever been exposed to in his life? I would think not. It can't be worse than realizing he blew a 50 million dollar fortune.

Maybe this is just what the majority of non-Pats fans wanted to see. They want to see someone indignant, fine. I could do without the crocodile tears though. That was just cringeworthy.

[kozlodoev]

How's the outrage over those other cheating scandals going these days? Time to ban some teams and suspend some head coaches, right?

http://thornography.weei.com/sports/boston/2015/02/05/this-week-in-real-nfl-cheating-scandals/

[colincb]

This is an awesome tongue & cheek article response to what the Indy media was flaming a few weeks back.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/02/05/hurley-failed-deflategate-accusations-means-its-time-for-irsay-pagano-to-be-banned-from-nfl/

TP.  Just proves my frame-up theory. NFL needs to explain how the one ball that the Colts had was the the real statistical anomaly. I have a theory on that too.

#Irsaysuckedtheball

[colincb]

I don't think I'll EVER forget this


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-wpDVWlP0A

I realize I'm probably the last person in the world to see this, but what a sanctimonious piece of crap Mark Brunell has turned out to be. Is he serious with this reaction? Let's assume he really doesn't believe Brady, and finds it offensive how he gained a competitive advantage and took no responsibility for it.  He's what, 45 years old? Is this how he always gets when he suspects someone of lying? Is this the most offensive thing he's ever been exposed to in his life? I would think not. It can't be worse than realizing he blew a 50 million dollar fortune.

Maybe this is just what the majority of non-Pats fans wanted to see. They want to see someone indignant, fine. I could do without the crocodile tears though. That was just cringeworthy.

 

Deadspin nailed this pretty well:
http://deadspin.com/mark-brunell-almost-cries-over-deflated-balls-1681235859

Mark Brunell Almost Cries Over Deflated Balls

Samer Kalaf
Filed to: ballghazi   

This is what we get for having two weeks before the Super Bowl. Stern questions at press conferences over the size and firmness of balls. Unironic tweets explicitly comparing the NFL's investigations to actual police work, despite the fact that last September, we received a big lesson about why it's unwise to hold up Roger Goodell and the league to the standard of an actual justice system. Mark Brunell choking up on ESPN and suggesting that maybe Tom Brady—gasp—isn't telling the truth. About his balls.

It's about integrity. In balls. There's a tremor in Mark Brunell's voice as he tells the rest of the panel, "I just didn't believe what Tom Brady has to say." Do me a favor: If you watch this video and find yourself genuinely touched by Brunell's thoughts, please throw away every electronic device you have and move to the most remote part of whatever country you live in.

[mef730]

I find it interesting that deflategate was front page news on ESPN for a week.  Fortunately, now that it turns out that 10 of the 11 were barely deflated and the only truly "deflated" one was the one that the Colts handled, they're issuing a retraction and apologizing for calling the Patriots cheaters.  Oh, wait...

Mike

[kozlodoev]

I find it interesting that deflategate was front page news on ESPN for a week.  Fortunately, now that it turns out that 10 of the 11 were barely deflated and the only truly "deflated" one was the one that the Colts handled, they're issuing a retraction and apologizing for calling the Patriots cheaters.  Oh, wait...

I've seen progress, though. All of a sudden some headlines talking about Haley refer to "alleged cheating". Oops.

[kozlodoev]

It just keeps getting better these days...

‘I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Rome on January 22.  “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened.  I’m not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.”

In that same interview, Rice added, “I’ve played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better.”

When it comes to playing football in any conditions, the challenge becomes not only throwing it but catching it.  And in the ESPN segment narrated by Jim Trotter, Rice nonchalantly made a stunning (in hindsight) confession:  Rice put stickum on his gloves.

“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said, laughing.

It wasn’t a little illegal, it was a lot illegal.  As explained in the ESPN feature, gloves were introduced to football after the NFL decided to outlaw the stuff that guys like Fred Biletnikoff and Lester Hayes (pictured) would spread copiously on their hands, and elsewhere.  Rice admitted in the feature that he enhanced the surface of gloves approved for use in the NFL with a substance that would make it easier to catch the ball.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/06/rice-admits-to-illegal-use-of-stickum/

[mef730]

It just keeps getting better these days...

‘I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Rome on January 22.  “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened.  I’m not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.”

In that same interview, Rice added, “I’ve played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better.”

When it comes to playing football in any conditions, the challenge becomes not only throwing it but catching it.  And in the ESPN segment narrated by Jim Trotter, Rice nonchalantly made a stunning (in hindsight) confession:  Rice put stickum on his gloves.

“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said, laughing.

It wasn’t a little illegal, it was a lot illegal.  As explained in the ESPN feature, gloves were introduced to football after the NFL decided to outlaw the stuff that guys like Fred Biletnikoff and Lester Hayes (pictured) would spread copiously on their hands, and elsewhere.  Rice admitted in the feature that he enhanced the surface of gloves approved for use in the NFL with a substance that would make it easier to catch the ball.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/06/rice-admits-to-illegal-use-of-stickum/

Wow, I guess that Montana's out of the running for GOAT, since his star wide receiver cheated. 

Fortunately, Brady won't have that problem: He rarely had a star receiver to throw to.

Mike

[kozlodoev]

Wow, I guess that Montana's out of the running for GOAT, since his star wide receiver cheated.

Wait, I thought Rice was GOAT. Oops...

[Donoghus]

Wow, I guess that Montana's out of the running for GOAT, since his star wide receiver cheated.

Wait, I thought Rice was GOAT. Oops...

This is what I don't understand.  You're pretty much universally acclaimed as the "greatest WR of all time" and in the conversation for "greatest football player of all-time".  You've won 3 Super Bowls and own almost every WR record in the book. 

Why do you act so petty?  Is it because another organization is in the dynasty discussion?  Is it because of the Tuck Rule game when you were playing for Oakland and trying to get that 4th ring?  What exactly is it?  There's clearly an ax to grind here and we're seeing it.  The sad thing is that he's throwing rocks in glasshouses and comes across as just a petty, jealous ex-jock. 

Now its coming out that he's a hypocrite.  Should've kept his mouth shut. 

[Nerf DPOY]

Wow, I guess that Montana's out of the running for GOAT, since his star wide receiver cheated.

Wait, I thought Rice was GOAT. Oops...

This is what I don't understand.  You're pretty much universally acclaimed as the "greatest WR of all time" and in the conversation for "greatest football player of all-time".  You've won 3 Super Bowls and own almost every WR record in the book. 

Why do you act so petty?  Is it because another organization is in the dynasty discussion? Is it because of the Tuck Rule game when you were playing for Oakland and trying to get that 4th ring?  What exactly is it?  There's clearly an ax to grind here and we're seeing it.  The sad thing is that he's throwing rocks in glasshouses and comes across as just a petty, jealous ex-jock. 

Now its coming out that he's a hypocrite.  Should've kept his mouth shut.

Not really a dynasty comp necessarily, but still....

[BornReady]

I don't think a deflated would have much effect in football

I saw khan academy scientific explanation that concluded that it had no significant effect

[Cman]

Greatest WRs of All Time:
1. Jerry Rice*
2. ...

[colincb]

Curran: Hiding behind ‘integrity’, NFL loses dignity

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/curran-hiding-behind-integrity-nfl-loses-dignity

The NFL screwed up royally and the clustersomething keeps getting worse.

[GratefulCs]

It just keeps getting better these days...

‘I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Rome on January 22.  “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened.  I’m not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.”

In that same interview, Rice added, “I’ve played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better.”

When it comes to playing football in any conditions, the challenge becomes not only throwing it but catching it.  And in the ESPN segment narrated by Jim Trotter, Rice nonchalantly made a stunning (in hindsight) confession:  Rice put stickum on his gloves.

“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said, laughing.

It wasn’t a little illegal, it was a lot illegal.  As explained in the ESPN feature, gloves were introduced to football after the NFL decided to outlaw the stuff that guys like Fred Biletnikoff and Lester Hayes (pictured) would spread copiously on their hands, and elsewhere.  Rice admitted in the feature that he enhanced the surface of gloves approved for use in the NFL with a substance that would make it easier to catch the ball.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/06/rice-admits-to-illegal-use-of-stickum/

Wow


Thanks for the link


Thats nuts that he would ever say that