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So What Does Everyone Think About Deflate-Gate?
January 22, 2015 at
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The title says it. What does everyone think about this bizarre "Deflate-Gate" deal that is far more interesting that this year's Super Bowl? Belichick reaffirmed that he knew nothing at all about the football preparation and denied having anything to do with it.
Tom Brady is supposed to be talking publicly very soon and may be admitting to arranging to have the footballs prepped to the way he likes them.
So, is this a big deal? Is this something that happens with pretty much every team and it has just become public?
Tom Brady is supposed to be talking publicly very soon and may be admitting to arranging to have the footballs prepped to the way he likes them.
So, is this a big deal? Is this something that happens with pretty much every team and it has just become public?
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People keep saying "it doesn't matter if the balls were deflated because it wouldn't have effected the game outcome with it being 45-7".
That sounds like a stupid argument to me, what does it matter that the score was 45-7? If you are guilty of cheating, you should face the consequences and there should be consequences. If this was done on purpose, Bellichick should be suspended for a year (regardless if he knew or not), and several round draft picks should be removed, and fined up the wazoo.
As a coach, you should be expected to set the tone for your team and if your team is found guilty of cheating, you should be held accountable.
Belicheat and his sidekick Brady's bunch should be banished altoghther from the NFL. they give the league a bad name.
People keep saying "it doesn't matter if the balls were deflated because it wouldn't have effected the game outcome with it being 45-7".
That sounds like a stupid argument to me, what does it matter that the score was 45-7? If you are guilty of cheating, you should face the consequences and there should be consequences. If this was done on purpose, Bellichick should be suspended for a year (regardless if he knew or not), and several round draft picks should be removed, and fined up the wazoo.
As a coach, you should be expected to set the tone for your team and if your team is found guilty of cheating, you should be held accountable.
Why didn't the "easier to grip" deflated football help the colts?
Not a tough concept to figure out.
Not a tough concept to figure out.
36 balls sent to each team each week.
15 given to each team, 6 being kept by the refs to be used if necessary (which happened 2nd half of this game).
12 are used for the QB and rotated throughout the game for a number of reasons (damaged, scuffed, cold, wet, etc).
3 are used for special teams/kicking.
there you have it from another episode of Between The Numbers.
Belicheat and his sidekick Brady's bunch should be banished altoghther from the NFL. they give the league a bad name.
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No one is questioning the win, people are question the Patriots "cheating" and the ethics behind that. Whether the "cheating" helped them win the game or not is beside the point. That was my point...
nothing wrong with being a fan of honesty and integrity. how many gates have them boys have in the last 10 years? spygate, deflategate, ....
Just embrace it--it's who they are.
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Just embrace it--it's who they are.
All QBs have preferences for their football. In terms of "deflategate", it sounds like sour grapes to me. The Colts were embarrassed though the outcome of the game was not much of a surprise.
Tom Brady is one of the greatest QBs of all time. Haters are going to hate.