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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I think it's more probable than not that they didn't tamper with the footballs after they were submitted to refs.   This is just my wise ass version of saying I don't know for sure but my opinion is that thus far there's more evidence that they didn't than they did.
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    Will John Farrell still be the manager after the season?

    I for one acknowledge this point and would even argue that under the circumstances it's no small feat. Having said that I'm not sure how anybody can watch this team play and get destroyed every night and not hold the manager more accountable. It's not just the pitching - it's bad base running...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Dan Wetzel's take is the most rational and objective and in my opinion accurate one out there so far in terms of how and why we got here.  His conclusion that the Patriots were naïve may sound well.....naïve...until you hear his reasoning and how he lays it all out.  ...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    This to me is a very reasonable and fair assessment of the current state of things. The leaks and the ruling weren't a ruling but rather a preemptive strike by the NFL with the sole purpose in mind to give themselves the best chance in federal court. The way folks like CHB just automatically...
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    The Iggy-Peavy Trade Regurgitated

    The trade is fairly easy to defend even in hindsight and very easy to defend even without that but that's a different argument vs. whether Farrell had faith in Peavy in that game. If Peavy was pitching well he wasn't getting pinch hit for in the 4th inning period. The decision had a lot more to...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I wrote to them asking if they were waiting for editor in chief Roger Goodell to give the OK to run the story. Their bias is so transparent here it's pathetic - tho not surprising. They are going to run it once they find some information that undermines it a bit. I dont hold out hope this will...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      Fair question. It's possible that whoever the source was told another media person who told Borges. And in the past at least Borges has saved his contempt mostly for Belichick and the Patriots organization and not Tom Brady from what I've seen at least.  And here he is praising Kraft for doing...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I was with you until I heard this as an explanation for Kraft backing off --- Consider the source but Ron Borges (who has been more reasonable on this than ever expected and made the point that the report exonerated the team and Belichick then hammered the team w penalties) said on CSN NE last...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      At the risk of sounding redundant most here have been critical of the way in which he handled "standing down", not the fact that he was being pragmatic. That's a nuance that I'm not at all surprised Tony Mazz can't quite grasp or more likely chooses to ignore because it doesn't fit his narrative.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    This sums up this whole sordid affair perfectly. Appreciating what Kraft has done to put together a championship team while being colossally disappointed in the way in which he capitulated don't have to be mutually exclusive. If he had said he disagreed with the process and the punishment but...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    It is bullshit. I happen to have a close friend connected in sports media and Peyton is one of the biggest hounds out there. But you're right the narrative has already been written and digested.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      I don't think the poster meant literally a different rulebook, but it's also disingenuous I believe to not at least acknowledge - whether it be BB's arrogance or Spygate or what have you...that if this exact same scenario played out say with Andy Dalton in a Bengals first round loss to...
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    The New List: The Good Guys Updated

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    The New List: The Good Guys Updated

    Dan Wetzel does the absolute best job of summing up how most rationale people feel about this. If you still can't believe this has got to this point this is a must read.    ...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    The Wells report mentions “unwillingness to cooperate” as a key component of their decision,  but my sense in reading it is that there’s a larger emphasis on the high moral ground of “integrity of the game” and "taking any matters that have to do with competitive advantage very...
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