#DFG: Canceling the Noise
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Just to be clear, based on the wording of the article, only one source commented on the ball. The other three only confirmed that he works for the Patriots.
Not that it really matters, but...
Not that it really matters, but...
So is this incident the same as the one we saw at the 2nd half kickoff, where there was a brief delay of game, or is it a separate one?
The headline and article is phrased in a way that suggests malice. "Patriots employee tried to sneak fake football into game!!!" This guy forgot to check the football for the K marking. Sounds like an honest mistake.
I'm just hoping that Mr. McNally is not the same attendant who took a piss in 90 seconds. A. That piss-taking attendant was described as being elderly. If McNally is the piss-taker, then I hate to think how superannuated I'd be thought of at age 67. B. A theoretical 48 year old might actually be able to take a theoretical piss in less than 90 seconds, leaving room not only to deflate his bladder but also some number of balls under his jurisdiction. What a shit-show!
What is confusing is that, if the Patriots balls were intentionally deflated during the game (per other sources/league/morons), why would they want to give the kicker a deflated football?
jsinger121 said:
No, but CHB was ecstatic on Sports Tonight a few minutes ago. Called this story a "smoking gun" and the "Krafts can't say the league has nothing on them now."
They're too busy trying to cover up the fact that the Colts are trying to get out of a contract because a player took his pregnant girlfriend to the hospital.jsinger121 said:
Soon we will read that Patriots' employees were either submitting under inflated balls to Colts kickers or over inflated balls to the Colts offense -- maybe both.
Whatever it is, dammit, there is something wrong with those balls!
Whatever it is, dammit, there is something wrong with those balls!
Unless the attendant ran out to the field wearing a cloaking device and secretly swapped out the balls, this is another story to pile on the back of the whaaaambulance.
Plus the fact that the official's job was to check to balls (aka Rodgers trying to "sneak" in overinflated balls) and did his according to the rulebook.
P.S. The story does involve the jumpy words "Patriots," "AFCCG," "balls," and "unapproved," so it makes ESPN top page. Nothing new.
Plus the fact that the official's job was to check to balls (aka Rodgers trying to "sneak" in overinflated balls) and did his according to the rulebook.
P.S. The story does involve the jumpy words "Patriots," "AFCCG," "balls," and "unapproved," so it makes ESPN top page. Nothing new.
shawnrbu said:
Between this "story" and the Sox new morbidly obese $100mm third-baseman, CHB must have priapism.
Sweet, I like how we get to start this shitshow up all over again over something that doesn't have anything to do with the original accusation.
So is the story now that we're deflating balls or that we're swapping in unapproved ones? Would seem to be an either/or thing and that doing both would negate the advantage of doing either, but to hell with logic.
So is the story now that we're deflating balls or that we're swapping in unapproved ones? Would seem to be an either/or thing and that doing both would negate the advantage of doing either, but to hell with logic.
The caption on the photo in the article has been changed. Originally the culprit was the bald guy.
shawnrbu said:
I legitimate hope nothing but bad things happens to CHB and all his pathetic spawn. Not many people in the world I feel that way about.
Hendu for Kutch said:
Next thing you know, the Colts are going to accuse the Patriots of moving the goal posts.
Bone Chips said:
That would make this entire thing an isolated incident, right? If this was so odd that it set off all sorts of alarm bells it couldn't be a regular occurrence, right? This aspect will be completely glossed over, right?
Whoever this writer is, he/she is CHB of ESPN with many pointless inflammatory stories to their credit. Check the previous story credits: http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/analysis?columnistId=kelly_naqi
The headlines start at:
"Investigator: Only Vick knows if he's changed"
and get worse from there.
The headlines start at:
"Investigator: Only Vick knows if he's changed"
and get worse from there.
re inflammatory prose
or, a NE patriot locker-room attendant mistakenly handed a kicking ball to an official...
None of this makes any sense. I can't even figure out why a team would want to doctor 1 of 13 special teams balls that are used by both teams and handled by the refs. And since I can't even think of a motive, I'm just going to stop thinking about it.
I thought this was not only known, but called out by Simms on the broadcast as it was happening. I remember wondering why it was taking so long to get the opening play of the half off, and learned it was later said as such on CBS. As in, I'm not sure if this is actually news. (?)
Here's the video at the bottom of this deadspin post: http://deadspin.com/report-nfl-was-aware-of-patriots-deflation-allegations-1680914291
Again, this is news how exactly?
edit: seems like Jack Sox mentioned as much earlier in the thread
Here's the video at the bottom of this deadspin post: http://deadspin.com/report-nfl-was-aware-of-patriots-deflation-allegations-1680914291
Again, this is news how exactly?
edit: seems like Jack Sox mentioned as much earlier in the thread
This is the perfect coverup for the NFL. They can't show that the Patriots used "under-inflated" footballs, but they can claim that a referee "caught" a team official trying to "sneak" an unauthorized ball into the game. BOOM. $25,000 fine and the NFL can completely ignore the whole "we let the Patriots flail in the wind for the week leading up to the Superbowl on totally inaccurate and completely unsubstantiated leaks." This allows Goodell to save face to some extent and act is if they did their job in protecting the shield regardless of who owned the Patriots.
#NFLConvenientWayOutGATE
#NFLConvenientWayOutGATE