At the time of Brady's press conference it's fair to assume he didn't know 100% whether or not someone had doctored the balls. I mean, even if he had no idea of a scheme or anything, it isn't out of the realm of possibility that it had happened, so considering it wasn't entirely up to him, I can see why he was reticent in coming out and strongly stating those reports were wrong. Even so, he could have done a much better job at saying he had no knowledge of what might have gone on.
Agree with you on this. The whole PR side of DFG was so badly handled by Brady at the start.
I agree. This is a potential snowball for the league. They're going to try their best to kill it, kill it, kill it (with silence).
The pharmacist was caught in an undercover sting -- he didn't admit these things freely. Of course he's going to deny everything.
Bullshit. When he was laughing at the accusations, it was at the stage where all it was was a couple vague, sore-loser-toned tweets from Bob Kravitz. Mort's "11 of 12" tweet was still hours away. Laughing was what the accusations deserved at that point. Shit, it's still what the accusations deserve. The presser was in a different setting but it still boiled down to answering questions about a topic that was being overblown by massive proportions.
Actually, there is probably no shot of this happening, but what I really want is for the NFL to sweep this under the rug 1) quickly and 2) in such a way that it somehow undermines the NFL's legal case against Brady.
Vindictive is a good word. Vindictive is how I feel after hearing the stupidest shit ever dumped on Brady, Belichick, the Patriots and New England fans for basically a year. I've given up on actual fairness, so it is in fact fun to see the Dungys and Doyels squirm. I think we are more vindictive than hypocritical.
The MLB had banned a variety of steroids and other PEDs well before they had started testing, yet players who used in that timeframe have had their legacies tarnished. It's the same thing here if this story has legs.
I know.
"I know your franchise, fanbase and quarterback have been shat on for a year based on a couple of out of context texts and a fundamental misunderstanding of science, but I'm really disappointed that while the vast majority of you don't hold these allegations against Manning, you aren't actively campaigning for him to get a fair treatment by the press."
Agree with all of this. The only thing I see really hurting Manning here is if his unqualified denial turns out to be a lie.
Yeah, any difference between how Peyton will initially be treated and how Brady was treated will be all about their respective narratives. Brady's the UGG-wearing Hollywood pretty boy with an out-of-wedlock kid who plays for a shady organization, Peyton is the clean-cut, salt of the earth, earnest All-American. If Brady had issued a categorical denial people would have said "Big deal, Lance Armstrong categorically denied everything for years." Manning does it and people rush to believe him, because why would anyone of his stature lie?
Jesus what? You talk as if most here are hoping Manning gets railroaded by the press, when we are just pointing out that if he doesn't, it shows a predisposition against the Patriots, since Brady was crucified 10 minutes after the first Kravitz tweet. If the only way for Pats fans not to be hypocritical is to jump to Manning's defense in this, then yeah, you'll be disappointed.
Not to mention you had fans of other teams on this site coming in saying, "look, it's all there in the Wells report! Brady cheated!" This will just serve as further proof that the Pats and Brady got royally screwed.
I like to believe that this is a moment of exasperation upon realizing just how stupid your previous post was.
The only person who gets hurt in this scenario is Peyton Manning. The bolded is ludicrous. What about the league's past actions makes you think that there is even the most remote possibility of this ocurring? The league and ESPN couldn't care less about being perceived as inconsistent or hypocritical.
Can we get a moratorium on this kind of stuff in this thread and just discuss the story? I'm as die hard a Pats fan as anyone but this is just so tiring.
No. That would be significantly less fun.
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For everyone else who lives under a rock (/outside the US), here's the first paragraph of Wikipedia's Fleisher bio:
Ok – pretty simple question at the end of the day, putting aside all of the other stuff about what time of day he visited the facility, etc. If HGH was delivered to his wife, it's case closed.
Yes, the same man who broke the Deflategate story went to this very same doctor for...HGH treatments!
The fact he is so quickly sitting for an interview is fascinating... Can't wait to hear him answer the wife question which has to be asked.
