@mikerothstein: #Lions coach Jim Caldwell declines to discuss whether there were headset issues in New England last year. Story: http://t.co/DRsvpulbRW
soxhop411 said:
SportsCenter @SportsCenter 5m5 minutes ago
Packers had a headset issue of their own in their preseason opener against Patriots last month. http://es.pn/1UHHZp1
nattysez said:What are the chances Daniel was reacting to a racial epithet? 50% at least.
That could be read in a way exactly the opposite of how you are apparently interpreting it.allstonite said:
This should stop all conspiracy cheater crap immediately. Why in the fuck would a team mess with the headsets in the first preseason game? But of course people don't think rationally.
Hanigan did have the day off. Did the wiring for Bill and caught a plane to Tampa.E5 Yaz said:
They contracted out to Ryan Hanigan
dcmissle said:Please get a grip. This is embarrassing for the Steelers, not the Pats.
dcmissle said:That could be read in a way exactly the opposite of how you are apparently interpreting it.
dcmissle said:Please get a grip. This is embarrassing for the Steelers, not the Pats.
E5 Yaz said:
In reality, yes. In the way it's being played out in the media, not so much
soxhop411 said:
SportsCenter @SportsCenter 5m5 minutes ago
Packers had a headset issue of their own in their preseason opener against Patriots last month. http://es.pn/1UHHZp1
Red(s)HawksFan said:
Nah, dc's right. It's only embarrassing to the Pats if you let it be. The media is running with it because #cheatriots and every media market outside of New England laps this shit up. It's click-bait and we don't have to succumb.
allstonite said:
This should stop all conspiracy cheater crap immediately. Why in the fuck would a team mess with the headsets in the first preseason game? But of course people don't think rationally.
Red(s)HawksFan said:
The media is running with it because #cheatriots and every media market outside of New England laps this shit up. It's click-bait and we don't have to succumb.
drleather2001 said:
He didn't go to Phillips. I would have known him. It must have been some other place.
tims4wins said:
Even trying to cheat in preseason games!!!
dcmissle said:You have to get a grip. People were saying here a few days ago that the stolen play sheet allegations would get legs and they haven't. And they won't.
Yes, the Steelers filed a complaint. The complaint relates to how the League handled this last night -- the breakdown, and then how it was handled. Tomlin admitted it was eventually corrected.
The League has said it provided the equipment, worked with Pats personnel, and that the issue was probably weather related.
Maybe Rooney bought Tomlin a box of tissues.soxhop411 said:Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 1m1 minute ago
Steelers did not and will not file a complaint to NFL about headset communication last night, per team official.
Shelterdog said:
To quote a movie you might have seen, now who's been naïve?
Gamesmanship is going to mentioned each and every week during telecasts for the rest of the year. These stories--including the play sheet story--are far from being over.
That is fine by me cause I don't care about the stories. I do care about the League. This is a chickenshit issue from the League's standpoint.Shelterdog said:
To quote a movie you might have seen, now who's been naïve?
Gamesmanship is going to mentioned each and every week during telecasts for the rest of the year. These stories--including the play sheet story--are far from being over.
https://www.facebook.com/AdamSchefter/posts/1019636674755640
Steelers Spokesman Burt Lauten: "We have provided information to NFL representatives regarding issues that occurred Thursday night at Gillette Stadium with our coach-to-coach headset communications system. The problem was addressed during the game and we did not have further problems in the second half. We did not file a formal complaint, nor do we plan to do so."
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/642389129569792000"]1m1soxhop411 said:
soxhop411 said:
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 1m1 minute ago
Steelers did not and will not file a complaint to NFL about headset communication last night, per team official.
Shelterdog said:
Gamesmanship is going to mentioned each and every week during telecasts for the rest of the year. These stories--including the play sheet story--are far from being over.
I was responding to the contention that it would spawn an investigation and discipline. It will not -- I have said that 3 times, and won't say it again.Stitch01 said:The play sheet and related stories don't have legs? Dan Patrick asked Rodney Harrison on the pregame show last night if he was a cheater whose titles deserved to have an asterisk.
This is all silly, and probably positive for the Patriots from an on the field standpoint this year given teams coming into Foxboro seem to be chasing ghosts rather than Gronk, but this Pats cheating narrative is going to be here all season.
DrewDawg said:
Florio:
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"And I know somebody who understands the dynamics of the league office [who] is convinced that there were league office sources who were feeding ESPN information with two agendas — to retaliate against the Patriots and to set Roger Goodell up for eventually being thrown out of office, because there are people who have their eyes on that job or eyes on the potential for advancing to a higher job under a different commissioner. That’s where this thing gets really bizarre. Is there a coup in the works? I don’t know. But a lot of nervous people at the league office, a lot of people putting potential plans into motion aimed at advancing their own interests or protecting themselves.”
Luckily we'll get a week off from the BS. Unless the Bills do something illegal, at which point they'll say they were only copying Belichick and the Patriots.dcmissle said:Meanwhile, toughness, resilience, discipline, hard work, virtue -- Stiller qualities, no?
DourDoerr said:I know this is wishful thinking and BB's loathe to create distractions, but I'd love to see him use the post game presser as a bully pulpit to raise the idea of getting those draft picks back. .
Great. So if the NFL oversees operation of the audio equipment and the NFL sets the policy for when that equipment must be shut off if not functioning properly, then the Steelers filing a complaint is not targeting the Patriots, it's targeting the League. What's the problem? If the NFL were to look at the situation and say "gee, we really can't allow one team to have fully functioning audio while the other doesn't, because it creates an unfair advantage," is that wrong? Is a status quo of incompetence okay? Am I to believe that Belicheck and BoB and McCarthy are perfectly happy to lose audio while the other team has it?Average Reds said:
It's a game because - as Tomlin himself admitted - this happens across the league and we never hear anything about it. The only reason we're hearing about it now is because of the NFL-created circus that went on for the last 8 months.
We know there is nothing to the allegations because the bolded part of your post is simply incorrect - the league is the supplier of the equipment and it's their responsibility. Further, it defies belief that the Pats would do anything improper at this game, or that the NFL would allow the Pats to have the chance by not closely monitoring situations like this.
The danger comes if the Steelers push this too far. Since we know there's nothing to it, an "investigation" only makes all participants look even more foolish than they do now. And that's the best case scenario. The worst case is that it prompts an overreaction from the Pats (or the league office in reaction to the Pats) and then things spiral out of control.
It's a stupid, destructive game and Tomlin is a fool for playing it, for all of the reason that have been pointed out in this very thread.
nighthob said:Luckily we'll get a week off from the BS. Unless the Bills do something illegal, at which point they'll say they were only copying Belichick and the Patriots.
Marciano490 said:
I don't get it. Can you explain this joke to me?