2014-2015 NFL Regular Season Thread

[BimboColesHair]

psiGate

 

[Ohio]

Oh the Patriots are cheating?

Water is wet, grass is green, etc etc

 

[Sly]

"Deflating a football, even slightly, can aid the ability to grip the ball, an obvious advantage in passing, catching or accepting handoffs."

"In the NFL, each team brings 12 Wilson footballs to the game and uses its own. As such, the Patriots' offense uses one set of footballs and those are taken off the field when possession shifts. The Colts then bring theirs into rotation. It is not uncommon for teams to try to alter, however slightly but within the acceptable limits between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds, the ball that is most agreeable to their quarterback."

"Even if the footballs used by the Patriots were checked and approved prior to the game, they could conceivably be doctored and deflated during the game. The home team is responsible for providing sideline attendants who supply the refs with balls as on-field action dictates."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/deflat...-culture-since-spygate-scandal-080638511.html

 

[Phills14]

I never understood why the teams supply the footballs. The NFL should provide the footballs at a designated PSI and make the players adjust to that.

But no doubt that Pats bend the rules if not break them very often.

 

[Jack Brickman]

And of course Goodell will continue to protect his friends and nothing will come of this. He's probably already had those footballs destroyed just like the spygate tapes.

 

[spydy13]

And of course Goodell will continue to protect his friends and nothing will come of this. He's probably already had those footballs destroyed just like the spygate tapes.

Can he though? He already faced a mountain of shit with the Ray Rice fiasco. Can he really afford to end the season with a farce of an investigation too?

 

[Ohio]

And of course Goodell will continue to protect his friends and nothing will come of this. He's probably already had those footballs destroyed just like the spygate tapes.

Oh no doubt, #protectNE will be in full effect. For the sake of the Super Bowl if nothing else.

 

[Jack Brickman]

The only good part about this is that, if New England wins, the results will be forever tainted.

 

[godfather]

Does anyone seriously think that changes the outcome of the game? I think Belichick is a douche, personally, and wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they are guilty.

However, I DO NOT want to see the shitty ass Colts in the Super Bowl. They got their asses kicked, and if someone really thinks its because of a deflated football, then you're just crazy.


They should be penalized, heavily though, but lose their Super Bowl? Hell no. Will the Super Bowl be tainted? No. Because they clearly were the better football team.

Tom Brady played like shit! He was not throwing the ball that well at all. They ran the ball down their throats, crushed them on defense, covered, dude, they beat this team in all phases badly. Did the deflated ball do all of that?

The Colts are shitty, the Patriots are dirty, but if anything, if true, it didn't do a damn thing to help them.

Belichick should be suspended from the SB though if true.

 

[Ohio]

The only good part about this is that, if New England wins, the results will be forever tainted.

Everything they've done for the last 15 years is tainted.

 

[godfather]

Maybe the Browns should start cheating, maybe we could win a few super bowls.

 

[macbdog]

If a team provides their own footballs, then why does it matter if it is underinflated or overinflated? Why is this even a rule? Guys can put a bunch of gunk on their hands and use gloves that stick like Spiderman but slightly deflating the ball to make it easier to catch is anathema? Also this whole issue is funny because some players, including Aaron Rodgers, prefer it overinflated. Which is it?

Frankly if it turns out to be true then I can understand a fine. Folks wanting suspensions though are absurd. This sounds like more of a psychological edge than anything.

 

[Jack Brickman]

If a team provides their own footballs, then why does it matter if it is underinflated or overinflated? Why is this even a rule? Guys can put a bunch of gunk on their hands and use gloves that stick like Spiderman but slightly deflating the ball to make it easier to catch is anathema? Also this whole issue is funny because some players, including Aaron Rodgers, prefer it overinflated. Which is it?

If the NFL didn't care about a ball being overinflated or underinflated, then they wouldn't have provided a rule about the pounds of air pressure the balls are to be inflated to in the first place. That rule is there and the Patriots violated it knowingly. That's cheating any way you slice it, regardless of QB preference.

Why the NFL doesn't just provide the fucking balls like they do for kickoffs is beyond me, though. It's beyond retarded to let each team provide their own balls, as it basically invites situations like this one.

And @godfather, no it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game, but cheating in a clear win isn't any better than cheating in a close game or cheating in a loss. It's all cheating, and cheating should be severely punished by a professional sports league.

 

[godfather]

I think they should be penalized, and I think Belichick should be suspended, if true. But some people want the Patriots to forfeit the SB, to me that's overboard. They still would be in the SB regardless, they were the best team in the AFC.

I hate them personally, I think they're always up to something "shady", but I literally give the inflated footballs zero percent outcome of the game.

Technically, they were playing with an deflated ball in the first half anyways? That's when the game was close, the refs inspected the balls at halftime, saw they were deflated, then the Patriots went on their ass whooping.

This is unfortunate, and classless either way. I have no idea why they'd do this, because honestly, they don't even need any advantage to beat the Colts. And it clearly didn't work, because they were pretty bad in the first half. I will say, the ball did seem to be coming out "funny" in the first half. I just thought it was the weather.

I don't think WE as the fans, should suffer a shitty super bowl, with the Seahawks destroying the Colts though.

I think the Seahawks will beat the Pats too, but it should at least be a better game.

Please, suspend Belichick, this guy doesn't obey by the rules. Great coach, but clearly a cheater too.

 

[macbdog]

You missed my point entirely- why is it even a rule in the first place? Unless a team is who underinflating the ball that it is like a pancake why does it matter in the first place? Silly rule. why is this illegal but using sticky gloves that act like a fly trap is ok? Absurd double standard.