I laugh because nothing was EVER going to happen.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...-released-on-footballs-used-in-afc-title-game
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...-released-on-footballs-used-in-afc-title-game
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"We have concluded that it is more probable than not that Jim McNally (the Officials Locker Room attendant for the Patriots) and John Jastremski (an equipment assistant for the Patriots) participated in a deliberate effort to release air from Patriots game balls after the balls were examined by the referee.
"Based on the evidence, it also is our view that it is more probable than not that Tom Brady (the quarterback for the Patriots) was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls," the report reads...
I laugh because nothing was EVER going to happen.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...-released-on-footballs-used-in-afc-title-game
Big big difference between "Probable" and "deliberately".
Even if they "deliberately" deflated the balls, it has no impact on the beating the Pats gave the Colts (considering the Pats scored more with "appropriate" balls). They won the game on superior defense and coaching.
The only irritant of this stinker is the NY media, and Rex Ryan, will have something to bitch about for the next 5 weeks.
Who cares... we won the SB anyways.
S*** IT Wells!
LOVE this drama! LOL
Well deflategate didnt have any effect on the Dolphins...they still stuck out the bottom of the AFC
Key word is "probably" as in we know you did it but we can't prove it and unfortunately/fortunately they havent proven manure...
Go ask Haller how he feels about being accused without solid evidence!
Sorry to disappoint you, but I am not a Dolphins fan...
I am only saying that IF you were not a Pats fan, you would be upset after a team in your division got caught "again" for cheating.
Failure to put any blame on Officiating crew nullifies any validity to this story. Blame everyone but the one group of people who's responsibility it is to monitor just this issue. Was this story a complete fabrication just to keep NFL in spotlight through the off season? I say YES. If you want to point fingers how can you exclude the ref's? I have NEVER seen a ballboy place a ball after a play.
I was trying to make you feel better because I didnt dare say RAIDERS!
Kraft, Brady and BB didnt all put on hoodies and rub a crystal balls looking for was to "cheat" ie- knowingly violate a competition rule.
If there was monkey business going on behind the scenes, I suspect it was more based on comfort then "cheating".
I havent thrown enough footballs to know what 11.5 to 13 PSI feels like but having dribbled enough basketballs, I prefer a harder than heck ball as it bounces way faster/harder. Now is that cheating?
LOL! Nevermind... can't compete with rose colored glasses.