The Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night. | Page 14

Jan 26, 2015 at 6:48 PM

crabman82
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Originally posted by RishikeshA:
I remember some years back the 49ers lost a draft pick for a phone call inquiring about acquiring Lance Briggs. It was a he said she said complaint and the hammer came down on the Niners. Robert Crafty knows nothing, Bill Belichick knows nothing, Tom Brady follows the company line. It seems there are two sets of rules. This Super Bowl is being fought on the Dark Side where there are no rules, only winning.

there no question that debartolo used to be an owner with great influence in the league and that changed when the team was transfered over to the yorks. conversely the pats under their owner before kraft were where we currently are and then after kraft took over it didnt take very long until he had an eddie d like influence around the league.

Jan 26, 2015 at 8:47 PM

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Cjez
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Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by jimmythegreekjr:

Originally posted by Jcool:
JayGlazer @JayGlazer

Breaking news: sources tell @FOXSports the NFL has zeroed in on a locker room attendant w Patriots who allegedly took balls from officials locker room to another area on way to field. Sources say they have interviewed him and additionally have video. Still gauging if any wrong doing occurred with him but he is strong person of interest

Breaking news: sources tell @FOXSports the NFL has zeroed in on an ex- locker room attendant w Patriots who....

They gonna pay him to take the fall.

exactly. gonna hook him up nicely to take the fall and disappear.

Jan 26, 2015 at 11:44 PM

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tjd808185
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Originally posted by Jcool:
JayGlazer @JayGlazer

Breaking news: sources tell @FOXSports the NFL has zeroed in on a locker room attendant w Patriots who allegedly took balls from officials locker room to another area on way to field. Sources say they have interviewed him and additionally have video. Still gauging if any wrong doing occurred with him but he is strong person of interest

Reports are now saying the guy was just using the restroom and was in there 90 seconds.

[ Edited by tjd808185 on Jan 26, 2015 at 11:45 PM ]

Jan 27, 2015 at 9:32 AM

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49erphan
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Originally posted by Maulbert:
http://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/blog/?p=2932

And people seriously don't consider deflated balls an advantage.

More on that here:

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/01/stats_show_the_new_england_patriots_became_nearly_fumble_proof_after_a_2006.html

Jan 29, 2015 at 6:23 PM

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Pillbusta
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/29/joe-montana-thinks-tom-brady-ordered-footballs-to-be-deflated/

Jan 29, 2015 at 6:25 PM

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Kolohe
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New England Deflatriots.

Jan 30, 2015 at 11:55 AM

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Jan 30, 2015 at 12:23 PM

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Niners99
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This is such a stupid topic. WHO CARES??? Each team should be allowed to inflate their footballs to however they feel comfortable with them. All the advantage of having a softer football is to make it easier to throw and catch. Why is that a bad thing if BOTH teams can do so?

This story is ALL about the Ravens being butthurt over the ineligible receiver trickery, so they leaked the info to the Colts. The Colts then pulled the cowardly, embarrassing move of snitching on the Pats after they got absolutely destroyed.

Look, I hate the Patriots as much as the next fan, but this should be a non story. All this is doing is making it harder for the Pats to prepare for Seattle, and for no good reason other than to pick on a team that most fans hate.

Jan 30, 2015 at 1:58 PM

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