Originally posted by D_Niner:
Originally posted by Bille:
Originally posted by obx49:
Originally posted by D_Niner:
So I've asked several Jets fans this and none of them can give me a solid answer.
Why would the Niners make this kind of accusation if there was no proof of the Jets tampering? I mean, why the Jets; why not the Rams or the Bears? In short, why would we choose the Jets to pick on?
Any ideas?
I poised the same question in another thread as well. If you remember before we knew it was the Jets, everyone thought it was Jerry Jones who tampered after Deion made the statement that there were two teams willing to pay Crabtree what he wants. My reasoning at the time was there has to be some solid evidence pointing to the Jets otherwise why would the San Fran front office bring up tampering charges and risk embarrassement if it is proven to be not true.
Well the Jets have been accused of tampering with a patriots receiver and there was talk of Brandon Marshall. So it is possible if we were just throwing accusations around that the jets would be a good target since this is the third accusation of tampering, they will get in the last 6 months.
That's about as good an answer as any of the Jets fans have given me. But, this still doesn't say why we would choose them over a team like the Cowboys (who most people were suspicious of).
IMO, the only logical answer is that we have some sort of proof that points to the Jets. Whether its enough, who knows...
I agree, the most likely answer is that we have some evidence.
But I still think the jets are an easier target for the tampering charges than the cowboys, there have been no accusations of tampering towards the cowboys, most of it was just speculation that Jerry Jones has no problem overpaying players and would love to have a hometown star like crabtree playing for the cowboys.
Whereas the jets even if you couldn't produce any concrete evidence the fact that they have been accused 2 times already is a pretty big indicator they are up to something. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
[ Edited by Bille on Oct 6, 2009 at 15:33:59 ]