A first-round pick? Wow. I'd expect New England to immediately appeal based upon Walt Coleman's statement that there were two pressure gauges in use, each giving wildly different readings, and he couldn't recall which was used at the onset when they took the readings at halftime.

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So much for getting off with a 25k fine. To be honest I was expecting a minimum of 6 games but losing draft picks will work too.

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

wooohoooo no Brady week 3!!! Aw crap I got Gronk in fantasy keeper.....

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Jimmy G in week 3 vs the Jags then. Unless the Pats get it reduced....

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Yeah, with our luck the suspension will be reduced from 4 games to 2 on appeal. 

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i don't see how the NFL can penalize them that harsh for something that they are assuming Brady did

 

its all based on "probably." id be going insane if anyone tried to penalize me without being sure of something. 

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

This has been misreported horribly. In fact Brady has a four game suspension, which will be served in weeks one, two, four and five for no particular reason.


Probably.

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wooohoooo no Brady week 3!!! Aw crap I got Gronk in fantasy keeper.....

Must be nice!

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

wooohoooo no Brady week 3!!! Aw crap I got Gronk in fantasy keeper.....

Gronk is not a man, he's a beast. One does not try to cover Gronk so much as trying to get out of his way. I hope our secondary is up for the challenge against him and Eddleman.

 

I feel like in a way we're getting a cheap victory over the Pats. Not that beating them doesn't hurt, but with Brady out it feels like we aren't proving anything to the rest of the league.

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Ouch!

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i don't see how the NFL can penalize them that harsh for something that they are assuming Brady did

Ignorance. It's no excuse.

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Thats a heavy blow.

 

Gonna appeal and get reduced to 2 games just so he can come back week 3 and demolish us........... becausejaguars.

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Gonna appeal and get reduced to 2 games just so he can come back week 3 and demolish us........... becausejaguars.

 

That's what I was thinking too.

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<a class="bbc_url" href='https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter'>Adam Schefter ‏<span style="color:rgb(177,187,195);">@
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Filed to ESPN: Tom Brady suspended four games, Pats lose 1st round pick in 2016 and a 4th in 2017, and team fined $1 million, per source:

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

Gronk is not a man, he's a beast. One does not try to cover Gronk so much as trying to get out of his way. I hope our secondary is up for the challenge against him and Eddleman.


I feel like in a way we're getting a cheap victory over the Pats. Not that beating them doesn't hurt, but with Brady out it feels like we aren't proving anything to the rest of the league.

Lol at you assuming we would beat the patriots. They are still much better than us, even without Brady.

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i don't see how the NFL can penalize them that harsh for something that they are assuming Brady did

I've dealt with administrative law for 30 years and I can tell you that this decision was made under the standard of "Preponderance of Evidence",  which is the standard used in administrative investigations.  If the weight of the investigation reached the threshold of 51% then they could rule against Brady.

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"Conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL." That's funny.

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Schefter just said that the reasoning behind the four game suspension was that was the same penalty for first time PED users. They considered Brady's infraction akin to someone using an illegal supplement to get an edge. That seems logical to me.

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The football gods shined upon us and said "we took Dante, in return, you're free from Brady"

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IT WAS ALWAYS THE JAGS

Lol at you assuming we would beat the patriots. They are still much better than us, even without Brady.

You beat me to it.

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