If I spent 22 minutes on the Colts sideline, I would feel deflated too.


Peyton Manning spent 14 seasons there.

Just sayin'.

You'd think his forehead would have deflated some in all that time!!!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

You'd think his forehead would have deflated some in all that time!!!

Instead, it went from a forehead to a fivehead.   Maybe that's where all the missing air pressure went?

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Instead, it went from a forehead to a fivehead.   Maybe that's where all the missing air pressure went?

Probably. Great...now that he's in Denver, can you imagine what it's going to look like after a few seasons there??

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Probably. Great...now that he's in Denver, can you imagine what it's going to look like after a few seasons there??

He'll be ready for his post NFL career....as a float in the Macy's parade on Thanksgiving day.

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

He'll be ready for his post NFL career....as a float in the Macy's parade on Thanksgiving day.

I can see it!!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Maybe for every year in the NFL, his forehead grows an inch.. Sorta like rings in the base of a tree..

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You must not be aware. Lol. There isnt going to be anything from this.

But soo many smart people in this thread had all the "facts" already. I figured Tom Brady and Belichick would be in jail by now with such a clear-cut case.

 

Speaking of those "smart" people, they seem to have abandoned the thread  

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Guess its hard to pile on when the facts don't support the accusations.

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New England Patriot Fan

But soo many smart people in this thread had all the "facts" already. I figured Tom Brady and Belichick would be in jail by now with such a clear-cut case.

 

Speaking of those "smart" people, they seem to have abandoned the thread

 

The Patriots seriously are the evils villans of the game. Bad guys never win doesnt apply to this organization. Ive never seen a franchise cheat so much, get caught and still act like its nothing. Thats how i know Goodell and Kraft has something in on each other.

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If you think I offended you, don't worry, I meant to. #facts 
  
#iamlegend

never seen a franchise cheat so much...

 

Really? care to share what all the "cheating" you've seen is?

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New England Patriot Fan

Did none of you get the update that it was only one ball? It was just bad reporting by ESPN, guys.. as jags fans, you should expect that by now

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never seen a franchise cheat so much...

 

Really? care to share what all the "cheating" you've seen is?

Well, their was filming other teams practices to gain a serious advantage for one thing.

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Well, their was filming other teams practices to gain a serious advantage for one thing.

That's false. Do some research. They filmed live games...

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That's false. Do some research. They filmed live games...

And practices. Alleged.

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That's false. Do some research. They filmed live games...

 

Technically, they filmed signals from live games.

 

Signals that tens of thousands in attendance could see and could have taped as well.

 

Not saying it wasn't against the rules, but that what they were after was in plain sight, just as their videotaping was.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Let's not give NE a pass just because they video taped a game which was available to the public. The fact of the matter is that their actions were a calculated effort to gain an unfair advantage. The league reviewed the incident and gave Belichick and NE major fines, not a simple slap on the wrist. So the NFL thought that their actions warranted major discipline, end of discussion.

 

"The 

New England Patriots
 were disciplined by the league for videotaping 

New York Jets
' defensive coaches' signals during a September 9, 2007 game. Videotaping opposing coaches is not illegal in the NFL but there are designated areas allowed by the league to do such taping. The Patriots were videotaping the Jets' coaches from their own sideline which is not allowed. The act was deemed by 

<a class="" href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Commissioner' title="NFL Commissioner">NFL Commissioner
</a> 

Roger Goodell
 to be in violation of league rules, causing him to say when penalizing the Patriots that this episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid long-standing rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field. After an investigation, the NFL fined Patriots head coach 

Bill Belichick
 

$
500,000 (the maximum allowed by the league and the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history) for his role in the incident, fined the Patriots $250,000, and docked the team their original first-round selection in the 

<a class="" href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NFL_Draft' title="2008 NFL Draft">2008 NFL Draft
</a> which would have been the 31st pick of the draft.

^[3] The fine garnered significant media attention for being the "maximum amount" an individual could be fined." - Wikipedia

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No one has given New England any passes on the taping. If anything people have flogged them unmercifully for it since 2007.

 

What you do have is people starting to finally realize

 

1) How bad Goodell actually is for the game (not for the owners - he makes them tons of $$$, but for the game itself)

2) Some are actually starting to put the taping into the proper context - at least those who can see thru the "morality smokescreen" that has propagated since the taping controversy.

 

New England and Belichick broke the rules. They stood up, made their apologies, and stopped the practice. But that's not good enough for the "rabble rabble Patriot Cheaters crowd". Their hatred still runs deep due to the Patriots continued success, just look around, you will see it festering still in all corners of NFL fandom.

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New England Patriot Fan

Tom Brady and two equipment guys were involved.

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Tom Brady and two equipment guys were involved.

 

And they will take the next few weeks off and think about just what they did!

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

 Ian Rapoport: Wells report says it is “more probable than not” that the locker room attendant, equipment assistant & Tom Brady was aware of releasing air

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