And here we go, for our next Patriots scandal!
I don't blame Gisele, because she's probably right and is talking out of concern for her husband. But that's not the point. We all know what this will lead to.
Of course.Don't we all think that most teams have something like this?
12 wins and a deep playoff run?And here we go, for our next Patriots scandal!
I don't blame Gisele, because she's probably right and is talking out of concern for her husband. But that's not the point. We all know what this will lead to.
I get that, but that was gonna be there anyway.I don't think it will lead to much in terms of discipline (although that possibility is always out there), but just the pearl clutching and "Pats are cheaters x3!" takes that will fill the football vacuum for the next two months.
She's said he has them every year. Maybe she meant concussion water.He caught a knee to the back of the head towards the end of the Super Bowl. If she's referring to that concussion it wouldn't be disclosed anyway.
Or maybe she doesn't want a 3rd child...a 50 year old ex-QB who doesn't know what day it is. Given their financial position, i.e., he doesn't have to keep playing to put food on the table, and assuming a reasonably healthy marriage, I would think that's a regular topic of conversation. And it's not like he's 30 and this shit only happens to "old" players. He's 40 and it happens to guys not that much older than him. She'd have to be nuts *not* to be freaked out. And she *should* have a say in it.I'm sure Tom's thrilled about this interview. She probably thinks she said something completely harmless and had no idea people would jump on it.
What's interesting is the growing vocal rift about Tom's professional future. Tom's a football lifer who would gladly get his body smacked around for the rest of his life, and Gisele clearly doesn't get it or want to see any more of it. She's retired, and he's 40, so she probably wants them both to just be retired, rich, and host charity galas together. I wonder if this issue gets worse for Tom or them.
I think the most likely explanation is a disconnect between what Giselle thinks is a concussion and what needs to be listed as a concussion on the injury report.She's said he has them every year. Maybe she meant concussion water.
Way overstated based on what we know.I'm sure Tom's thrilled about this interview. She probably thinks she said something completely harmless and had no idea people would jump on it.
What's interesting is the growing vocal rift about Tom's professional future. Tom's a football lifer who would gladly get his body smacked around for the rest of his life, and Gisele clearly doesn't get it or want to see any more of it. She's retired, and he's 40, so she probably wants them both to just be retired, rich, and host charity galas together. I wonder if this issue gets worse for Tom or them.
"Who did I vote for? No idea, keep blacking out from these concussions."My guess he was trying to get out of some family obligation and pulled the "Sorry, Honey, I am a little concussed. Can't do it."
Precisely, then there is the whole Seahawks thing with Sherman and everything else.Come. On. Guys.
The NFL isn't blowing up any concussion related scandal, Patriots or not. It's a lose-lose game for them.
@edmunddantes is exactly right.If anything Park Ave. will be working to bury this story not give it more daylight.
We do know Pats didn't meet the reporting requirement under 3 if 1 and 2 occurred. However, as you note, we have no real evidence 1 and 2 occurred and 3 is not applicble without those both occurring.Things we dont actually have evidence of
1) TB had a concussion
2) The Patriots knew TB had such concussion
3) The Patriots didnt go through proper protocols regarding such concussion.
There's no "there" here. Brady, most likely, will make a statement at some point and this will disappear. Spygate had a guy with a camera and an issue owners were gleefully looking to bury the Patriots with.
Deflategate had balls under the allowed PSI level, shady characters with incriminating text messages, cell phone intrigue, and an issue owners were gleefully looking to bury the Patriots with.
This has an offhand comment from a players wife about an issue thats an existential threat to the existence of the league which owners have zero desire to create a circus around.
Wasn't there a recent high profile story which taught us we shouldn't require proof to take a claim seriously? Just like Adam Jones at Fenway Park, I'm believing Brady's wife when she claims he had a concussion last season.Things we dont actually have evidence of
1) TB had a concussion
If Brady got a concussion during the Super Bowl, which protocols did the Patriots violate? Second point is fair, but "11 out of 12 balls measured under the required PSI, league office is distraught and ashamed" is something pretty tangible. This is an offhand comment made by his wife in her second language.We do know Pats didn't meet the reporting requirement under 3 if 1 and 2 occurred. However, as you note, we have no real evidence 1 and 2 occurred and 3 is not applicble without those both occurring.
At initiation, Deflategate had only the PSI measurements so that's the comparison to this story right now, not the subsequently discovered baloney.
However, your larger point there is not right now any 'there' there is quite true.
Rest easy, this is a smart crowd. No one here will be dumb enough to make that kind of comparison.Wasn't there a recent high profile story which taught us we shouldn't require proof to take a claim seriously? Just like Adam Jones at Fenway Park, I'm believing Brady's wife when she claims he had a concussion last season.
I think you're giving football fans way too much credit for how they will react to her comments.Rest easy, this is a smart crowd. No one here will be dumb enough to make that kind of comparison.
I agree with your larger point, of course. To the degree we give any credence at all to her quote (which I think we should not absent more info), she said 'concussions' plural, so even if there was one in the Super Bowl there was at least one other one which would need to have been reported. I suppose one could come up with various hypotheticals where there was not a violation of 3---this year's super bowl and last game of some other season; this year's super bowl and years before the concussion protocol was in place, etc. But we're way, way beyond the evidence already...If Brady got a concussion during the Super Bowl, which protocols did the Patriots violate? Second point is fair, but "11 out of 12 balls measured under the required PSI, league office is distraught and ashamed" is something pretty tangible. This is an offhand comment made by his wife in her second language.
This is what the NFL should look into. I doubt they will and there is a decent likelihood that there is nothing to see. However, the NFL should follow up on it but, as others have posted, they really don't want to know about these things which is why they've ignored similar things in the past.Things we dont actually have evidence of
1) TB had a concussion
2) The Patriots knew TB had such concussion
3) The Patriots didnt go through proper protocols regarding such concussion.
There's no "there" here
Yep, the Seahawks got a warning. The Colts got no penalty for not disclosing Luck's broken ribs.Precisely, then there is the whole Seahawks thing with Sherman and everything else.