#DFG: Canceling the Noise

Is there any level of suspension that you would advise Tom to accept?


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ifmanis5

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I 100% believe that this was so much more about turning the focus 100% back on the game than to "prove" their innocence. 
Also a FU to Roger and the media for dragging them through the mud for a week. This was a revenge fuck. And it was glorious.
 

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ifmanis5 said:
Also a FU to Roger and the media for dragging them through the mud for a week. This was a revenge fuck. And it was glorious.
This is the football equivalent of revenge porn. I hope this gets replayed so I can watch it over and over again.
 

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The NFL is a joke. Godell is a joke. I certainly hope he loses his job.
I find it hard to believe that the NFL could even turn this around in any other direction now to save face. My guess is they will hope it dies down more and goes away.
 

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Nfl network is once again 100% better than espn. Why are you all watching espn and being shocked by the idiocy there by the lowest in-house idiots in front of the cameras today. Brian Dawkins? Who gives a shit what he thinks?
 

j44thor

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Really wish I could invest in Wilson right about now.  They are about to shatter sales with everyone testing this out.
Bill should get a nice endorsement deal with them now.
 
Also how fantastic would it be if Brady subbed PSI in for Linda as one of his line calls in the SB.
 

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The combination of balls filled to the minimum psi required plus weather also explains how the 12 balls used were below the required level while the 12 reserve balls weren't.
 

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E5 Yaz said:
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After Bill Belichick clinic on football psi, I don't see how #Patriots footballs lost air during first half but #Colts balls didn't?
 
The NFL hasn't released those numbers yet.  But Bill's statement that the rubbing process "stimulates something inside that raises the PSI" is really "heats the ball up enough to raise the PSI"--it's essentially the sauna theory without the sauna.
 

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"We welcome the league's investigation, an investigation that's needed on a number of levels". And those levels are who's the snitch and what did the refs do.
 
Rumors will still persist, but this will probably the matter to as much of a rest it can get.
 
I love Bellichick. That was indeed a tour de force.
 

E5 Yaz

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Belichick references fine china, My Cousin Vinny, SpyGate, atmospheric conditions, et al. Asking about SEA running game will seem mundane.
 
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Over the past 10 years, I have watched many, many -- too many -- BB press conferences.
 
I have never seen him like this.
 
That was a tour de force performance, and perfect for the moment.
 
The national media will likely find a way to kill him for this, but knowing how he usually approaches these situations, I could not be happier with what he said or how he said it.
 

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SumnerH said:
 
The NFL hasn't released those numbers yet.  But Bill's statement that the rubbing process "stimulates something inside that raises the PSI" is really "heats the ball up enough to raise the PSI"--it's essentially the sauna theory without the sauna.
Rubbing the balls with the brush creates friction. Friction creates heat.....
 

Al Zarilla

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The guy is so freaking thorough. When I was in college, more than once, it was impossible on an exam to solve a problem because intermediate data could not be plotted on a graph. Pointed it out to the professors and they said "oh yeah, you're right." Thanks a lot. But, Belichick nails everything down to the 0th degree. Awesome guy.
 

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Buck Showalter said:
Roger Goodell press conference is expected to follow........
 
In about three weeks after he processes all of that information
I don't know. BB used some multisyllabic words and junior high science - I doubt Goodell will ever be able to understand it all.
 

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I still think he implicated the Colts in being part of a scheme or at least calling bullshit that his team wasn't set up. Maybe the Colts knew this always happened and overinflated to make sure it didn't to theirs but then cried the Pats did it.
 

E5 Yaz

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I don't know if the #Patriots tampered with the footballs illegally or not. I'm asking questions. Hopefully #NFL investigation answers
 

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Valek123 said:
Nfl network is once again 100% better than espn. Why are you all watching espn and being shocked by the idiocy there by the lowest in-house idiots in front of the cameras today. Brian Dawkins? Who gives a shit what he thinks?
The NFL network where some dude just said scientists can prove both evolution and creationism?
 

lambeau

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The sauna theory was right! Now Bill says it wasn't heated air, but somehow they got the internal temperature up pretty high--he says by friction. A freaking sanding belt? He achieves a 1.5 psi drop over an hour to game conditions: 11.0 PSI--brilliant!
What he doesn't discuss is that a month is spent on these balls to get them worn in and tacky--nobody ever suggested a mad rubbing process (with hot water?) two hours prior to gametime. That makes no sense. But kudos! 
 

JBill

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I don't care if this changes the media's perception or whatever, but it sure changes mine. I was ready to throw up when they made the press conference announcement, now I'm ready to run through a wall. The NFL has NOTHING because there is nothing. Can't wait for the game.
 

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E5 Yaz said:
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I don't know if the #Patriots tampered with the footballs illegally or not. I'm asking questions. Hopefully #NFL investigation answers
 
I'M ASKING QUESTIONS. THEY WILL BE INEFFECTUAL, BUT BY GOLLY I'M GOING TO ASK THEM.
 

Bob420

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Did he mean that their balls ate 1 psi higher than normal? I highly doubt he would screw that up but Brady likes Hus footballs on the soft side and their prep work increases the PSI. Is it possible to rub a ball and increase PSI? Honest question for the smart folks. It also sounds like he was saying that the refs would need to or did release air to 12.5.