#DFG: Canceling the Noise
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JohnnyK said:
That doesn't really surprise me. ESPN has always played it a bit fast and loose when it comes to attribution.
Belichick comments this morning: "Any questions on that you should talk to them (the league) about".
Of course, NBCsports reports that as Belichick not denying it.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/20/belichick-declines-to-comment-on-deflategate/
Of course, NBCsports reports that as Belichick not denying it.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/20/belichick-declines-to-comment-on-deflategate/
JohnnyK said:
Something called "Thundersnacker" had it yesterday, so it may be an assumption (or not) that it came from here, or from elsewhere (other places mentioned it long before the first mention on SoSH a bit over 12 hours ago).
So in his (possibly throwaway) line at the end, Simms states that the referees "maybe even... put an extra half pound of air in there to help Aaron Rodgers out."
That must have come out wrong and can't be what he's actually trying to say, right? I mean, perhaps the *team* puts the extra half pound of air in to help Aaron Rodgers out and the refs don't catch it (so he "gets lucky").
But if Simms is really alleging that the refs know how a particular QB likes his balls and pumps in extra air for him, that's crazy.
Since it's Simms, I'm going with he must have mangled the English language.
That must have come out wrong and can't be what he's actually trying to say, right? I mean, perhaps the *team* puts the extra half pound of air in to help Aaron Rodgers out and the refs don't catch it (so he "gets lucky").
But if Simms is really alleging that the refs know how a particular QB likes his balls and pumps in extra air for him, that's crazy.
Since it's Simms, I'm going with he must have mangled the English language.
I think poor Phil Simms is going to be doing a lot of explaining and backtracking -- I think what it will morph into is Simms saying that Rodgers said that sometimes the balls feel a bit overinflated and he's fine with that and hopes the officials don't notice, not that Rodgers deliberately attempts to get away with one.
Of course, I fully believe Simms meant exactly what he said and probably did have that discussion with Rodgers.
Of course, I fully believe Simms meant exactly what he said and probably did have that discussion with Rodgers.
DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
I think that it's much more likely that the Aaron Rodgers thing gets no traction whatsoever. I don't see this any type of smoking gun or revelation. It's no different then the other coaches that admitted to stealing/taping signals during the spygate saga. I'd be surprised if that clip moves the needle at all.
SportsCenter just teased something like "Should the Patriots thank Aaron Rodgers?" as a coming-up-next story. No idea if it has to do with this, but the timing of it is interesting.
You guys are awesome. This clip is all over the place. It moved so fast that I just posted it back here not knowing it originated from here. Good stuff!
I have lived a blissfully Breer-free existence for many years now. I'd like to keep it that way, thanks. He's an obnoxious weasel.
Thanks Bert and the media's reaction to both situations is still like in 2007. Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot.
I think so, but now you have me second guessing if 'chance' should be singular or plural.pappymojo said:
Hopefully it'll be like the F.U. Chargers game immediately following the birth of Spygate.pappymojo said:
I wonder if the Packer's "Stock Holders" are going to call a "Board Meeting" over this. If so, I hope the NFL fines all "Stock Holders" for this offense and they are required to pay out of pocket. You "own the team" then you have to pay as well.
Re the psychology of it all...
Assuming the team stays roughly the same as it is now, the visit to Indianapolis next year will be a Reckoning.
Coach Bill will steal their souls and slaughter the children. This will be epic.
Assuming the team stays roughly the same as it is now, the visit to Indianapolis next year will be a Reckoning.
Coach Bill will steal their souls and slaughter the children. This will be epic.
BroodsSexton said:
GOD DAMNIT. I had just read the previous posts and laughed about the grammar. Then made the same mistake. I feel like John Harbaugh.
Boston media and all but 98.5 just played the Simms audio leading into this hour of Gresh and Zo
Ed Hillel said:
The same way he fixed the schedule so for 3 years in a row Indy had to come to NE and as soon as Peyton goes to Denver, Kraft scheduled back to back home games against the Broncos.
Unreal what the Pats get away with.
GlenMorangie said:
No, you haven't missed anything. But tell that to some reporters/media personality, and you'll be labeled a Cheatriot Lover.
Basically, sports media saw how rampantly successful Fox News' model was, and copied it.
bankshot1 said:
Nothing official, but they're doing the Pro Bowl draft thing tomorrow night at 8 EST, so I'm guessing there's a quiet press release, oh, around 9:30 or so.
I agree, but they are in a difficult spot. They had better run everything to ground, yet they don't do first rate work on this stuff.
But yeah, they have to spike this convincingly and hopefully quick, cause it is just fueling a larger attack. If there is anything to this, on the other hand, they are better off riding through the SB. At some point next week, attention will turn back to the game.
Red(s)HawksFan said:
I don't know, it would be better to release it when they're airing something more people are watching. Like perhaps televising the paint drying on the turf at UoP Stadium.
Get UL to test about 6-10 Pat game balls, Colts, Packers, S'Hawks game balls and balls from every team in the league for psi, size etc. Test all team's balls. If Pats ball are outside of some statistical norm, or they tampered with the ball, that's the way it is. But IMO testing for that stuff should be fast-tracked and done.dcmissle said:
And if the Packers need to be spanked for over-inflated balls so be it.
bankshot1 said:
But the results you get know would be off because of changes in temperature, humidity, etc. and also potentially the use of the ball. This wouldn't work.
Devizier said:
This is just an inexact shorthand for psi. An extra half psi of pressure is more or less right in the range we're talking about.
You know that Eric Wilbur thinks Deflate-gate is just a tempest in a teapot and is joining the crusade in laughing his rear off at Rosenberg's piece of garbage.Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
Couldn't resist the temptation...