#DFG: Canceling the Noise

[PeaceSignMoose]

I'm sure Florio will update PFT with this revelation.

 

[Harry Hooper]

I thought that tweet about using the Colts balls in the 1st half was a joke. This is appropriately Goodell-esque.

 

[Dollar]

I just had a terrifying thought about how much worse Spygate could have been if Twitter had been around for it. The amount of sheer stupidity in this world is incredible, and much more obvious nowadays.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I thought that tweet about using the Colts balls in the 1st half was a joke. This is appropriately Goodell-esque.

 
Where is that tweet?

 

[djbayko]

I thought that tweet about using the Colts balls in the 1st half was a joke. This is appropriately Goodell-esque.

 
No, it's horribly taken out of context.  If you read the full report, he's saying he saw the Pats playing with Colts balls late in the first half because of the deflation issue.

 

[wiffleballhero]

So after the Patriots took their balls, what are they, The Indianapolis Geldings?

 

[PBDWake]

 
 

https://twitter.com/dougkyednesn/status/558428619304108034
link to tweet
 


That last sentence, SJH

 

[GregHarris]

 
Well you root for QB who's raped a bunch of women, so your judge of character isn't great.

 
I was going to ask him if he thought Rapey McBurger was telling the truth, because as a Pats fan I think he's full of shit.  But I figured someone would beat me to it.

 

[vadertime]

I think the bigger question is why/how it took 4 days for someone to talk to Jackson and/or for Jackson to come out with a statement since he was the ineptness for all this.

 

[Eddie Jurak]

Tom E Curran says it is time for the NFL to put its cards on the table:

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/curran-time-nfl-stop-deflategate-madness

 

[Leather]

It's really not that helpful.

 

[Harry Hooper]

 
No, it's horribly taken out of context.  If you read the full report, he's saying he saw the Pats playing with Colts balls late in the first half because of the deflation issue.

 
Yes, I got that. It's still wild.

 

[Byrdbrain]

 
Well you root for QB who's raped a bunch of women, so your judge of character isn't great.

Allegedly 

 

[staz]

 
This also led E! Entertainment TV tonight. Now my wife is asking questions. The last time she asked questions involved a reported Red Sox/Rangers deal.
 
This is going to end up as the quintessential case study in electronic media management, in every textbook for 100 years.
 

 

[lexrageorge]

Actually, when you read D'Qwell Jackson's quotes about wanting a souvenir, you start to feel bad for the guy.  Intercepts TOM BRADY in the AFC Championship Game; yeah, that would be a cool thing to show his kids and grandkids some day.  

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

That last sentence, SJH

 
Yeah, but it got clarified later that it was late in the first half when he was told that. His INT came with 9:21 left in the half, so it's extremely likely that he indeed picked off a Pats ball.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Actually, when you read D'Qwell Jackson's quotes about wanting a souvenir, you start to feel bad for the guy.  Intercepts TOM BRADY in the AFC Championship Game; yeah, that would be a cool thing to show his kids and grandkids some day.  

 
Shit, imagine what the ball will be worth

 

[Leather]

 
I was going to asking him if he thought Rapey McBurger was telling the truth, because as a Pats fan I think he's full of shit.  But I figured someone would beat me to it.

Ya well even in Rapersburfet, there's a person who says she SAW HIM TRY TO RAPE HER.

No such witness here!

 

[Matty005]

 
Yes, I got that. It's still wild.

Wouldn't this mean the officials were doing their job and didn't allow the Pats balls to be used?

 

[E5 Yaz]

So much for the feeling better about the press conference poll
 
Do you believe Bill Belichick and Tom Brady when they say they do not know how the Patriots' footballs got deflated in the AFC title game?

• 
   
  47%
  Yes
• 
   
  53%
  No

 (Total votes: 56,684)

 

[Dropkick Izzy]

The saddest thing out of all of this is we won't be able to hear more of Mark Brunell's insightful analysis while he serves his 3 week suspension.  ESPN has no tolerance for calling an NFL figure a liar without proof.
 

Guy's homeless. C'mon man...

 

[Ferm Sheller]

 
Well you root for QB who's raped a bunch of women, so your judge of character isn't great.

BOOM!

 

[Leather]

So much for the feeling better about the press conference poll
 
Do you believe Bill Belichick and Tom Brady when they say they do not know how the Patriots' footballs got deflated in the AFC title game?

• 
   
  47%Yes
• 
   
  53%No

 (Total votes: 56,684)

The only people who respond to those polls have a agenda, one way or the other.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

NFL <<< NBA <<< Italian football <<< pro wrestling

Lol for Italian football.

 

[simplyeric]

Tom to press:
I don't know what it is. It is what it is, but it isn't ISIS (which is what you think)

 

[IdiotKicker]

Actually, when you read D'Qwell Jackson's quotes about wanting a souvenir, you start to feel bad for the guy.  Intercepts TOM BRADY in the AFC Championship Game; yeah, that would be a cool thing to show his kids and grandkids some day.

Probably wouldn't have caught it at 13psi.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

@TerryBlountESPN, Seattle nickel CB Jeremy Lane says of Rob Gronkowski: "I actually don't think he's that good."

I wonder how Fred-Ex feels about this tactic. Worked so well against the Pats in the past.

 

[GregHarris]

Guy's homeless. C'mon man...

 
Someone get Bruschi on the phone and ask him to check out that ball he picked off to put and end to Brunell's one and only shot as a starter.

 

[djbayko]

I think the bigger question is why/how it took 4 days for someone to talk to Jackson and/or for Jackson to come out with a statement since he was the ineptness for all this.

 
This was already reported at least yesterday, if not Tuesday (I can't be bothered to go back in time in this thread).  The larger this story becomes, and the more media becomes involved, the more these side reports are recycled.

 

[wiffleballhero]

I think the NFL is getting ready to kill this story.
 
All day they have had stories up that basically undercut the Pats guilt. They are currently leading with Brady's denial and under it is this change in D'Qwell's story.
 
I am at the point where I think this is only going to help with the Pats kicking the shit out of the Seahawks.
 
I can't wait for that Indy game next year.

 

[Leather]

I just can't imagine why the NFL is being so mum about this whole thing.

So, so, tone deaf.

 

[Marbleheader]

I so wanted Brady to respond to Borges blabbering about bat weight and rim height by saying, 'Well, Ron, a lot of people thought Richard Seymour and Matt Light were good picks. You wrote about football for a living, how could you not know?'

 

[Ferm Sheller]

They should insist on playing with Colts balls exclusively in the game and throttle the fucking shit out of the Colts, adding an FU TD just for good measure.

 

[JayMags71]

Full disclaimer - I am a Steelers fan. Does anyone here believe what Brady said in the press conference? Do you believe that Brady, who has said in the past he likes the balls deflated, has no idea how the balls were possibly deflated between the ref check and the game? I think this is a really stupid thing, and every NFL QB probably tells the ball boys to get the balls exactly how they want. I also think Brady was lying through his teeth today in his press conference.

How's the view from that high horse?

PITTSBURGH -- Bleeding from a stab wound that perforated his bowel, 6-foot-7, 325-pound Steelers offensive tackle Mike Adams was slumped in a chair, drunk and disoriented, when police arrived at a Cambodian restaurant on Pittsburgh's South Side just after 3 a.m.

"I gotta tell you this: I'm a Pittsburgh Steeler," said Adams, placing his hand on officer Juan Terry's shoulder.

Terry told him: "I don't care. I'll leave 'Occupation' blank if you want."

Later, when he filled out his report, the officer indeed left Adams' occupation blank. But Pittsburgh police extended an even greater courtesy to Adams and his team that June 2013 morning: Another officer on the scene called Lt. Jack Kearney -- the longtime point man on messy Steelers business, known in some circles as "The Cleaner"

 

[crystalline]

I just can't imagine why the NFL is being so mum about this whole thing.

So, so, tone deaf.

 
It's got to be that they love the publicity.  They could quash this immediately, but they are not. 
You are watching the league trolling the media.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

 
Someone get Bruschi on the phone and ask him to check out that ball he picked off to put and end to Brunell's one and only shot as a starter.

Huh?  Brunell was a starter for many years.  

 

[Ferm Sheller]

They should insist on playing with Colts balls exclusively in the game next year and throttle the fucking shit out of the Colts, adding an FU TD just for good measure.

 

[Salem's Lot]

I just can't imagine why the NFL is being so mum about this whole thing.

So, so, tone deaf.

Everybody in America is talking about the NFL on the Super Bowl bye week. The Pats as the villian versus the defending champ Seahawks will be the highest rated TV show in history.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I think the bigger question is why/how it took 4 days for someone to talk to Jackson and/or for Jackson to come out with a statement since he was the ineptness for all this.

Maybe he wasn't the smoking gun. Could have been Harbaugh told Pagano to watch for it.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Felger and Mazz better hope this doesn't turn out to be a mistake by what simply turns out to be a lazy referee. They may be burning a bridge here with the Patriots if the team really didn't do anything wrong and they're torching them as if they're definitely guilty on their flagship station.

To make says hello! Still hate that f*cker.

 

[singaporesoxfan]

Maybe he wasn't the smoking gun. Could have been Harbaugh told Pagano to watch for it.

 
I'm pretty sure he wasn't the one. If he was he'd have looked a lot more agitated when he handed the ball to the sideline.

 

[shepard50]

Huh?  Brunell was a starter for many years.  

And a fairly accomplished one. Her was also investigated by the NFL for taking advantage of other players financially for the Champions of Christ church.

 

[Hoya81]

Would the NFL have to go through the NFLPA before they could interview Brady? Is that the delay?

 

[GregHarris]

Huh?  Brunell was a starter for many years.  

 
I meant his shot at a ring.  He played for many years but never got close again as a starter.  Did end up getting hardware for the Saints, which I assumed he pawned already.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Tom E Curran says it is time for the NFL to put its cards on the table:

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/curran-time-nfl-stop-deflategate-madness

 
This is a great point:
 

Did you allow the first half of a Conference Championship game to be played with balls you suspected weren’t regulation in the hopes of catching the Pats red-handed?

 
Did the NFL really allow this to happen? Rather than just telling the Patriots to make sure the balls were properly inflated, they decided to let it play out and cause this mess in the first place? The NFL ran a sting operation that they knew would cloud one of its franchises? Pretty nutty, from a PR perspective.

 

[Dropkick Izzy]

And a fairly accomplished one. Her was also investigated by the NFL for taking advantage of other players financially for the Champions of Christ church.

Well, in that case I hope he is homeless ... and giving handies in a back alley for spare coin.

Fuck that guy.

 

[OCST]

Eat the largest bag of dicks you can find.

 
Bowl.
 
Jesus.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

 
Bowl.
 
Jesus.

Dick jerky comes in a bag.

 

[shawnrbu]

Jim Gray believes Brady.

 

[mt8thsw9th]

@TerryBlountESPN, Seattle nickel CB Jeremy Lane says of Rob Gronkowski: "I actually don't think he's that good."

 
What's funny is in a thread about a pretty petty occurrence, the NFL head injury crisis reemerges its concussed head.