I can't even follow your logic. Glove on right hand because of injury, glove on left to match because he's fashion-conscious? Or because it's cold? Then he comes in from practice, showers, puts glove back on injured hand (all good) and then on his uninjured hand? Why?
Don't waste your time.
It's like wearing one Ugg boot ... now THAT would be trolling
Me too. My first reaction to the first glove pic was that it was a bandage. That and this explanation makes so much more sense than a lot of the speculation out there.
Felger on Brady injury:
He said his source is extremely reliable, as is the person his source got the information from.
If concealing the true extent (or lack thereof) of an injury while still complying with league rules doesn't affect the other team at all, then why does Belichick do it all the time? He must think there is some advantage to it beyond just "messing with the media."
Can someone photoshop two red gloves into this picture?Felger on Brady injury:
“No fracture. No ligament. Just a cut from hitting the buckle on someone’s helmet. Four stitches around the knuckle, should not affect him.
What were the media talking about all last week? Turmoil in Patriots land, they hate each other. He now has them spinning in hamster cages and leaving the rest of it alone
So if the Wickersham story hadn't come out last week, the Pats would have been more forthcoming about the Brady injury? Come on, that's never been how the Patriots operate. Belichick likes to control the flow of information purely and simply because doing so eliminates the possibility of giving the opposing team any advantage.
There's no reason to give the opponent any more information than necessary. There's also no reason to let opposing players know that every time Player X gets hit in the ribs today it's going to hurt like a mf'er.
He was still talking about Brady’s face. “Pretty.” “Good.”
It’s pretty hard given that a standard Patriots press conference is already a reasonably well orchestrated troll job.It'd he helpful if we had a clear definition of "trolling". Rev, want to have at that?
Right. Standard. Which for the Pats is trolling. As @Average Reds abd others noted, the players have been in on it for days.
Interestingly, though, it could be both at the same time.
The simple presence of a glove on the throwing hand — even given the most benign explanation, e.g. Felger’s stiches — is sufficient to confirm that if you mess with the hand Sunday (run into it, step on it, whatever), it is going to hurt like a motherfucker.
Exactly. We're talking about the team that hung thermometers to remind their opponents of how cold it is. I have no doubt that Brady injured his hand during practice to some degree. But no one outside of the Patriots inner circle knows how serious it is, and they're going to use the media flurry to their advantage. Brady was wearing gloves to the press conference today whether he was missing a finger or if it was just a bad hang nail.
You guys are missing the real story here. Obviously, BOTH hands are a medical disaster right now. Why else would anyone wear two gloves?
Isn't Garofolo usually pretty good with Patriots injuries? If a cut is all it it was, that would be great news.
A few years back I ripped open my hand (the webbing between my ring finger and pinky finger) playing goalie in soccer. It required 4 stitches. Hurt like a mofo at the moment. But I was ready to keep playing until my captain pointed out that while I hadn't looked down at my hand, it was indeed bleeding like a mofrackie. There was a ton of blood.
I’m sure Marrone is working deep into the night to prepare for Hoyer, given the multi-dimensional challenge he presents and his scintillating early season work for the 49ers.
