2014 New England Patriots Thread

Looks bad. I think the team looses a pick, Bill gets a fine and gets suspended for the 2015 season and the team/Kraft gets a fine. Hope I'm wrong

I think if they can somehow prove Belicheck is involved he may be suspended for part of next season but the entire season? Thats overdoing it.

Offenses should be able to do whatever the hell they want for their balls.

You're wrong about Stern. He was bad at the end, but his accomplishments as a commissioner are off the charts.

The NFL is a joke. That doesn't mean I don't love to watch it or follow it, but it's had one ridiculous situation after another. Now this situation isn't the fault of the NFL but how they handle it will be interesting. There are more than enough people, coaches and players who talk about this not being a big deal and being blown way out of proportion. That it's blown out of proportion isn't the fault of the NFL, it's the media and Patriots haters. If the NFL over-reacts to something that they knew was going on (you're fooling yourself if you don't believe that) and didn't care enough about it to easily prevent it then they are giving another example or botched discipline.


There are plenty of things we can point to for the NFL being a joke but this isn't one of them just yet... I think their initial statements were dumb and bordered on it but I'll await their ruling first.

Regarding BB getting suspended, everyone who I've heard talk about how this goes down says the HC is not part of it. If someone should be it's probably Brady.

Haha, um, nope. You should probably educate yourself a little bit on the subject.

For me these are the odds for punishment on this thing:

100% fine
70% loss of draft pick(s)
20% suspension in any capacity
0% disqualification

1000000000000000% rule change

Evidence of what?  A conspiracy?  There are plenty of nefarious happenings in life that are done with no trail of evidence.  This isn't a court of law..someone on the Patriots did this.  Do you think they didn't?

I can't believe the way Dawkins, Bettis, and Brunell acted after Brady's press conference. Unless they are privy to some evidence that the rest of the world doesn't know about, they should be ashamed of themselves. Why would you have three guys who got their asses kicked by Brady give their opinions?

Yeah if only he was emotionless everyone would've believed him, that's worked so well for Aaron Hernandez.

Obviously Brady couldn't do anything to convert the people who've had their mind made up. He took questions and flatly denied any involvement. Sure, he could be lying, but criticizing his demeanor and ignoring his words is laughable to me. Brady isn't retiring after the Super Bowl barring career ending SB injury.

A lot of conflicting reports about particular details from the "investigation" are out there, so I've heard different conspiracy theories. The people with a black or white viewpoint, "The Brunell's" if you will, assume that the balls were illegally deflated and therefore Brady had to be involved in the illegal deflating. Doesn't that by default mean you believe Brady trusted at least one person to handle the shady illegal activity on his behalf and keep the secret indefinitely? Doesn't that theory seem kind of suspect as well? I can't see Brady trusting his legacy to a random clubhouse attendant, or a group of attendants all in on the scam. People talk, especially people who have secret information about famous people. Anyone who is claiming to have the definitive answer behind this story is a fool.

I thought the Borges questions were the most ironic thing in a while. Here's Brady, accused of cheating, standing up and taking questions while denying any involvement. Borges (a guy who was called a plagiarist and punished for it yet never made a personal statement to defend himself) disregards Brady's words and suggests he's lying based on illogical false equivalencies.

Who has been accused by what authority of doing what and when did they supposedly do it?