And for today, an even MORE over the top example of how the Patriots are cheating everyone:
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/19/new-england-patriots-deflategate-bill-belichick-tom-brady
What a joke! The highlights:
-Pats installed a giant projection TV out in the parking lot that you can maybe kinda see (with binoculars, I guess) from the Pats sidelines. So they can see replays and whether to challenge stuff. Because Jim Nantz is apparently smarter than Belichick, so Bill's obviously waiting to see what Jim says first. Also, the TV is on a delay. And there are big screens IN the stadium. Oh, and half the coaching staff is up on the booth watching direct feeds plus tv feeds, so watching in the parking lot would be the LAST thing you want. But hey, cheating.
-Went over the deflation thing again, and basically how hard it would be to pull off. And that KICKING balls are the ones you really want, but those are almost impossible to get at. But hey, Belichick is a genius, so must have pulled it off somehow. And hypnotized the refs that handle them on each play so they don't notice they're nerf balls. Cheating.
Oh, and also, here's what a big deal this usually is, unless the Pats are involved (because they're overly creative cheaters):
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england...ussion-adds-context-to-deflated-football-talk Yay context!
-Doubled down on the Ravens game and the ineligible receivers 'scandal', despite NFL, and eventually even the Ravens saying it was all legal. But didn't give the Ravens a sporting chance to counter the surprise play, so cheating!
-Spygate, of course. Doesn't quite mention that it was common practice, and you COULD film things from pretty much anywhere, just the angle used wasn't legal anymore. And ignores that pretty much every former coach said it was standard (and former ones refused to come out against it when pressed, but obviously aren't going to admit to doing something Pats just got punished for). And whatever the advantage in real time was supposed to be, no one could ever figure that out. At best, it was always about trying to go back and watch for patterns later on, for future use if people aren't smart enough to change things up. But anyway, convicted, so obviously cheating.
-Apparently, opposing coaches bring padlocks so they can lock up their locker rooms when they go to Gillette (and perhaps when the Pats come to town?) so no Pats players or personnel can wander in and accidentally steal playbooks. Think they're all digital now, or mostly, but whatever. You'd think it would be mentioned if someone was wandering the building stealing iPads, no? That, and beyond extreme fire hazard to padlock your locker rooms closed from the outside. Suppose you could just use the regular lock, but Belichick can obviously pick the locks or steal a key. Because cheating.
-Pats are deep in the pockets of the NFL and the major partners, so they can get whatever they want. Apparently, he thought the CBS Scene restaurant was a secret, I guess. Apparently this leads to us not losing draft picks and getting fined when we do things wrong (apparently all the time). And we get favorable TV slots to make it easier on us, because that isn't controlled by TV contracts or something? Again, reality doesn't matter, cheating.
-NFL goes out of its way to create rules to specifically help the Pats. Rules about protecting the QB was the specific call out, but you KNOW he wanted to scream Tuck Rule too. Better counter example would have been when the Colts whined to the league (and were on the rules committee) about the DBs on the Pats mugging their WRs, so now we have all these rules about defensive holding, PI, etc and the entire league has become pass-happy. Changed because Manning was having too hard a time against the Pats defense. Doesn't matter, focus on the Pats and their cheating. Oh, and the "Brady Rule" about protecting the QB was created after the Carson Palmer injury...
Think that was the list of shit he flung against the wall. Dumb, impossible, legal, or just retreads, but he hit the high notes. Can't wait to see what the Pats cheat at tomorrow! Maybe we'll call in favors and go second at Media Day or something! It's exciting!
