The New England Patriots 2014 Playoffs Thread

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Azeth_sl said:
I feel like 11/12 almost exonerates the patriots and puts the blame on the refs. no way they can deflate 11 balls on the sideline without anyone noticing. they were submitted under weight.
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Thats certainly not logic.
 
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Rodgers said on his show yesterday they always try to over inflate their balls. He prefers it.
 
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Oh, the kicking balls that your team provided for your team's kicker's exclusive usage?

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I heard on the radio its a 25,000 dollar fine. Doesn't sound like a big deal if people are willing to admit they try and get out of spec balls in regularly. Guess the league needs to provide spec balls next year to avoid this circus.
 
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It has nothing to do with the refs being incompetent. Quarterbacks prefer certain types of balls, Rodgers and Eli like theirs a little overinflated and Brady likes his underinflated. Nobody gives a shit because it's not a big deal.

Now are we going to have a league wide shitstorm over ball inflation? This shit is retarded, let the QB's throw whatever they want, scoring is exciting and my fantasy team demands it!

Personally I think the Colts come off looking like whiny little cunts after this, did they think they were going to be some type of hero? After spygate the NFL owners were so upset with Mangini they refused to give him a job, I imagine the same feeling is going to be projected on Irsay now.
 
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Ball inflation, or lack thereof, did not account for the Colts getting their shit pushed in 45-7. So yeah, whiny cunts indeed.
 
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All the people saying it didn't matter then why would they do it? Oh shit, because they think they gain an advantage from it.

I don't think the Colts look like Whiny cunts. They said one thing during the middle of the game. The Refs chose not to check it on the spot. After the game was over the Refs informed the league office of what happened and they took it from there. That is the situation as far as I understand it but who knows now a days. Every news source reports different shit.

To me the Refs look terrible, again. When the colts brought it up they should have checked some balls during the next commercial instead of trying to get in some chat time with Brady or Luck or whoever they were talking to.
 
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I haven't heard anyone say it doesn't matter. Plenty of people are saying it doesn't matter in regards to the Colts getting destroyed. The ball being inflated how the quarterback likes makes the quarterback more comfortable and throw better. These are professional quarterbacks here, who cares?

These Indy reporters calling for Belichick to be suspended for the Super Bowl or fired, the players on twitter asking for a rematch or for the Pat's to forfeit, and Irsay calling the league about what his rquipment manager told his coach, are like the SJW's of reddit. Who doesn't think people like that are whiny cunts?

And your take on how it went down is wrong.
 
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On one hand I actually agree with Uber. Why can't the QB have the ball inflated to how it is comfortable in his hands? Is it just so giant handed QB's have an advantage? I really don't know.

That being said, rules are rules. If the QB's are so bothered by it they should petition in the offseason to get it changed, not simply decide to bypass the rules and do as they please.

In the end it is a stupid argument, and anyone who thinks the Patriots won because of this is retarded.
 
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In a league that is currently all about setting examples for wrongdoing, they need to set a goddamned example here. Maybe it didn't effect the ultimate outcome of the game, but it's still cheating. You don't bring down the hammer on this and similar things will start to snowball.

Take away multiple draft picks, or suspend Belichick for the Super Bowl, or both. A monetary fine doesn't mean anything to these people, unless you want to dock them money against their salary cap next year.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
In a league that is currently all about setting examples for wrongdoing, they need to set a goddamned example here. Maybe it didn't effect the ultimate outcome of the game, but it's still cheating. You don't bring down the hammer on this and similar things will start to snowball.

Take away multiple draft picks, or suspend Belichick for the Super Bowl, or both. A monetary fine doesn't mean anything to these people, unless you want to dock them money against their salary cap next year.
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Pretty sure they said its a 25,000 dollar fine. Don't lose your shit if nothing else happens.
 
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Yes Ameraves, rules are rules. What are we talking about here though as equated to real life? A speeding ticket? People do it and some people get caught, but blow hards are reacting like it's a homicide.

Belichick is so far in Joeboo's head, he has gone off the deep end.
 
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Azeth_sl said:
I feel like 11/12 almost exonerates the patriots and puts the blame on the refs. no way they can deflate 11 balls on the sideline without anyone noticing. they were submitted under weight.
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That's the kinda crazy I was looking for.
 
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