Brady to Ravens: 'Study the rule book and figure it out'

[ratedr]

When I started reading their "conspiracy setup" theory on Pats forums, I thought it was a joke at first. Some levity at a dark time. Then I read more and realized they are serious. They're not sure if it's the Ravens because we lost (I'm not sure how we set this all up) or if it was Irsay. As far as they are concerned, the balls were perfect PSI during the 1st half and that's why Brady didn't notice anything. Then they were altered at halftime (apparently very fast) and the setup was on.

As for the punishment part, after Spygate the commissioner was basically given the power to dole out any punishment he saw fit if it was an issue of game integrity. At this point I think, like jkm5bmore says, the punishment is coming .. they're just trying to figure out what it will be.

And if Harbaugh had an issue with their soft, sensitive balls, he would've said so while complaining about the eligible receiver stuff.

[Static]

Im just hoping this blows up and Goodell and Belicheck get the axe, but maybe thats hopeful wishing.

[Grapple Raven]

Interesting take on it by Pereira:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSHXKSBzuCk

 

Another interesting point of view from Jay Glazer referencing the opinions of the other Owners, GM's, Coaches regarding the punishment of the league towards the Patriots.

 

Plus from what Glazer says it was planned to check the balls at the half of the Colts-Patriots games due to the fact that the league had been put on notice (which I have read from other sources as well)...so maybe the Patriots didn't know the balls would be checked at the half! 

 

I also read from another source that it was confidentially planned to check those balls at the half and again at the end of the game.  Perhaps Belicheck was correct when he said he didn't know this until Monday.  

That would imply that the League had been tipped off and said nothing to see if they could catch the Patriots, and they did!  If true, I have to say that I love it! lol   If that is true, it is ironic the statements that Brady and Belicheck made today, both claiming that they knew nothing...what else could they say at this point? Deny, deny, deny, because they obviously didn't know the league was on to them, and they were caught with their pants down!  Ya gotta love it when a plan comes together don't ya?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPsijUWDsD8&feature=youtube_gdata

 

Interesting viewpoint by Aikman:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtqMqbRbccA

[ravensdfan]

Interesting take on it by Pereira:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSHXKSBzuCk

"it's bad enough that things get taken advantage of and you go against the intent of the rules..." You know what he's talking about there.

[Grapple Raven]

Well this seems to pretty well sum it up, lol

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0gM5ayLYnQ

[PerpetuallyBored74]

Thomas* Edward* Patrick* Brady,* Jr.***

[rmcjacket23]

To think they did this in the AFCCG without any confidence of having done it before and gotten away with it is naive.

Naive doesn't matter.

 

Without proof, you got nothing. And we both agree that there is no proof that has been made public, outside of THIS incident.

[rmcjacket23]

When I started reading their "conspiracy setup" theory on Pats forums, I thought it was a joke at first. Some levity at a dark time. Then I read more and realized they are serious. They're not sure if it's the Ravens because we lost (I'm not sure how we set this all up) or if it was Irsay. As far as they are concerned, the balls were perfect PSI during the 1st half and that's why Brady didn't notice anything. Then they were altered at halftime (apparently very fast) and the setup was on.

As for the punishment part, after Spygate the commissioner was basically given the power to dole out any punishment he saw fit if it was an issue of game integrity. At this point I think, like jkm5bmore says, the punishment is coming .. they're just trying to figure out what it will be.

And I agree that punishment is coming... the problem is, I'm not convinced the punishment is going to be nearly what people think it will be.

 

Say they fine the Patriots $1M... is that a sufficient punishment in your eyes? What about taking away like a 4th round pick?

 

While technically anything handed down would be considered "punishment", so was the two-game suspension given to Ray Rice, and we all saw how that went.

[PerpetuallyBored74]

Could Sesame Street be getting in on the fun?

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-deflategate-sesame-street-video-20150123-story.html

[Moderator 3]

And on that note, it's time to consolidate comments into one thread. Since this is not specifically Ravens related anymore, we'll move forward in this thread: http://boards.baltimoreravens.com/topic/62436-nfl-investigating-patriots-deflating-football-prior-to-game/page-999.