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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Thaddeus43, Jan 19, 2015.

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  1. Finnegan2win

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    wasn't Spygate right before their last superbowl appearance?

    funny how that works

    nevermind.. that was 2007, and they were in vs giants 2011

    still..
     
  2. RTH

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    She can hold my balls anytime.
     
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  3. Vigsted

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    I've read conflicting information about whether the Colts also complained after the first game. And the Ravens complained about kicking footballs that are handled separately by the officials, so the Patriots (supposedly) shouldn't be able to tamper with those.
     
  4. Oilers27

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    45-7.....more air in ball wouldnt have made a big difference either way.

    Game was a blow out.....excuses.

    NE usually gets fired up quietly when things are said and will probably lay a beat down to Seattle to prove a point.
     
  5. Hormesis

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    How will the shield protect itself now? Roger just had a big egg laid in his lap and we are all watching and waiting for his decision. Will the broom come out again? Faulty guages? As far as I can tell, the league has known about the allegation of ball tampering before the game. Why even give teams the chance to tamper with game balls? What ya going to do Roger?
     
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  6. Alzarius

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    It really isnt the point.

    There are rules, you follow them. Stop making excuses for a team that already has the history of cheating.

    Do I think thats why the Colts lost? Not even close. Wanting every team to abide by the rules, is not excuses.
     
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  7. Hormesis

    Hormesis Pro Bowler

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    I do think it is interesting the Colts did nothing prior to or during the game. Why not, if they already smelled a fish from an earlier game? I agree with you that cheating is cheating. I still don't understand each team getting their own set of balls either- wierd. Roger has to come down hard on this. He just has to.
     
  8. Anthony4Titans

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    Tom Brady doesn't think he's a cheater. Apparently he doesn't know for sure.
     
  9. Gut

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    The Colts informed the officials to look out for it but the balls were inspected and held til 10minutes before kickoff so the deflation was done after NE got the ball back. I don't know how the NFL doesn't have video of what the ball people and equipment manager was doing with them.

    So the obvious 2 questions are, are the equipment manager and ball people gonna dive on their swords to save belicheck or are they gonna get fined and possibly tossed out of the league? Second question is, if this happened in both Colts games and the Ravens game to some extent....do they do this in every game and just havent been 'caught?'

    This should make or break Goodell. Like in the Ravens inital slap on the wrist for Ray Rice because the Ravens owner is a friend of Goodell's, Kraft is a close friend and staunch defender of Goodell. You think goodell is gonna hammer them? Of course, he should.

    For me, a light sentence which the public would take as harsh would be to let them play the SB. Then you announce Belicheck is being suspended for next season, the Pats lose their first rnd pick, and the team is hit with a $10mil fine.

    If they almost suspended Marshawn Lynch from a playoff game for wearing Gold cleats, Sean Peyton was suspended for a year for what someone underneath him did and players get smacked down all the time with the coaches and ownership SUPPOSED to be held to a HIGHER standard..................here is his chance to show it and that he's changed and no one gets off easy when you cheat and open up the potential for damaging the integrity of the game!!!
     
  10. Gut

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    I havent watched the game yet...lol Too busy watching college players/games!!!

    How was it illegal?
     
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