Not really sure why the Patriots get so much hate in different threads and I respect both them and Seattle.....
Spygate--------a bunch of teams in the league were taping, the NFL said don't do it anymore, The Patriots continued to do itand Mangini sold his old boss out (the one that gave him great opportunities).......The point here is a lot of teams were doing it long before this incident so was there really an advantage during the Patriots great years before that.....I don't think it had any effect on their previous Super Bowl wins.
Deflategate--------This one is even more overblown........Different footballs are used all the time by quarterbacks and kickers to be adjusted to their liking.....If the NFL really wanted to avoid this they would have everyone play with the same ball all the time whether QB or Kicker.....There are also weather effects as well......The refs handle the ball before each play and spot it and if it was really that serious of an issue they would have them check it more frequently technically during the game, but they don't......Any person that saw last weekend's game realize the Patriots were clearly a lot better that day than the Colts as Luck's stats were beyond horrible on top of that................Most of the Patriots hate come from their success I would guess (6 Super Bowl Appearances), but to suggest in any way it isn't legitimate seems irrational...........There are many variables in a football game......Teams try to get little edges everywhere they can to win these games.........Thus, the Patriots are no different than any other team in my opinion....They are just under a microscope more due to their success.
Spygate--------a bunch of teams in the league were taping, the NFL said don't do it anymore, The Patriots continued to do itand Mangini sold his old boss out (the one that gave him great opportunities).......The point here is a lot of teams were doing it long before this incident so was there really an advantage during the Patriots great years before that.....I don't think it had any effect on their previous Super Bowl wins.
Deflategate--------This one is even more overblown........Different footballs are used all the time by quarterbacks and kickers to be adjusted to their liking.....If the NFL really wanted to avoid this they would have everyone play with the same ball all the time whether QB or Kicker.....There are also weather effects as well......The refs handle the ball before each play and spot it and if it was really that serious of an issue they would have them check it more frequently technically during the game, but they don't......Any person that saw last weekend's game realize the Patriots were clearly a lot better that day than the Colts as Luck's stats were beyond horrible on top of that................Most of the Patriots hate come from their success I would guess (6 Super Bowl Appearances), but to suggest in any way it isn't legitimate seems irrational...........There are many variables in a football game......Teams try to get little edges everywhere they can to win these games.........Thus, the Patriots are no different than any other team in my opinion....They are just under a microscope more due to their success.
rodgers said he does it over the limit and basically up to the refs to catch it. simms talked about it on the pats/gb broadcast this very season.
and because of this, admitted cheating, rodgers should be discounted from mvp this year and if he does win should have an asterick. (see how FUCKING STUPID this all sounds now).
honestly, i couldn't tell you a single play from that game....i don't remember much from that long ago....I remember the patriots were nobody's before that game.....little did I know the dynasty that started there.
but from what i've been hearing the past week....the game wasn't that lopsided...and the rams had all these new plays they wanted to incorporate and did walk troughs the days before....and when implemented, NE had all the answers already figured out.
