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MDK -> RE: Vikes talk for Twins fans (1/23/2015 11:30:06 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed
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ORIGINAL: Jim Frenette
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ORIGINAL: djskillz
A few have mentioned it, and I agree: I totally believe Bellichick that he doesn't care about the footballs and that's a Brady thing. I believe him because there's no way if he was a big part of it and they had some "scheme" or plan together that he would throw Brady, his QB that he is very close to, under the bus, and right before one of the biggest games of their careers. I totally, unequivocally believe him in what he said.
Brady, I don't know. It's tough to imagine he didn't notice anything different, but it also doesn't mean he was responsible.
And someone else brought up the point; they don't have to come out and say anything; they could have easily said "this is a league matter; no comment", etc.
I really think the NFL's going to have a tough time proving anything on this one. But the media and Patriots-haters are so starved for a punishment... Will be fascinating to see.
This whole thing is a complete joke and should just go away. It's as bad as the George Brett pine tar incident where that rule has nothing to do with the game. Let the QB set the ball up to fit his hand, after all, aren't they looking for offense? The scores says it all that they should just move on
If this was such an advantage for the QB
Then why did Luck struggle?? [8|]
Don't the balls change for each team?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/22/brady-pushed-for-rule-to-let-visiting-team-provide-own-footballs/
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has long wanted control over the footballs he throws, to the point where he was the driving force behind a rules change that allowed visiting teams to provide their own footballs, rather than having both teams use footballs provided by the home team.
In 2006, Brady and Peyton Manning successfully lobbied the league to let every team provide its own footballs to use on offense. Prior to that, it was always the home team that supplied the footballs, which meant that road team quarterbacks didn’t get to try the footballs out until pregame warmups.
Brady said at the time that he appreciated the opportunity to address the league’s Competition Committee and get a rule change that he felt would be advantageous to himself and other quarterbacks.
“The thing is, every quarterback likes it a little bit different,” Brady told the Sun-Sentinel at the time. “Some like them blown up a little bit more, some like them a little more thin, some like them a little more new, some like them really broken in.”
Brady’s comments come into new focus this week as the NFL investigates whether the Patriots deflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game, in violation of NFL rules. After Patriots coach Bill Belichick said today that he knows nothing about how balls are prepared prior to games, increased attention has turned to whether Brady was behind deflating the footballs.
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