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2015 NFL Playoffs Open Thread

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scooter1369 said:
People like to down play the effect that deflating the balls had on the game. Did the Patriots need to cheat? Probably not.

But let me ask a question, and bear with me a minute: Game 7 of the ALCS, in the middle of the 4th inning, the Third Base coach catches a foul ball and realizes that the balls being used by the home team's pitcher has better seams than the visitor's pitcher. Or that the ball is slightly softer. Does he immediately stop the game and demand that the umpires inspect the baseballs being used by the home team? Does he take it to his manager, who then contacts his GM who then contacts the main office, who then calls the head umpire to look into it?

Granted, this scenerio isn't possible because baseball handles the situation differently. Baseball will take runs off the board if that catch a corked bat, or too much pine tar, or whatever.
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That whole situation is weird to me that the higher personnel (read: coach) wasn't stopping the game right there to have a discussion and sort it out.

Either way- a week after I go and defend the Patriots to a crying Harbaugh (barf). They go and pull these shenanigans. Glad I don't have to take their side this time.

How are they always doing everything they can to manipulate the game?
 
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So my SB choices are a team of questionable morals led by a sneaky Wolverine or trash talking morons led by a Badger who thinks God gives a shit about who wins the game. :roll1:

It should be a better match up than last year, though.
 
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So who becomes the fall guy? Equipment manager?

We know it won't be Kraft, Bellicheck or Brady.

I'd be happy with forfeited 1st round pick, a large fine for Kraft (at least 1mil) with a suspension of Bellicheck and Brady.
Because, lets be honest, if you're the QB for New England, you knew damn well that ball was under inflated.
 
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Buckeneye said:
So who becomes the fall guy? Equipment manager?

We know it won't be Kraft, Bellicheck or Brady.

I'd be happy with forfeited 1st round pick, a large fine for Kraft (at least 1mil) with a suspension of Bellicheck and Brady.
Because, lets be honest, if you're the QB for New England, you knew damn well that ball was under inflated.
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you see the article talking to Brad Johnson who paid someone $7500 to doctor the balls before the superbowl?
 
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Teams supplying the footballs is like a casino allowing blackjack players to bring their own cards. The league is fucking stupid. They have billions of dollars and an army of unaffiliated officials at every game. You can't have somebody in charge of the footballs?

That said, secretly the NFL is loving this. It's the kind of football-related non-scandal that the league loves because it gets guys like Peter King and Mike Florio to write breathlessly about Goodell being a strident defender of the Integrity of the Shield. I'm sure they are having marathon meetings in Manhattan as we speak where a stack of Papa John's pizzas gets cold while they work hard to solve this. A few schools are really going to appreciate the new playground equipment they get out of this from the Patriots, via the league office and the United Way. Just nevermind the players who beat up their girlfriends or bring loaded guns into airports, and nevermind the owners who get DUIs, get investigated by the FBI for fraud or hold cities hostage for taxpayer money under the threat of relocation.
 
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jlb1705 said:
I don't pass up chances to root for Marshawn Lynch. He's the most fun player in a league that's virtually bereft of fun.
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On thing this "scandal" had taught me is....QBs are giant vaginas... It's a fucking football just throw or hand it off. Learn to throw it when they are brand new and slick... League will never do anything because they like offense and if the QBs want it this way it'll be swept under the rug
 
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Did NFL run sting operation on Patriots to trigger deflate-gate?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/did-nf...riots-to-trigger-deflate-gate--051258575.html

If so then the NFL was willing to let New England use a deflated football to its advantage for the first half of a game with the Super Bowl on the line, rather than stop the contest immediately and check, or even just warn the Patriots of their concerns prior to kickoff to make sure everything was fair and square for all 60 minutes.

This would be … astounding.
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Again, this is a league that cares more about the Integrity of the Shield than they care about actual football. If deflating footballs is such a horrendous crime against the game, why would the NFL seemingly allow it to go forward in the manner suggested unless they cared more about the image of the league office than about the game itself? Who needs a sting operation when you could simply do away with the absurd chain of custody for game balls that allows this to potentially take place? A child could figure this out.
 
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