I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
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I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
Bilge, no offense but I have to say that this site is total crap, and its 'cheat ratings' are completely meaningless. It counts individual players failing or missing a drug test as a cheating scandal in the same realm as the team systematically breaking the rules for unearned wins. The website is most likely heavily funded by people in the Boston area.
The NE Patriots are the only team in my memory where both the coach and the quarterback have been officially convicted of cheating by the NFL, along with a fines, lengthy suspensions, and loss of draft picks. They are the biggest cheaters in sports, imho, up there with Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."
"Convicted" by that spineless jellyfish Robert Goodell and his as the wind blows convictions? I don't like the coach, QB nor any other part of the Patriots, but THAT was the biggest joke in the world. Over-or-underinflating balls. What BS.
Let's don't forget Buddy Ryan. THERE was a class act. All coaches shouls act just like him.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
To clarify, Bill Belichick was convicted for the videotaping opposing teams defensive formations (Spygate) and Tom Brady was convicted of underinflated footballs (Deflategate). The Spygate scandal only makes sense if they were radioing the information in to Tom Brady so that he would know in advance what the defense was going to do, and that is why I think Brady is a cheater, much more than Deflategate. Although in Deflategate, Brady's actions showed that he thought he was doing something wrong - he definitely went to some lengths to hide his actions.
By the way, I will say that I considered Bill Belichick the best coach in the NFL up until I heard about Spygate. And I will say that without the cheating scandals I would by now consider Bill and Tom to be the best coach and the best quarterback in NFL history. It's just that I think that Great Coach + Cheating = Cheater, not Great Coach + Cheating = Great and Savvy Coach.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."
Last edited by Russ; 01-25-2018 at 08:07 PM.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
I don't believe they did. And I have about as much respect for Goodell and any decision he makes as I do Hillary Clinton. Being "convicted" by Roger Goodell has zero credibility with me.
Oh, my comment was speaking to the legal impact a Roger Goodell conviction has in the real world.
Last edited by Gunny; 01-25-2018 at 08:17 PM.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
Gunny, while I respect your opinion, I do believe they did cheat. The conviction by Goodell is not a big factor in that belief, but it does put the Patriots on a very short list of teams that have been punished by the NFL for cheating. There is ample evidence besides Goodell's ruling, though, such as the former assistant coach from the Patriots admitting what had happened after he'd gone to the Jets. Trust me, he wasn't doing that to enhance his NFL career. And the video tapes he provided, but that were burned by the NFL office. The cheating stories are not made up out of thin air.
That said, I won't bring it up any more.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."