2014 NFL thread: The Final Battle

[Supernova]

Hope the packers get docked a first round pick for over inflating balls for Rodgers (rodgers admitted it )
And hope Vikings lose a first round pick for heating up game balls which is againts the rules.

Nvm it's only cheating when patriots do it, I forgot

No rule of over flatting just against deflating. The fact too its the cheaters from boston and there once again caught cheating and on a big stage in a title game to boot. No one told them to cheat, they chose to do it, now pay for it. Play The game the same way 31 other teams do. Hell in baseball you cant do anything to alter the ball there, as well in hockey you cant alter your stick. Rules are rules.

 

[Venom'sDad]

Ravens hire Trestman as their new offensive coordinator

I hope Trestman f***s their offense all up. But honestly, I fear he will do very well. He will make Flacco throw more which means more PI calls.

Really was hoping he would become the Raiders OC....would have been a blessing for Carr & all the young raw talent they have at the receiver.

 

[The Apocalypse]

Deflated balls (lol, sorry) or not the Pat's were a better team. Apparently the balls were checked at halftime too. So, going by that logic, they were fixed for the second half. That's what a former ref said on Mike on Mike, he must've been in contact with an official from the game. Pat's went off in the second half. Anyway, their D shut down Luck and that offense.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Yeah, deflated balls don't help you win by 38 points through defense and running the ball down their throats. For me, this is a non-story.

 

[EnderWiggin]

No rule of over flatting just against deflating. The fact too its the cheaters from boston and there once again caught cheating and on a big stage in a title game to boot. No one told them to cheat, they chose to do it, now pay for it. Play The game the same way 31 other teams do. Hell in baseball you cant do anything to alter the ball there, as well in hockey you cant alter your stick. Rules are rules.

But there is rules about overflaiting , the rule is the ball must have between so and so PSI so if you over inflate the ball it's cheating , but it's the packers so let's just over look it .

Can't hear the ball during games but the Vikings did it so let's just over look it .

Media just likes the clicks since the pats are an easy target for the media after overblowing ever thing they do .

They do a legal formation I'm the divisonal playoff game , yet it's cheating because someone crys no fair ...

If they get more then a 25,000 fine then it's BS . Rules for ball violation is a fine of 25k so lets see that and move on

 

[EnderWiggin]

And the refs should get the blame anyways ,if they were defaited why blame the pats when the refs should do their job and not clear bad balls ..
And the balls were relaxed at half time .. This is only getting the attention it's getting cuZ it's the patriots

 

[kane9321]

the pats destroyed the colts...and they would have
destroyed them with or without the balls

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

F*** deflate-gate.

We prefer to call it "Ballghazi"


Although this begs the question, if they're doing this WHAT ELSE ARE THEY DOING?

 

[Huddsy]

Interesting read on deflating balls: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/not-f...nager-everyone-cheats-deflates-184104713.html

Basically, every time does it every single week, and most within the sport don't think of it as cheating, but more about comfort.

 

[EnderWiggin]

Interesting read on deflating balls: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/not-f...nager-everyone-cheats-deflates-184104713.html

Basically, every time does it every single week, and most within the sport don't think of it as cheating, but more about comfort.

Until the pats do It , then it's cheating

 

[Huddsy]

Until the pats do It , then it's cheating

Just reading a lot on it this morning, from Peyton lobbying to allow teams to control their own balls, to Rodgers saying their shouldn't be much oversight on balls, to that article I posted, I've come away with the following:

Sounds like this has been something of an "unwritten rule" amongst QBs that sort of allowed this to happen, and one of the Colts defensive players wasn't overly impressed and made it a bit more public because of the "stakes" of the game.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Just reading a lot on it this morning, from Peyton lobbying to allow teams to control their own balls, to Rodgers saying their shouldn't be much oversight on balls, to that article I posted, I've come away with the following:

Sounds like this has been something of an "unwritten rule" amongst QBs that sort of allowed this to happen, and one of the Colts defensive players wasn't overly impressed and made it a bit more public because of the "stakes" of the game.

But we can't control our own balls. They have minds of their own, and we are but slaves to their whims.

 

[Huddsy]

But we can't control our own balls. They have minds of their own, and we are but slaves to their whims.

Skynet?

 

[Longshot777]

NFL inspects the balls before the game and the referees touch all the balls on EVERY DOWN, yet they didn't say anything until halftime.

And Halftime it was changed and the Pats did a better job on the last 2 quarters ...so go figure.

Brian Dawkins said that it did not decide the game but both teams shouldn't have any advantage over the other...really??? Then Seattle's 12th man should be silent when the opposing offense are on the field. That has more impact advantage than deflated balls.

 

[Rowsdower!]

NFL inspects the balls before the game and the referees touch all the balls on EVERY DOWN, yet they didn't say anything until halftime.

Does the NFL tell you to turn your head and cough when it inspects your balls?

 

[EnderWiggin]

NFL inspects the balls before the game and the referees touch all the balls on EVERY DOWN, yet they didn't say anything until halftime.

And Halftime it was changed and the Pats did a better job on the last 2 quarters ...so go figure.

Brian Dawkins said that it did not decide the game but both teams shouldn't have any advantage over the other...really??? Then Seattle's 12th man should be silent when the opposing offense are on the field. That has more impact advantage than deflated balls.

Exactly , it's acually a penalty if the red ask the crowd to quiet down and they don't , but let's not bring up that rule

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Simple solution, let the refs control all the balls until kickoff just like they do with the kicking balls.

the other 3 major sports have referee oversight on game balls/pucks to avoid any kind of pregame doctoring. This would seem like a rather simple thing that the NFL should've had in place a long time ago.

Amazing reading all the "hot takes" this thing is generating. Everyone seems to say it had no bearing on the outcome of the game, yet some want Belicheck's head impaled on a stake outside the White House for it.

 

[HaplessHenchman]

I'm just curious about what Goodell is going to do about it. If he's too light, he'll be seen as covering up for Robert Kraft again. If he's too harsh, then he'll unleash the wrath of Patriot fan.

Personally, after the Spygate and Ray Rice fiascoes, I don't see how he can't give them anything less than a substantial fine and the loss of two or three draft picks in the earlier rounds.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I just want this to be over with. It's pretty evident that altering the balls is common practice and blown out of proportion. Wrong? Yes, very, but still blown out of proportion. Fine New England and swipe a draft pick if you need to, and then change the rules in the offseason so this doesn't happen again. This isn't spygate, bountygate, or hell, nipplegate, it shouldn't be this big, especially right before the Super Bowl.

 

[Mister J]

I wonder if Vegas will lay odds on Lynch grabbing his junk after a score.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I wonder if Vegas will lay odds on Lynch grabbing his junk after a score.

It's as likely as New England cheating

 

[Juke Box Hero]

Deflategate seems to have been inevitable. But of all teams it happened to New England, and of all times for it to happen it happened right before the Super Bowl.

Boston luck: sometimes you gotta love it, sometimes you gotta hate it.

 

[The Apocalypse]

They should have waited to after the Superbowl to release this story. All the media outlets are going to have a field day with this crap and it's going to overshadow the actual game.

 

[EnderWiggin]

It's as likely as New England cheating

Same odds as the Seahawks have being all on adderall

 

[Juke Box Hero]

They should have waited to after the Superbowl to release this story. All the media outlets are going to have a field day with this crap and it's going to overshadow the actual game.

I know.

We've got a great, well matched game on our hands and we're stuck talking about a football.