No, but I'm very happy Brady won't be playing in the NFL season opener when the Patriots play my Steelers.
Brady is 7-1 against the Steelers all-time (regular and postseason)
That's because you're insane.:chuckle:
No, but I'm very happy Brady won't be playing in the NFL season opener when the Patriots play my Steelers.
Brady is 7-1 against the Steelers all-time (regular and postseason)
No, but I'm very happy Brady won't be playing in the NFL season opener when the Patriots play my Steelers.
Brady is 7-1 against the Steelers all-time (regular and postseason)
the steelers are so stupid they can't figure out how the pats are cheating
would you like a clue?
Yes please
While speculation exists that “Deflate Gate” was a one time occurrence, data I introduced last week indicated that the phenomena MAY have been an ongoing, long standing issue for the New England Patriots. Today, that possibility looks as clear as day.
Initially, looking at weather data, I noticed the Patriots performed extremely well in the rain, much more so than they were projected. I followed that up by looking at the fumble data, which showed regardless of weather or site, the Patriots prevention of fumbles was nearly impossible. Ironically, both studies saw the same exact starting point: 2007 was the first season where things really changed for the Patriots. Something started in 2007 which is still on-going today.
The data is jaw dropping, and this visual perfectly depicts what happened. From a more technical perspective, John Candido, a Data Scientist at ZestFinance who is a colleague of mine over at the NFLproject.com website and was also involved in the development of this research, comments:
Based on the assumption that plays per fumble follow a normal distribution, you’d expect to see, according to random fluctuation, the results that the Patriots have gotten since 2007 once in 5842 instances.
Which in layman’s terms means that this result only being a coincidence, is like winning a raffle where you have a 0.0001711874 probability to win. In other words, it’s very unlikely that results this abnormal are only due to the endogenous nature of the game.
Take down the banners and give back the trophies.
Take down the banners and give back the trophies.
Belicheat ordered the footballs deflated to stop fumbling in 2007. Tom is falling on the sword for him.
Tom Brady asked the league to change the rules for inflation in 2006.
I agree.
Belicheat & Brady are liars and cheaters!!!!!
You're a demented crybaby, loon, and Steelers fan, but I repeat myself.:baby:
You're a demented crybaby, loon, and Steelers fan, but I repeat myself.:baby:
Crybaby?
The Steelers have more Super Bowl trophies than any other team.....what's there to cry about?
Or is it just maybe possible Belichick and Brady have your number and Pittsburgh just can't get over that hump?
They've been very, very good. The old Celtics were dominant. For a shorter period of time other teams have been dominant, but like I told Granite earlier, this is more like the Spurs. Great and greater than most of the competition over the same stretch, but dominance? Not unless you have a pretty easy threshold for that sort of usage.There's no doubt that what the Patriots have done from 2001 - 2015 is perhaps the greatest consistent dominance for such a time period the NFL has ever had.
I think that's crazy.Without Spygate and Deflategate, the topic of this thread would be whether the 2001 - 2015 Patriots are the greatest dynasty in the history of the NFL.
It hasn't rocked my opinion. They're the Spurs with a little less ethical responsibility. Terrific team, great coach, amazing guy anchoring the thing on the field, typically play rock solid defense and score enough to win (with a few exceptional years).But, because of Spygate & Deflategate, those conversations aren't taking place outside the Boston Metropolitan area.
There's no doubt that what the Patriots have done from 2001 - 2015 is perhaps the greatest consistent dominance for such a time period the NFL has ever had.
I can't believe the Steelers somehow found a way to make it to three Super Bowls during the Patriot's dominance.
However, had it not been for the Patriots beating the Steelers in 2 AFC Championship Games, the Steelers would have went to 5 Super Bowls during that time span.
So, it's a little hard to swallow when we find out the Patriots allegedly cheated in both those games.
Without Spygate and Deflategate, the topic of this thread would be whether the 2001 - 2015 Patriots are the greatest dynasty in the history of the NFL.
To me that's the more damning part. The motivation would be to literally and knowingly break the rules, to seek a particular competitive advantage they knew wouldn't exist within the rules. Mr. Brady isn't going to tell anyone (outside of his guys who literally handle the balls) that he prefers them below the legal limit.http://wellsreportcontext.com/
Lengthy but interesting. Contains some NSFW language. One very good point is made though that I hadn't considered till now:
"Nowhere does the report address what their motivation would be to deflate footballs after Mr. Brady had selected them for use in the game, let alone after the referee had inspected them and had acknowledged they were set at 12.5, precisely where Mr. Brady said he wanted them....
Practice makes closer to perfect. Haphazard? Not if you've been doing it for a while. You know where the balls are in terms of PSI and a quick, short release takes you to that slightly softer feel Tom prefers.To have someone, particularly someone who would do so in a haphazard fashion, release air from footballs after they have been set at 12.5 could only result in inconsistency of the footballs."
To me that's the more damning part. The motivation would be to literally and knowingly break the rules, to seek a particular competitive advantage they knew wouldn't exist within the rules. Mr. Brady isn't going to tell anyone (outside of his guys who literally handle the balls) that he prefers them below the legal limit.
Now couple that with how no one, no one on the Pats were disputing that their balls were deflated in the weeks following their being caught. Bill tried a "I'm no scientist, but" attempt to explain it, but the newest attempt is clearly a lawyerly device, the science etc.
Practice makes closer to perfect. Haphazard? Not if you've been doing it for a while. You know where the balls are in terms of PSI and a quick, short release takes you to that slightly softer feel Tom prefers.