I were to guess I'd say either it was kept out of the elements or the predicted loss occurred and gauge variation obviated the results.
Kibitzers- it's great to be corresponding w you again!!! Belichek had the first 25-30 plays of his opponent in his first Supebowl- and won the game. He ran a program stealing signals for 6-7 yr's. He won consistently during that time.he wouldn't steal signals for 6-7 yrs if it wasn't paying dividends. They consistently cheat and it tarnishes their winning tradition. For me anyway.Cheating did not pay off for NFL Atlanta, Cleveland, or New Orleans in the cheating incidents cited in an earlier post:
You imply that "most" elected officials are cheaters. It just seems that way.
25-30 plays? Not sure where you are getting this stuff?! And 'stealing signs' maybe, but he seems to be winning just as much in the last 6-7 years. Hard to figure.
Nope - that does't work because all balls lost pressure due to the elements
Thank God we have you here with your inside information. Your insightful post really saved humanity for the ages. The Patriots seemed to do okay after their supposed deflated scandal broke, wouldn't you say???? Somehow without any more ability to CHEAT, they beat the snot out of the Colts in the second half, totally embarrassing them and then beat the big bad Seahawks. The only reason Brady was able to make an NFL roster was because of those danged underinflated balls, right????
Wasn't the NFL using one of those super duper sophisticated pressure measuring devices they got at True Value Hardware, three for $6.95???? Evidently despite their major investment, they must have got a faulty device. Who would have thunk???? The NFL is a bigger joke by the day! People who want to rip apart the big bad Patriots are just loving this, aren't they? The Colts somehow figure by bringing out this HORRENDOUS scandal, they'll be forgiven for being abused by the Patriots multiple times by ridiculous scores and now everyone knows why. The underinflated balls somehow won the Patriots how many games under Bellichick and Brady??? How many NFL coaches and players and analysts were fooled into actually thinking Brady had any ability at all and felt that somehow Bellechick had a brain. It was all mirrors and thankfully the Colts have exposed these phonies to the world. God save the Queen!
Yeah, I'd bend over backwards for all the trolls. I've seen many men hanged by vehemently arguing their innocence. After all he's accomplished, it's humiliating to be dealing with accusations like this. If underinflated balls were that big a benefit, why do some quarterbacks want the highest pressure allowed by the NFL????? They want to underperform????? They want to make it harder for their receivers to catch the ball. It's all bullcrap and the league seems to be willing to do anything to impune the Patriots. I think this investigation was the biggest bunch of bullcrap that's been done in forever. Millions of dollars wasted for what, a possibility, a maybe, a might?????
I'm hopeful that you don't serve on any juries. How many people are executed in Texas annually? With circumstantial evidence that most courts would throw out I hear "He didn't need to do this to win" as if it's a definitive fact based on text messages between two guys who didn't seem to like Brady much? You'd convict him and throw him to the wolves? If Texas juries are that apt to convict on that damning MAYBE and PROBABLY, how many innocent men might have wrongfully been put to death. I thought that there was a level of proof needed before you'd impune someone's reputation but evidently the NFL (and you) don't think so. I happen to think you'd need to know more. Have a smoking gun. Before you go after one of the most successful quarterbacks in the history of the NFL you should KNOW something, not think something. I know Ray Rice beat the hell out of his girlfriend, I don't think he might have. I don't need to think that the scumbag that is now on the Cowboy roster beat the snot out of his fiancée. I know! Until such time as the NFL knows, they should shut the hell up.
Mush! Even a high school football player knows when the ball is fully inflated.
Where does the report say, "There is no evidence of cheating?" NBC news examined the document and reported this:
Read the report. If you go back and reread this thread you'll see that the concluding sentence of the report states that no determination of tampering could be made. It is quoted several times.
A star player also has responsibility for upholding union rights and protecting the grunts of the union. Not sure where the union stands on players bending over backwards to their employer - for example, if your boss at work is investigating a problem in the workplace and demands everyones personal phones to review are you going to give yours in? And what would your union say if you were fined, suspended, or fired because you refused?
"No determination" does not mean no evidence. This is not a criminal matter. The preponderance of the evidence led the investigators to say the Patriots "participated in a deliberate effort" to deflate the balls. How low a standard of honesty do we have to set for Brady and the Patriots?
Well, nobody is convicting Brady of a crime. But every day people are penalized in civil cases because a preponderance of the evidence is against them. I see no reason to make an exception for Brady and the Patriots, especially because the Patriots have a record of dishonesty.
He could have done it without cheating, but he did it with cheating. That's even worse behavior, as when the wealthy shop-lift.
Read the report or even read the thread. You'll realize that they said exactly the opposite, literally.