here's a pats thread for everyone to talk about patritos shit because nobody else cares

i think this whole thing is seriously overinflated, and i really don't care if they, or any other team, did this, or still do this.

but...

t doesn't make sense that kraft and belichick would have been so insistent that there was no wrongdoing, repeatedly, and kraft/the organization would have continued to state this even after the investigation report was released

seriously?

the Pats beat reporters I've been reading for like 8-10 years, who've been covering the team for longer than that, were also quite skeptical and had never had any reason to think brady had lied to them

and, um, seriously?

"i know he was convicted, your honor, but he still says he didn't do it. and he never, ever lies. nope, not him. he has never lied to anybody about anything. he doesn't even lie about snap counts at the line of scrimmage. surely if he had cheated, he would have told you he cheated, because that's the kind of awesome guy that he is. so i am sure you will see fit to dismiss all charges, even though he has already been convicted. thank you, your honor."

the pats counterscientist for their anti wells report thing was a guy working on a project bankrolled by kraft, bought and paid for, just like kraft thought goodell was bought and paid for (which for a long time he was, I mean he destroyed the spygate tapes and while I don't think square was that big a deal one expects you'd keep the evidence for posterity)

*dont think spygate was

fuckin phones

if kraft wanted to go full on against the NFL he would have, but it would require a heel-turn away from the league party line, which kraft clearly is just not prepared or not willing to take. he ain't bout that al davis life, no sirree. corporate ayn-randian exceptionalists usually are not.

um spygate was def fuckin phones

a somewhat overblown scandal and an iphone procreating is def a scary thought

xpost -- as for am i serious -- yeah sure am. it doesn't square to me that brady would look at the coach and owner of the team where he's played his entire professional career, and lie to their faces over something like this. it's not worth it. being a hyper competitive, short tempered, kind of obnoxious jerk on the field who yells at guys and complains to the refs is fine, but straight up lying to the coach and owner does not seem in character whatsoever. i could be wrong but to change my mind there would need to be a smoking gun or for brady to personally admit he did something

only thing i could speculate is maybe 1) outside the specific scope of the investigation (tampering in the AFC title game) and unknown to brady, there was something going on with the preparation of footballs in the past that the pats don't want revealed or 2) some tampering was done on some occasions in the past (but not in the AFC title game) based on a very narrow reading of the rules under which they thought it was acceptable, which it would do no good to explain today because the public wouldn't believe you.

one of the NE beat reporters (curran maybe?) mentioned recently that not all the spygate tapes were not destroyed, only some of them, and that they were incredibly boring

is it conceivable to you that a successful capitalist businessman who wears ugly button-down shirts like kraft would lie? i am just guessing here, but i am going to guess that successful capitalist businessmen in many fields lie quite routinely as part of their day-to-day duties.

i'm too focused on the condescension to be able to remember whether or not, in my life, it has ever occurred to me that a business guy might lie

eh forget about it. not worth it

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i'm too focused on the condescension to be able to remember whether or not, in my life, it has ever occurred to me that a business guy might lie

― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Tuesday, May 19, 2015 9:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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butt fumble heals all wounds, repairs all relationships

truly the greatest of fumbles

much like this is the greatest of passes:

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tim-Tebow-Hit-in-Head-with-Pass.gif

amen

daria, what do you think those text messages were about then? I think the punishment is ridiculous (especially the draft pick part of it) but I dunno, it seems really clear that something shady was going on

butt fumble might not have been a fumble at all if mark sanchez had the good sense to use a deflated football. then it would just have been a butt.

but... butt

I think the questions I'm curious about is how much longer does Brady go and when he goes will Bill head out too. SF was able to keep a streak of winning going across three head coaches until it finally fell apart.

http://files.ctctcdn.com/bf3d8d8c001/e915dc0d-296b-46dd-9a44-8e1992a19399.jpg

“My drink is usually vodka with water because it gets you hydrated and drunk at the same time,” he explains after the sommelier has departed. “I never drink wine. There’s only one wine I like, but I forget what it’s called. It tastes like Sprite.”

-- gronk

hell yea gronk

lol his reaction to his dad getting emo

https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/605756951994077184

I feel very conflicted about that tweet...

lol is he fuckin serious

i think he made a joke, and you know good for him

could be, could also be morbs taking control of cruz's twitter account

Brian David Stockman ‏@Carlisleboy 3h3 hours ago
@tedcruz If It was #Killary He'd be Dead, Like Vince #Foster and the Lybian #Benghazi Ambassador and Agents And anyone who gets in her way

http://awfulannouncing.com/the-locker/rob-gronkowskis-family-will-be-on-family-feud.html

oh hell yes this is like a dream come true

otm what will steve make of these goobers

how will steve work his book into conversation with the gronk clan

gronk to be new face of delightful.com

http://www.gronkspartyship.com/

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

didn't the vikings get in trouble for that

o m g

buying my ticket now

New England Patriots Envy: The NFL's Ill-Advised Obsession With Bill Belichick Castoffs

challop-ed

http://www.patriots.com/news/2015/06/18/so-slash-guns-n%E2%80%99-roses-huge-patriots-fan

the pats stuff is really ancillary, the lede here is which if either of those bedrooms is slash's

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/13265711/veteran-ol-dan-connolly-new-england-patriots-retires

big dan connolly decides to retire instead of sign for tampa. presumably he received a desperate admiral ackbar text from logan mankins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=222IkMwrIpE

as churlish as it may be to not just enjoy the greatest kick return of all time i can't help but feel that that not going for a td is basically humanity's greatest crime. if i were a benevolent superintelligent alien monitoring earth transmissions and saw connolly get dragged down on the 5 there i would be like nope and turn my space car around.

ayo patritos, that's gonna be a rough start to the season
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/07/28/nfl-upholds-tom-brady-four-game-suspension/fhOdVIaay3E0lPOIyt4A1J/story.html

lol

hate goodell as much as anyone but i've got a tough time feeling sorry for brady

goodell: brady trashed cell phone

100% brady recycled his phone and SIM when upgrading

not that it matters. fuck goodell for demanding his phone. fuck goodell.