Every time I hear Tom Brady this, Tom Brady that..

Bah humbug! Pats RULE!!

awww...poor muffin. LOL

The whole deflate thing is just beyond stupid. Anyone who buys into this obviously never played 'hand-egg' (football) because throwing a slightly deflated ball is a pain in the ass and doesn't travel as far or accurately as a properly inflated one. Plus there's the whole grip thing. When properly inflated, the 'laces' just fit your fingers perfectly and don't get caught as you release the 'egg' which can throw off your accuracy by 3 to 5 degrees.

And one of Brady's strengths is his deadly accuracy.

That's why Brady likes them deflated, because it makes the grip worse... Really? I like the cheaters, I was routing for them over the very cocky Seahawks who shouldn't have even been there(GB blew it, and the perfectly defended ball from the sky dropping into the lap of that SS receiver at the end of the SB was ridiculously lucky, the Pats pick at the end was an all time great football play!), that said, Pats=cheaters, plain/simple 8) Eagles would have beat them in 05 if they weren't stealing their plays! Pats=cheaters!
Brady knew, the Pigskin flew! 8)

The rest of the country needs to look at the link I posted. Let he who is without sin cast the first football :-)

That's been my point all along, they killed Indy twice by running the ball, but they're being accused of cheating in that game (AFC Championship) because the balls were deflated. Every QB has their preference. 

Deflating definitely falls in with a host of other sports cheat misdemeanors like, hockey stick over bending, pitcher vaseline on the hat, scuffing the ball, corking the bat. But "play" stealing is a sports felony that the Pats are guilty of, should've been a MUCH bigger deal imo, the Eagles defensive players were blown away with how the Pats seemed to know every defensive play call to a T when they played in SB 39- 2005. After the whole Jets debacle in 07, and the fines against Belichick, they weren't so bewildered by it anymore.

It doesn't even matter if they did it or not, the problem with being caught cheating is it sully's your reputation permanently, it's the chance you take when you cheat, they could've won fair and square, but the damage is done, and everyone has it in the back of their mind..... Cheaters!?!?!?! Like it or not, Patriots=cheaters in the minds of the majority, Pats fans better get used to the "*"

Yep. Given the scrutiny of their most recent cheating scandal, I bet the Pats weren't cheating at all. And they certainly earned that SB win.

Saints got 2 games for the bounty hunting, which wasn't actively trying to get an illegal advantage. This is the second high profile cheating thing for the Pats in recent history. Plus with Kraft being so close to Goodell and demanding an apology before the SB, Goodell probably felt he has to prove he's not being partial to his favorite little team.

It'll get appealed. We'll see how many downs Touch Down Tom actually misses.

You're right. No conclusive proof, but what there is is pretty damning. Specifically the txt messages. Have you read the exchanges? It doesn't quite prove he was directing it, but it's really hard to swallow the idea that he wasn't. In an organization like the Pats? Strains credulity.

That wouldn't of course do it in a courtroom, thankfully, but this isn't the justice system. This is the dirty, corporate NFL, where you can get 4 games for smoking a joint and none for beating the shit out of your girlfriend. Goodell just licks his finger and sticks it in the wind. And the Pats, his buddies, were being defiant and cheating again and again. Probably threatened his manhood or something.

That's the world you agree to when you play in the NFL. Just have to try and soothe the wounds with that shitload of money and adoration.

Edit: I can't stand Goodell, for the record. He's beyond arbitrary and capricious. But I can think of an easy way to not subject yourself to his craziness: stop getting caught cheating!

MY understanding of 'football' (which should be called hand-egg) is that both teams USE THE SAME (EXPLETIVE) BALL!!

Or have I been playing it wrong all these years?

Good fine, glad it happened, smacked their dicks down in the dirt 8) They've been caught cheating a couple times now and they deserve it, u guys had an unbelievable run, now get back down in the basement with Grogan and stay there, "it puts the lotion on its skin". Prepare ur selves for the new era, where Chip Kelly takes the reins from the Pats and leaves the the cheaters in the dirt! Or he gets linched by eagles fans at years end lol

*New England Patriots 2014 Super Bowl Campions *
*=Cheated!

They don't totally specify that. They just talk about how one guy (who refers to himself as "The Deflator") is really stressed cause it's hard to get a shot at the balls. He also jokes about how Tom Brady better hook him up with more jerseys and shoes or he's gonna INFLATE the balls.