Opinion of #DeflateGate?

[DemPGH]

It's legit. ESPN also uncovered a 2012 interview where Brady said he liked an underinflated ball. So, doctoring balls after they've been inspected is an infraction that needs to be disciplined. I think there's too much of a history at this point with Belichick. He skirted the line with legal / illegal substitution of players the week before, and now this, which does cross the line. If they find out this was pre-meditated and is as appears, Belichick should be suspended four games, receive the minimum fine, and the Pats surrender a mid-round or late-round draft pick.

if the league doesn't do something, Belichick comes off as the smart kid in class who's allowed to get away with stuff no one else is with nary a slap on the wrist. I don't know if it was on here or not, but I've made excuses for Belichick before, and now I really can't anymore. There's too much of a pattern.

[DemPGH]

There's supposedly a video of an equipment assistant taking the balls to some other area in the stadium before he took them to the field. LOL. But the investigation is going to take "several more weeks." LOL again. So the attorneys are the only real winners in this.

It'll be swept under the rug or the lowest possible guy in the hierarchy will be blamed. LOL a third time.

Bettis, Aikman, et. al. are correct, I think. 

[DemPGH]

Deflatriots.

Seriously, though, enough depredations out of them. I think what's in order here is about an eight game suspension for Brady, loss of draft picks in the first three rounds, and appropriate fines. But I bet they just get a stern finger-wag.

Now, Kraft owes the apology.

[DemPGH]

Deflatriots.

Seriously, though, enough depredations out of them. I think what's in order here is about an eight game suspension for Brady, loss of draft picks in the first three rounds, and appropriate fines. But I bet they just get a stern finger-wag.

Now, Kraft owes the apology.

Not quite!

I live just forty minutes or so from Gillette. There's going to be some schadenfreude for me tomorrow, for sure.

I'm surprised they hit him for four games, truthfully. I think it's fair. I was prepared for the NFL to give them a stern warning and dock Brady some money - maybe get one game, but yeah, the NFL came down on them a bit here.

They lambasted Greg Williams and Sean Payton for something that went on in the past as kind of an open secret, so something needed to be done here, IMO.

Pats will be underdogs in 3 of the 4 games Brady misses,  maybe a push home vs. Pittsburgh.  quite an opportunity for Garoppolo to get on people's radar.

adds a fun little wrinkle to the 2015 AFC East, which was set up to be entertaining to begin with.  I wouldn't be surprised by a 2002-like situation, everybody hanging around 9-7, 8-8, 7-9.

Agree. Pittsburgh is not as talented as they have been for a long time, so I don't know what to expect there. Ben is a little bit of a wildcard and I'm not sure that the offense will be as productive as last year. Maybe. But I think the Pats have a bullseye on them the size of a building and they are not as talented as they were last season.