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It seems safe to say the level of animosity the Patriots harbor for the Colts is heightened after Sunday’s AFC title game, with the presumption that Indianapolis not only brought the issue of underinflated footballs to the NFL, but also leaked the information publicly to create a distraction and firestorm that ignited to the point that national network newscasts were leading with the story.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/it-seems-safe-to-say-the-level-of-animosity-the/
In Monday’s Patriots team meeting, third-year safety Tavon Wilson and second-year players Jake Bequette (defensive end), Josh Boyce (wide receiver) and Joe Vellano (defensive tackle) were recognized by coach Bill Belichick in front of everyone as the practice players of the year.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/in-mondays-patriots-team-meeting-third-year/
“Anyone who has seen us practice knows that we make it harder, not easier, to handle the ball.
Our players train in conditions that a lot of people would recommend that we not drive in. That’s what they do. They’re a physically and mentally tough team that works hard. That trains hard. That prepares hard. And they have met every challenge that I’ve put in front of them. And I know that because I work them every day…
This team was the best team in the AFC in the regular season. We won two games in the playoffs against two good football teams. Best team in the post season.”
—Bill Belichick, 1/24/15.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/anyone-who-has-seen-us-practice-knows-that-we/
The guy is giving signals out in front of 80,000 people. OK? We filmed him taking signals out in front of 80,000 people like there were a lot of other teams doing at that time too, OK? Forget about that. If we were wrong, then we’ve been disciplined for that. "Guy’s in front of 80,000 people. Eighty-thousand people saw it, everybody’s sideline saw it, everybody sees our guy in front of 80,000 people. There he is. It was wrong, we were disciplined for it. That’s it. We never did it again. We’re never gonna do it again. Anything else that’s close we’re not gonna do, either.
Belichick cites Spygate in explosive press conference | Comcast SportsNet – CSNNE.com
This blew me away today, but it’s basically what Patriots fans have been waiting for BB to say for the last 7 years. Just so true, boiled down to what it really was. This moment was like a Gronk spike for me.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-guy-is-giving-signals-out-in-front-of-80000/
If you haven’t seen this yet, do it! I don’t know how I can make it another 8 days until the Super Bowl after watching this. The ball is now in the NFL’s court and, as I’ve said, unless they have a video of the Pats deflating a ball, I’m not sure how they can do much more than a fine.
To me, a lot of this DeflateGate talk is really about SpyGate […] People have resentment and lingering mistrust from SpyGate, the league destroyed the evidence, people did not get the explanation that they wanted on this around the rest of the country. […] I don’t think really the rest of the country cares about deflated footballs. I think they could care less. You know, I don’t think it’s that big a deal. I think that this is residual from SpyGate, they’ve been waiting for years for the Patriots to slip up; they feel like they did, and now they’re jumping all over it. […] It’s not about how many games they played with deflated footballs and who turned ‘em in […] It’s about trying to exact that pound of flesh that people wanted from SpyGate.
Christopher Gasper (via mikeoftheoldrepublic)
I don’t really do Gasper anymore, but this rings true to me.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/to-me-a-lot-of-this-deflategate-talk-is-really/
When the Patriots are ahead by two or more scores, Patriots have allowed league worst 19 20 yard plays (tied with Colts). When looking at times where the Patriots lead is less than 2 scores, the defense rockets up to 6th best, allowing just 48 plays of 20 yards. Seattle is tied first with 39. This means that when the game is close, New England has done an outstanding job of preventing the other team from picking up quick yards to move down the field- and yes, this is including the playoffs.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/when-the-patriots-are-ahead-by-two-or-more-scores/
If you magnified this pic times 1000 you could probably find me sitting in the second row behind the Pats bench over there.
