The Patriots strike back! There’s a lot more clarity and context provided here. I’ll pull plenty of tidbits from it over the day as I pour over it again. Good for New England for getting their side of the story out. This thing is a long way from over.
Jimmy Garoppolo Can Answer the Bell for the New England Patriots
Jimmy Garoppolo Can Answer the Bell for the New England Patriots
New one up on Athlon. Garoppolo will be fine filling in…
Start with this: the story didn’t go big until ESPN reported about 24 hours after the game that the NFL had discovered that 11 of the 12 footballs were measured to be more than 2 pounds per square inch below the league minimum of 12.5.
That gave a subject that almost no one knew much about context, significance and potentially sinister intent. ESPN cited a nebulous “league source” at a time when it’s believed no one outside the NFL office knew the actual measurements.
Of course, that story wasn’t true. It wasn’t even close to true. Wells’ report showed that none of the footballs, each measured twice, were that underinflated.
At that very moment, the NFL had to know the story wasn’t true. Yet it did nothing.
So the league either created a fake story that was extremely prejudicial to the Patriots by leaking inaccurate information or someone else did it and the league office let it run wild rather than correct it with the actual air pressure measurements. It’s tough to figure out which scenario is worse for Goodell.
Great read that sums it all up nicely.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/start-with-this-the-story-didnt-go-big-until/
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Broken Tackles 2014: Offenses
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Broken Tackles 2014: Offenses
Gronk leads the league in broken tackles per touch. Yes, even more than Marshawn, though he had a lot less touches. Still, Gronk’s a beast.
Gotta offset all the deflaabaa posts. ( Tom Brady throws 6 TDs vs. Titans in 2009 – YouTube)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/gotta-offset-all-the-deflaabaa-posts-tom-brady/

