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Who’s Fueling the Patriots Internal Dissension Frenzy?

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As you’re all aware of by now, on Friday morning there were murmurs that something BIG was going to happen with the Patriots. Something that, in the words of Jerry Thornton, would be a 9.5 on the Richter scale, something that would instantly overshadow Thursday’s Edelman suspension.

Notably, it wasn’t ESPN or the mainstream beat guys tantalizing us and having us brace for the worst. It was compadres like Jerry, and the lesser-known blogger types like myself. Now, I don’t claim to have sources. I have people who occasionally tell me things, sometimes they’re true, sometimes not. As a blogger who is unconcerned with breaking news, I never run with anything in an attempt to be first.

I prefer to let things play out and stick to my mantra of this being a Patriots football blog, not a Patriots rumor blog. I know that seems to go against the stereotype of me sitting in my mom’s basement, trying desperately to break a bit of news that will put me in the spotlight, but that’s what I’ve been doing for over a decade.

And I heard the same rumblings that my fellow bloggers were reporting, so like everyone else I was waiting on pins and needles. As I pondered what it might be I came to the realization that only three Patriots people truly mattered to me — BB, TB and Gronk. Anything outside of that trio and I wouldn’t even blink. There’s just no one left who is untouchable outside of maybe Dont’a Hightower.

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Robert Kraft Press Conference Transcript

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Robert Kraft Press Conference Transcript

Having a hard time pulling just one quote from this whole thing, so if you didn’t hear it live you definitely have to go read it. Patriots fans felt abandoned by Mr. Kraft when he accepted the team punishment, but personally I understood why he did it. Unfortunately I think he realized too late what we all knew, that this was never solely about deflated footballs, this was about a chance to pin something on the Patriots.

I’ve seen plenty of tweets out there from national pundits not understanding how it’s good for the NFL to take down one of their biggest players. But there are plenty of people inside the NFL office, Mike Kensil being a prime example, who would love nothing more than to see the Patriots knocked down a peg.

The false leaks that Mr. Kraft brought up today are another example that there are forces driving this story with an anti-Patriots agenda.

The media landscape, filled with former playes and executives who were handed defeat at the hands of Brady and Belichick are only too happy to cast a critical eye solely on the Patriots. They take the bait at every turn and yesterday’s “destroyed his phone” is a prime example.

How many phones have you “destroyed” in your life? Words are powerful and “destroyed” is a loaded word and it framed the final piece of circumstantial evidence meant to bury the Pats.

So now it’s on. Kraft is back in our corner and that’s a powerful force to have because he carries weight where it counts most – with the other owners. I don’t know how it will play out, but it would appear this might be a defining moment for the National Football League. And all over some footballs that may or may not have been deflated.

Curran: Kraft does the right thing for the wrong people

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Curran: Kraft does the right thing for the wrong people

Tom E. certainly has his finger on the pulse of Patriots Nation. I’m not sure even I could’ve predicted how harshly Patriots fans have rejected Mr. Kraft’s actions. This thing just seems to keep getting worse and worse. 

I can’t even imagine what it would be like if Marshawn Lynch had rumbled into the end zone for a Super Bowl win, handing the Pats a third-straight miracle defeat in the big game. Thankfully that didn’t happen and that’s all we can hold on to right now as town favorites like Dan Shaughnessy do their victory laps over downtrodden Patriot fans who still believe their team has gotten unfairly put through the ringer.

Prior to 2001, Patriots fans were the low men on the Boston sports totem pole. No one really cared who they were or what they stood for. Now, it seems like we are the favorite punching bags of not only a league that our team has systematically destroyed over the past 15 years, but also of many members of the Boston sports media, who delight in sticking it to “fanboys” almost as much as they like sticking it to the teams.

Tom Brady’s appeal still looms large, and from the sounds of it, he will certainly not go quietly into the night like Mr. Kraft did today. If Brady’s suspension is absolved by a neutral arbitrator, it won’t look good for Mr. Kraft. 

Robert Kraft says New England Patriots won’t appeal Deflategate punishment

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Robert Kraft says New England Patriots won’t appeal Deflategate punishment

Well that’s that then. Hard to feel good about it when all the Patriots haters will simply use this as an admission of guilt. What most are speculating is that this boils down to “fine, here’s $1 million, a first- and fourth-round pick even though you can’t prove we did anything wrong, just knock the Tom Brady suspension down”.

I get that Mr. Kraft is one of the most influential owners in the game, and no matter how Pats fans or haters feel about it, this decision was made for the good of the game. It’s leadership and I’m sure that the other owners appreciate Mr. Kraft falling on his sword to finally put a major piece of this to bed.

Now Brady’s appeal remains and really that is the heart of the entire case. Does Goodell simply reduce the suspension to 2-games or could he even wipe the entire thing out? Either way it’s going to look strange because the NFL will essentially be admitting the Wells Report wasn’t the slam dunk the original punishment made it out to be. And if that’s the case then Mr. Kraft really bit the bullet when he didn’t necessarily have to.

The fact is that the Patriots were implicit in blowing this up the way it has since the Wells Report was released. Had they not released a full website designed to counter each and every point, or talked to Peter King or leaked how furious Mr. Kraft was, then they might’ve pursued an appeal with a little more grace.

Once they started escalating there was no other way to put the fire out than either publicly relenting (like they did) or taking it to the highest court necessary to get a fair ruling which would unquestionably be terrible for the entire NFL.

Now all focus turns to Brady’s appeal and just how Roger Goodell plays it. If there is a secret agreement that the Pats would relent if Goodell reduces Brady’s sentence, the end might just be in sight. If not, the fight will get ugly and the Patriots could come out looking even worse for not pursuing an appeal when a higher court finds no evidence they did anything wrong.

This is just the latest unexpected turn in a saga that has dragged on far too long. As Mr. Kraft said, that is the only thing we can all agree on.

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Asked if Brady had told him he was innocent, Kraft said: “Yes. Because we had the discussion—if you did it, let’s just deal with it and take our hit and move on. I’ve known Tommy 16 years, almost half his life. He’s a man, and he’s always been honest with me, and I trust him. I believed what he told me. He has never lied to me, and I have found no hard or conclusive evidence to the contrary.”

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/18/robert-kraft-patriots-owner-nfl-deflategate/

Mr. Kraft talks to Peter King, getting the message out. The problem for the NFL is that there’s really nothing more they can say in the court of opinion. Ted Wells’ conference call last week was their last gasp, now they just have to sit back and watch the Patriots defend themselves with mounting evidence.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/asked-if-brady-had-told-him-he-was-innocent-kraft/

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If the Wells investigation is not able to definitively determine that our organization tampered with the air pressure in the footballs, I would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team, and in particular Coach Belichick and Tom Brady for what they’€™ve had to endure this past week.

Robert Kraft

Oh my damn, it’s on now…

It Is What It Is » Robert Kraft defends Patriots, says NFL should apologize if league finds them not guilty of any wrongdoing

https://www.patspropaganda.com/if-the-wells-investigation-is-not-able-to/

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Kraft said that the salary cap would remain relatively flat for several years. Gone were the days when clubs could rely on a dramatic spike from one year to the next to provide financial flexibility. Not everyone bought it, including some of Kraft’s fellow owners who kept spending and spending. Now those doubters are paying a different kind of price, forced to release players to get under the slow-growing salary cap (hello, Carolina Panthers). Every day, it seems, more quality players are being cut, creating a buyer’s market for clubs that were disciplined in not writing out too many big checks over the last two post-lockout seasons.

New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

https://www.patspropaganda.com/kraft-said-that-the-salary-cap-would-remain/