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Patriots president Jonathan Kraft said that it might be time to rethink the NFL's disciplinary process in which commissioner Roger Goodell has ultimate decision-making authority.
Then wouldn't he be the "deflatEE" ? Can we just ban their entire organization for continuing their blatantly BAD lies? It'd be ok if their lies actually made sense....
Prediction: Correct: Chargers CI fails miserably. Fail: Team stays in San Diego until their lease runs out in 2020. (without getting new deal done by then) . Sig Bet WIN: The Chargers will file for relocation on January 15.
Hey Bob, were you thinking of this topic before your coddled QB got busted?
Prediction: Correct: Chargers CI fails miserably. Fail: Team stays in San Diego until their lease runs out in 2020. (without getting new deal done by then) . Sig Bet WIN: The Chargers will file for relocation on January 15.
Patriots clarify text referring to weight-loss 'deflator' explanation
7/15/2015 - NFL TOM BRADY +1 more
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Mike Rodak, ESPN Staff Writer
The New England Patriots' website launched in May to offer rebuttal to Ted Wells' report has adjusted a portion of text that claimed locker room attendant Jim McNally referred to himself as the "deflator" because he was trying to lose weight.
In a June 18 annotation to Wellsreportcontext.com, the Patriots' attorney, Daniel J. Goldberg, linked to a separate page containing text that was removed from the original document and wrote that the weight-loss explanation had overshadowed other points made in the nearly 20,000-word document.
"The focus of public discussion about the one and only text that used the term "deflator" -- and what the term as used in that single text refers to -- has detracted attention from the numerous flaws in the Wells Report described in these annotations," the website's annotation reads. "The original paragraph discussing that text can be found here. The following paragraph has been added to clarify the basic point being made ... that one cannot reasonably rely on that one uncorroborated and unexamined text to conclude that there was improper ball deflation."
The Patriots said they intended it to be a "live" website that can be updated, with the understanding that links would be provided for any content that was removed along with an annotation as to why they adjusted it.
The original website text explained that "Mr. McNally is a big fellow and had the opposite goal [as equipment assistant John Jastremski]: to lose weight. 'Deflate' was a term they used to refer to losing weight. ... There was nothing complicated or sinister about it."
Also removed from the original explanation were several text messages between Jastremski and McNally, including one where McNally writes, "... come on help the deflator."
The Patriots' June 18 annotation notes that McNally used the term in "one and only one text," on May 9, 2014, and there was no mention of footballs in "any surrounding texts."
"That single word from a text in May is also the primary basis in the report to conclude that improper deflation occurred at the AFC Championship Game eight months later. And then it forms the basis for the findings regarding [Tom] Brady."
NFL investigators, according to the June 18 annotation, never asked McNally or Jastremski about the text message that included the word "deflator."
"They simply assumed, with no basis or investigation whatsoever, what "deflator" must mean, and then relied on their assumption to filter all the other evidence they received," the annotation reads. "What they did know, but chose to ignore, is that 'deflate' is often used in contexts having nothing to do with taking air out of footballs -- and that even these two men used the term in their texts in various ways having nothing to do with footballs."
The annotation also argues that a "simple Internet search reveals a frequent use of the word 'deflate' in the context of weight loss."
Ha, so that one backfired a bit I guess. You'd be well advised to focus on key exculpatory evidence rather than throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
What am I missing other than NFL owners like Kraft and Spanos like to throw shit on the wall and hope it sticks with moron radio show guys?
Prediction: Correct: Chargers CI fails miserably. Fail: Team stays in San Diego until their lease runs out in 2020. (without getting new deal done by then) . Sig Bet WIN: The Chargers will file for relocation on January 15.
I have no idea how this guy has a job. Honestly, how did he ever get a job in the first place? He has an annoying, grating voice, an obnoxious personality and really is not well spoken nor well informed.
Prediction: Correct: Chargers CI fails miserably. Fail: Team stays in San Diego until their lease runs out in 2020. (without getting new deal done by then) . Sig Bet WIN: The Chargers will file for relocation on January 15.
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