Deflategate is Back!

[6025]

Well, then there you have it. If you're caught cheating, just destroy the evidence.

And then after football, you can go work for the State Department.

And then run for president. It's called a career path.

[Formula 21]

Why isn't Gates appealing his suspension? By the time the appeals are heard, he's retired and doesn't miss a game.

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

I hate the way the NFL is picking on NE.

[Gwynning_Spirit]

So can Gates get his thrown out for saying he was just trying to reverse deflate his muscles?

[sandiego17]

I hate the way the NFL is picking on NE.

I know, right? Its obvious they've done nothing wrong, like ever. #witchhunt.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Report: Patriots’ Spygate cheating was widespread over many years

Posted by Michael David Smith on September 8, 2015, 9:16 AM EDT

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Just days after Tom Brady’s Deflategate suspension was overturned, new attention is being given on the earlier Patriots cheating scandal, known as Spygate.

An ESPN Outside the Lines report, citing interviews with more than 90 sources around the NFL, says that the Spygate cheating lasted “at least 40 games over a period of several seasons from 2000 to 2007,” and that the league never fully investigated all the accusations against the team.

According to the report, the taping of opponents’ signals reached the point where the Patriots had diagrams of the stolen signals that they could use during games.

The report also says that other teams were much more upset about the Patriots’ cheating than they let on, because NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell convinced the rest of the league not to press the issue. Former Rams coach Mike Martz, whose team lost to the Patriots in Belichick’s first Super Bowl, said he was pressured by a “panicked” Goodell to issue a statement saying he was satisfied by the league’s investigation of the Patriots. Martz said he agreed to go along with Goodell’s request to issue a statement backing the league not because he was completely satisfied by the investigation, but because Goodell convinced Martz that a prolonged scandal could badly damage the league.

Anyone who thought the Deflategate ruling was going to end any talk of the Patriots cheating is sorely mistaken. Both Deflategate and Spygate are stories that will have legs

[Coachmarkos]

Must. Read. Basically what many of us have said all along, that spygate was bigger than acknowledged, and the NFL covered it up.

[KNSD]

Well maybe they shouldn't have burned the f'ing tapes....

[Coachmarkos]

Well maybe they shouldn't have burned the f'ing tapes....

Actually, they physically smashed them. In Gillette. You've got to read, it's quite humorous.

[6025]

The whole fucking thing was so Goddamn obvious and I can't believe that it was allowed to be swept under the rug like it was. Goodell should not only be fired, but there should be legal consequences levied against him too, how much impact did this have in terms of $'s?

[CTrout]

Was after the 2005 AFC Championship when Hines Ward said......"it's almost like they knew every play we were running".

Hines.....they probably did!

[6025]

Was after the 2005 AFC Championship when Hines Ward said......"it's almost like they knew every play we were running".

Hines.....they probably did!

He probably said that knowing damn full well what was going on too.