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Twi, you mean the snow wasn't the cause of the wild mess in that Raiders game or did the Patriots buy off the snow gods that night??
$10,000 to a ref gets some major calls to go your way.
Just sayin' :lol:
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Ya'll sound just like Al Davis in how he likes to chime that the league is out to get his franchise and run him out of business.
Davis is a putz that probably listens to Art Bell. I don't like him anymore than I like the Raiders. Seeing the Raiders having losing season after losing season does my heart good. That said, however, I watched that game between the Raiders/Patriots. I watched the replay 400 million times and followed the story for as long as it continued. The Pats got over, period. Whether the ref was bought and paid for or not, the Pats got over and the Raiders got shafted when it mattered most. Bad calls are part of the game, but that wasn't just a bad call...it was a blatant screwjob. End of story.
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You can tape everything you want but you still have to execute on the field of play.
I never said they didn't execute and this isn't about them executing. They have great talent, make no mistake. They play well as a team, make no mistake. If that's the case, though, why did Belichek cheat? If he's so damned certain of his team, why cheat? That's where the issue is...on the CHEATING and the way that he and the Patriots have defended their actions.
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Washington couldn't get a cheap shot or any good shot on Brady because they were about 2 days behind on each play.
But there will be a team that does. It only takes one lineman looking at the bad-boy bounty to end his season or worse.
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Brady doesn't deserve to be punished for a coach's decision.
I agree with that. Doesn't mean he won't, though. More stupidity from Belichek.
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No player will intentionally take him out unless they are really screwed up in the head but they could "accidentally" plow over Beli during a play.
You need to delve deeper into the NFL as a fan, then. Lockerroom "bounties" have been a part of the NFL since forever. And it's no different today.
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Saying that Brady deserves a cheap shot is real classless Twi, he wasn't the one cheating.
I never advocated a cheapshot on Brady. I said Cowher nailed it when he said someone WOULD cheapshot him. I can't stand Brady, I'll not hide that. And if he does get taken out, I would find it difficult to feel sorry for him. As far as I'm concerned, he's a cheater, too. Hearken back to the Patriots/Eagles Super Bowl. 1st half, the Eagles defense flat-out owned the Pats. 2nd half, the Pats racked up all their yards and scores on short screens to beat the blitz that the Eagles ran so successfully in the first half. If you say it's about half-time adjustments, you would be correct. Brady adjusted where he was looking for play calls...and that was at the Eagles bench and in doing so, correctly called a screen on just about every 2nd half blitz the Eagles ran.
Getting caught in the Jets game was not something new they just started trying. It's something the Patriots have done successfully for a long time.
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Punish the cheater.
The NFL polices it's own like no other sport. Belichek got off scott-free and 31 other teams know that. Taking Brady out will be the punishment they are looking at. Again, I'm not advocating it...I'm saying it is inevitable.