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May 14, 2015 at 7:00 pm #24576znModerator
Dansby suspects foul play from 2008 game in New England
by Mike Florio on May 14, 2015
Browns linebacker Karlos Dansby joined PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio to promote Montez Renault, a new skin-care line he developed with former teammate Chris Butler. In so doing, Dansby had some interesting comments about the #DeflateGate controversy.
For starters, Dansby believes Patriots quarterback Tom Brady should be suspended for a full year, if deflation was happening and if he knew about it. Dansby also pointed out that he has separate suspicions about the Patriots.
In 2008, Dansby’s Cardinals faced the Patriots in New England during Week 16 of the 2008 season. The Patriots needed a win to keep their postseason hopes alive. And Dansby said the coach-to-headset communication system, which was first implemented by the NFL in 2008, didn’t function at Gillette Stadium during that snowy day in December.
“My headset was working fine, every game,” Dansby said. “Until the very last game of the year. We get in Foxboro, they couldn’t get my headset fixed, for nothing in the world.”
In that same game, Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also had trouble with his own headset. Leinart’s former backup at USC, Matt Cassel, three for 345 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-7 rout.
“I didn’t have not one problem until I went into Foxboro,” Dansby said. “You can ask anybody on that team that year. We didn’t have no problems with my headset until I got to Foxboro. And, man, I tell you every time I came to the sidelines, taking my helmet off trying to fix it. They was trying to fix it, they couldn’t get it fixed. So we had to give hand signals, and we were dead in the water. They ran when they wanted to run, they threw it when they wanted to throw.”
So I asked if it was accident or something deliberate?
“C’mon, man. C’mon,” Dansby said. “It’s not a secret. They gotta do what they gotta do to win, man. They gonna do what they gotta do to win. It’s just how they operate.”
Whether it’s perception or reality, the Patriots already had a hard time escaping that reputation after Spygate. With #DeflateGate, it becomes nearly impossible.
May 14, 2015 at 9:19 pm #24582znModeratorMay 14, 2015 at 9:55 pm #24585znModeratorThe Patriots fired the guys they’re passionately defending today
Darin Gantt on May 14, 2015
you.are.fired.04
The Patriots have launched long-winded defense of themselves today, nearly 20,000 words of defense.
But through all the chapter and verse they’ve cited to explain the true motives of Jim McNally and John Jastremski in this document, one question becomes more and more curious.
If these two guys are so innocent, why did the Patriots fire them?
In the league’s initial release on the Patriots’ punishment, it is made clear who did what to whom.
“Patriots owner Robert Kraft advised commissioner Roger Goodell last week that Patriots employees John Jastremski and James McNally have been indefinitely suspended without pay by the club, effective on May 6th,” the league’s release last week read.
So, these two guys are completely misunderstood, a pair of hapless innocents who didn’t want to get busted for lifting shoes and just wanted to drop a few pounds.
Why then would the Patriots move so quickly and decisively to distance themselves?
Perhaps that can be the next installment of the Patriots’ blog.
May 15, 2015 at 1:38 am #24590Eternal RamnationParticipantI see stuff like this and have to wonder do people really not understand the difference between cheating and an off the field off-season personal legal issue
May 15, 2015 at 6:55 am #24597DakParticipantRay Rice didn’t play at all. The biggest difference between Brady and Rice is that the Patriots defend Brady while Rice was dropped like a hot potato.
May 15, 2015 at 10:16 am #24600nittany ramModeratorThe Patriots fired the guys they’re passionately defending today
Darin Gantt on May 14, 2015
you.are.fired.04
The Patriots have launched long-winded defense of themselves today, nearly 20,000 words of defense.
But through all the chapter and verse they’ve cited to explain the true motives of Jim McNally and John Jastremski in this document, one question becomes more and more curious.
If these two guys are so innocent, why did the Patriots fire them?
In the league’s initial release on the Patriots’ punishment, it is made clear who did what to whom.
“Patriots owner Robert Kraft advised commissioner Roger Goodell last week that Patriots employees John Jastremski and James McNally have been indefinitely suspended without pay by the club, effective on May 6th,” the league’s release last week read.
So, these two guys are completely misunderstood, a pair of hapless innocents who didn’t want to get busted for lifting shoes and just wanted to drop a few pounds.
Why then would the Patriots move so quickly and decisively to distance themselves?
Perhaps that can be the next installment of the Patriots’ blog.
Since these guys were fired as a result of doing Tom Brady’s bidding, I hope he at least covers their bills until they find employment.
May 15, 2015 at 1:21 pm #24605wvParticipantSince these guys were fired as a result of doing Tom Brady’s bidding,
I hope he at least covers their bills until they find employment.Yeah times are tough,
what with inflation
and all.w
vMay 15, 2015 at 4:07 pm #24606nittany ramModeratorYeah times are tough,
what with inflation
and all.w
vNo you didn’t just say that…
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May 15, 2015 at 4:29 pm #24610sdramParticipantI’m guessing they’ll sue the patsies, write tell all books, get a reality series, and end up on ESPN with a two hour daily talk show.
And, now ladies and gentlemen – it’s time for the “Deflators”
Anyway, the Patriots should put a notice on their bulletin board – Notice to all employees “Stop F—ing Cheating, OK”.
It’s hard for me to get excited about all of this but it sure is fun to watch the “cheatin, f—ing Patriots” wiggle around on the end of that hook and their fans try to help them spit it out.
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