NFL Playoffs: Round 3

[Kingdom]

The Golden Fleener

[Kingdom]

Brady with a juke

[schisno]

Well that was a game.

[Mach]

no it wasn't, it was a fucking slaughter

[Slyder]

no it wasn't, it was a fucking slaughter

When I heard it was a rout I hoped Brady at least do enough to remove 51-3 as being the worst beat down in a league championship game.

[Prynce]

Well I feel a whole lot better about losing to them by just 4 now.

[Slyder]

I wish the NFL had some balls... Once a Beli cheat, always a Beli cheat.

[Mach]

they have 11 under inflated ones

[schisno]

should have been 12, but not everyone is perfect.

[realmofotalk]

I wish the NFL had some balls... Once a Beli cheat, always a Beli cheat.

What a jackass, his team is one game away from winning it all and now has to deal with this dark cloud over their heads. This reminds me of Donald Sterling dropping his racist rant while the Clippers were in the middle of the playoff run last year. And Jamie McCourt filing for divorce on the eve of the Dodgers' 2009 NL pennant series against the Phillies. Fucking bitch.

[HollywoodLeo]

I wish the NFL had some balls... Once a Beli cheat, always a Beli cheat.

Are you telling us the NFL has deflated balls?

[schisno]

The referees handled both balls, they didn't notice a difference. They were in on it.

Patriots still put up 28 pts in the second half and shutout the Colts as well after the deflated ball(s) were discovered. 3 TDs were rushing TDs. The Patriots better have damn good story for this one, it all goes up to Goodell. New Commissioner!

[Slyder]

The referees handled both balls, they didn't notice a difference. They were in on it.

Patriots still put up 28 pts in the second half and shutout the Colts as well after the deflated ball(s) were discovered. 3 TDs were rushing TDs. The Patriots better have damn good story for this one, it all goes up to Goodell. New Commissioner!

Pretty much my feelings on this except...

I don't know about the officials, I ref soccer and we check the game balls before the game. I couldn't tell you the difference between 8 PSI or 10 PSI because I'm only handling it in pregame. NFL officials pretty much only handle them to either A) hand them to the kicker or B) Spot the ball they have enough to worry about with the 22 guys on the field. Until someone says something about it, they probably don't have time to notice.

And more than a few times they did stop play and swapped out balls so someone must have noticed something. Just not how wide spread it was.

[schisno]

defiled balls in the NFL playoffs

Bucs QB Johnson paid to have footballs altered before SB 37 | Tampa Bay Times

Four days before the biggest game of his life, quarterback Brad Johnson broke an NFL rule to help the Bucs win Super Bowl XXXVII.At 34, Johnson had developed a few compulsions during his career. He changed his socks and shoes every quarter, and over the course of a game he replaced everything but his pants. Johnson always sweated profusely, and he liked the clean, dry feeling.
This was particularly true when it came to footballs. He had trouble gripping a wet football, a cold football or a new, out-of-the-box football.
It had been enough of a problem during the NFC title game in Philadelphia the week before — where it was 26 degrees at kickoff — that he was forced to wear a glove.
"I wouldn't have been able to play without it," he said.
At the Super Bowl, the NFL had 100 footballs. They were new, slick and supposedly under the league's watchful eye. But not leaving anything to chance, Johnson made sure the balls were scuffed and ready well before the Dixie Chicks sang the national anthem.
"I paid some guys off to get the balls right," Johnson now admits. "I went and got all 100 footballs, and they took care of all of them."

[Kingdom]

Brad you bad son of bitch