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Is 'destink' French for stinky face?

All picks signed/sealed/delivered too!
 
Breaking....

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If the New England Asterisks didn't do anything that wrong in Spygate, why was all the evidence destroyed?

Some of you seem to believe that Roger "Power Crazed Satan" Goodell, in that one instance, was the arbiter of truth and justice when he said there was nothing there, but we destroyed it anyway.

The only link I'm interested in, is one that shows EVERYTHING that was destroyed. What evidence was destroyed? Nobody knows. Every bad thing imaginable is justifiably suspected.

Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
 
You can. It just makes you inconsistent :)

I'm sorry brotha and I say this with respect but that's complete nonsense. I can recognize the ego and corruption and lack of consistency at play with Goodell but still be happy that a team who has shown that they are systematic cheaters and incredibly poor sports finally gets busted.

And like I said before McD's entire line of argument with the posting of that biased article is a huge flaming copout. If you don't want to get busted for cheating then don't. If you do then don't complain and claim "yea but other teams did THIS or other teams did THAT". That's a textbook weak sauce argument. Right is right and wrong is wrong, it's not mitigated by how many people are doing wrong. It's still wrong and worthy of punishment. I also don't get the whole "You're wrong if you think..." take. Not many people I've talked to about this think everyone else is squeaky clean across the board. Most just recognize the Patriots have taken it to a new level and are long overdue to be smacked for it. Their smugness only reinforces that feeling. But being naiive enough to think everyone else plays fair and never pushes boundaries? Please.

Oh and with regards to Goodell...I don't have to think he's a do gooder all of sudden to think t's high time that teams like the Patrios start getting some come uppance after the bullcrap Cap penalty we were given for breaking no rules whatsoever. Basically screw the rest of the league, all bets are off.
 
I'm sorry brotha and I say this with respect but that's complete nonsense. I can recognize the ego and corruption and lack of consistency at play with Goodell but still be happy that a team who has shown that they are systematic cheaters and incredibly poor sports finally gets busted.

And like I said before McD's entire line of argument with the posting of that biased article is a huge flaming copout. If you don't want to get busted for cheating then don't. If you do then don't complain and claim "yea but other teams did THIS or other teams did THAT". That's a textbook weak sauce argument. Right is right and wrong is wrong, it's not mitigated by how many people are doing wrong. It's still wrong and worthy of punishment. I also don't get the whole "You're wrong if you think..." take. Not many people I've talked to about this think everyone else is squeaky clean across the board. Most just recognize the Patriots have taken it to a new level and are long overdue to be smacked for it. Their smugness only reinforces that feeling. But being naiive enough to think everyone else plays fair and never pushes boundaries? Please.

Oh and with regards to Goodell...I don't have to think he's a do gooder all of sudden to think t's high time that teams like the Patrios start getting some come uppance after the bullcrap Cap penalty we were given for breaking no rules whatsoever. Basically screw the rest of the league, all bets are off.

So that's what NFL regs are for, to serve worthy violators a 'come uppance'? I don't think so, and that's why I have a problem with Goodell exerting power that is not based on existing rules and regs. I have no issue holding Brady and anyone else involved accountable. But there's no basis for the penalties assigned here, other than the whims of Goodell and which way public opinion is blowing. To bemoan arbitrary punishment against our team while approving of it when applied to another team IS inconsistent.

I guess the one caveat is, this assumes that you view Goodell's punishment as overstepping his authority in this case. If you honestly feel a huge fine, loss of draft picks and 4 game suspension is reasonable (given that other teams caught manipulating balls just in the past 2 years have in some cases gotten away with a warning, but at most have paid a $25000 fine), I guess we can just agree to disagree. To those that would counter that the Pats deserve this because it is a recurrent issue, I'd again say that the Pats were severely punished previously and that there's no language about 'escalating punishments' in the rule books. This is Goodell and his cronies making an example of a team to satisfy the public and because the other owners are allowing it (just as they allowed the raping of our team a few years ago). This wasn't 'another example of institutional disregard for rules'. At worst it was a QB circumventing a rule - the team and their fanbase should not be punished.
 
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I for one have had enough talk of Brady' balls. I come here to escape the mass media.
 
Whose balls would you like to talk about?
 
Just make sure to steer clear of the Jim Haslett 'Special Edition'. Word is it's worthless for home defense.
 
So wonder how frustrated Preston Smith's gonna be battling Trent. Should be some great practice competition along both lines.
 
He's gotta get past the trent on his side first ;)
 
Oh that's what I'm saying, I figure Trent's gonna take him to the woodshed....atleast for a while. Can only make him better tho.

For all of them actually.....
Paea vs Lavoua
Chester/Licht vs pot roast
Kerrigan vs the Scherff

For those of you attending open practices those match ups should be fun to watch.
 
I'm still holding out hope that a healthy and fit Moses comes out of nowhere and forces his way into this conversation.
 
Spencer Long. I have a feeling we're going to saying that name a lot. Hopefully in a good way.
 

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