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Title: Brady gone for September
Post by: jsglow on April 25, 2016, 11:36:13 AM
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy or a better team.  NOT.  See ya Tom!

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15353950/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-four-game-suspension-deflategate-reinstated-appeals-court
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 25, 2016, 05:46:11 PM
So the NFL got it right the first time
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: GGGG on April 25, 2016, 07:40:43 PM
It doesn't mean they "got it right."  Just had the authority to act.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: tower912 on April 25, 2016, 07:50:36 PM
For now. 
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on April 25, 2016, 11:03:45 PM
This whole thing is silly to me. Like or hate him, you know there's no reason this should have gone to the US court of appeals. It's about some friggen deflated footballs.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: Tugg Speedman on April 26, 2016, 05:55:02 AM
This whole thing is silly to me. Like or hate him, you know there's no reason this should have gone to the US court of appeals. It's about some friggen deflated footballs.

Not what this is about.  The court read the CBA and said the NFL commissioner has the right to act.  What is acted on or why was not considered.

Going to be hard to change this, the Jimmy Garfolo era is going to have a four game sneak peek.

So what happens if Garafolo is 3,1 or 4,0?  Remember how Brady took the job from Drew Bledsoe and never gave it back?  If you have a 25 year old showing promise and winning, why bench him for a 38 year old legend that does not have a long term future?
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChuckyChip on April 26, 2016, 06:39:15 AM
Remember how Brady took the job from Drew Brees and never gave it back?

I think you meant Drew Bledsoe.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: Tugg Speedman on April 26, 2016, 08:25:18 AM
I think you meant Drew Bledsoe.

Yes
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: jsglow on April 26, 2016, 08:26:32 AM
Not what this is about.  The court read the CBA and said the NFL commissioner has the right to act.  What is acted on or why was not considered.

Going to be hard to change this, the Jimmy Garfolo era is going to have a four game sneak peek.

So what happens if Garafolo is 3,1 or 4,0?  Remember how Brady took the job from Drew Brees and never gave it back?  If you have a 25 year old showing promise and winning, why bench him for a 38 year old legend that does not have a long term future?

100% exactly right.  You guys have to take the subject matter out of the equation or the fact that they won the game by 40 points.  There's a collective bargaining agreement that everyone is subject to.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 26, 2016, 09:33:26 AM
So the NFL got it right....

 ;D
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: MUBBau on April 26, 2016, 01:06:02 PM
Good thing they have a solid backup

https://twitter.com/FakeSportsCentr/status/724642297397284865 (https://twitter.com/FakeSportsCentr/status/724642297397284865)
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on May 23, 2016, 03:59:55 PM
Brady appeals today....see what happens.


Separately, I'm in Cleveland and had lunch with my cousin today who played for the Steelers and Patriots (went to ND) many years ago as a linebacker.  A lot of discussion about the concussions.  He said he gets a survey from the NFL a couple times a year around his health, etc.  He figures he had 10 to 12, including one each in his first three NFL games.  He's very with it, still working, etc.  Some interesting stories from back in the day....he even had a short stint in the WFL for you old timers.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: MU82 on May 24, 2016, 11:53:52 AM
Brady appeals today....see what happens.


Separately, I'm in Cleveland and had lunch with my cousin today who played for the Steelers and Patriots (went to ND) many years ago as a linebacker.  A lot of discussion about the concussions.  He said he gets a survey from the NFL a couple times a year around his health, etc.  He figures he had 10 to 12, including one each in his first three NFL games.  He's very with it, still working, etc.  Some interesting stories from back in the day....he even had a short stint in the WFL for you old timers.

Cool. I was a big Memphis Southmen fan!
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: MU82 on May 24, 2016, 12:01:52 PM
So what happens if Garafolo is 3,1 or 4,0?  Remember how Brady took the job from Drew Bledsoe and never gave it back?  If you have a 25 year old showing promise and winning, why bench him for a 38 year old legend that does not have a long term future?

First of all, even at his very, very, VERY best, Bledsoe was never Tom Brady, who very possibly  is the greatest quarterback in football history.

Brady is showing absolutely zero signs of fading and he has said publicly that he wants to play for several more years.

What happens? Garoppolo goes back to being a backup. Eventually, he'll probably leave as a free agent, just as Matt Cassel did. The league is littered with Brady's old backups.

History is filled with QBs playing well in short stints for good teams and then getting mistaken as being good themselves. You don't bench Tom Effen Brady because Jimmy Garoppolo has a good month.

And I think you know it.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: WarriorInNYC on July 13, 2016, 11:50:01 AM
Brady's appeal denied today...

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17045257/new-england-patriots-qb-tom-brady-deflategate-appeal-denied-2nd-us-circuit-court
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: wadesworld on July 13, 2016, 12:12:48 PM
Domestic violence with video of the guy literally knocking the woman out = 2 game suspension.  Underinflated football that 52 people play with and you suspend one of those 52 for 4 games.  Makes sense.

Drive to Foxborough in January and leave your perfectly inflated basketball in your car for even 10 minutes.  Take it into a gym and try to dribble it.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: GGGG on July 13, 2016, 12:15:44 PM
This entire thing was a test-case in the bounds of the commissioner's power within the bounds of the CBA.  Don't read too much more into it than that.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: jsglow on July 13, 2016, 12:18:31 PM
This entire thing was a test-case in the bounds of the commissioner's power within the bounds of the CBA.  Don't read too much more into it than that.

+1
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on July 13, 2016, 03:24:21 PM
Goodell is just awful.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: jesmu84 on July 14, 2016, 12:44:43 PM
Domestic violence with video of the guy literally knocking the woman out = 2 game suspension.  Underinflated football that 52 people play with and you suspend one of those 52 for 4 games.  Makes sense.

Drive to Foxborough in January and leave your perfectly inflated basketball in your car for even 10 minutes.  Take it into a gym and try to dribble it.

This whole thing was 100% not about the footballs. It was about Goodell's power and Brady's non-cooperation.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: Vander Blue Man Group on July 14, 2016, 01:32:57 PM
Most importantly, Brady might be available at a nice value in fantasy. 
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: MU82 on July 14, 2016, 01:34:41 PM
This whole thing was 100% not about the footballs. It was about Goodell's power and Brady's non-cooperation.

Yes, as you and Sultan both said.
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: dgies9156 on July 14, 2016, 02:03:19 PM
First of all, even at his very, very, VERY best, Bledsoe was never Tom Brady, who very possibly  is the greatest quarterback in football history.

How can you possibly say that with Jay Cutler around????   ;D
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: PBRme on July 14, 2016, 04:11:20 PM
This whole thing was 100% not about the footballs. It was about Goodell's power and Brady's non-cooperation.

I think it was also about the lack of honesty and integrity in the belicheat era
Title: Re: Brady gone for September
Post by: MU82 on July 14, 2016, 10:36:29 PM
How can you possibly say that with Jay Cutler around????   ;D

True. What was I thinking?