Deflategate 2.0. Preseason Steeler edition

[Jaric]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...ed-football-steelers-used-thursday-night/amp/

El oh el.

 

[mikiemo83]

oh the punishment should be greater for the Steelers for knowing the serious nature the NFL brass has for this violation.

 

[Alk]

I demand that they suspend Mason Rudolph for the entire season. That'll teach em. ROFL

 

[Jaric]

oh the punishment should be greater for the Steelers for knowing the serious nature the NFL brass has for this violation.

Mike Tomlin has to spend a night alone in the bathroom with Ben.

 

[mikiemo83]

Mike Tomlin has to spend a night alone in the bathroom with Ben.

I am not that cruel but maybe Ben could sponge bath old man Rooney for a week.

 

[bideau]

It's Pittsburgh, nothing to see here.....

Nutkick

 

[BostonTim]

Offs

 

[patsRmyboys]

This is akin to using performance enhancing drugs! I demand a full investigation... I'll wait...

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Were the pregame and half time measurements recorded as laid out in the modification of gameday activity per league officials?

Was the ball seized?

Was it’s psi recorded?

Or are we going off a hunch based on visual observation of Rudolph’s grip?

This league is run by a bunch of tools. I swear they’ve instituted a WWE-like task force to drum up fake interest.

 

[Jaric]

I am not that cruel but maybe Ben could sponge bath old man Rooney for a week.

This is a fisting metaphor isn't it?

 

[Patriots71]

and its over...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...he-steelers-of-another-deflategate-like-case/


The NFL acted quickly this morning to quell any complaints about the Steelers using a deflated football in their preseason game last night. And it wasn’t the first time.

During the 2016 season, the Giants complained that they tested two Steelers footballs after turnovers, and found that both of them were inflated below the league minimum level. But the NFL quickly released a statement saying there was no issue.

This morning, the NFL did it again, quickly releasing a statement saying that a football used by the Steelers last night came defective from the manufacturer, Wilson, rather than being tampered with by the Steelers.

Of course, Patriots fans will be left asking why the NFL is so quick to move on when there’s a suggestion that the Steelers may have been tampering with footballs. When the Patriots were accused, the NFL spent a fortune on a months-long investigation that resulted in Tom Brady getting suspended and the Patriots getting stripped of two draft picks.

The NFL is unlikely to have an answer to that question that will satisfy the folks in New England. But the league clearly wants this story to go away swiftly.

 

[Jaric]

Oh thank goodness that's sorted out.

 

[patsload]

Were the pregame and half time measurements recorded as laid out in the modification of gameday activity per league officials?

Was the ball seized?

Was it’s psi recorded?

Or are we going off a hunch based on visual observation of Rudolph’s grip?

This league is run by a bunch of tools. I swear they’ve instituted a WWE-like task force to drum up fake interest.

All of this

 

[mikiemo83]

This is a fisting metaphor isn't it?

your fetish, your dream

 

[Dwight Schrute]

and its over...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...he-steelers-of-another-deflategate-like-case/


The NFL acted quickly this morning to quell any complaints about the Steelers using a deflated football in their preseason game last night. And it wasn’t the first time.

During the 2016 season, the Giants complained that they tested two Steelers footballs after turnovers, and found that both of them were inflated below the league minimum level. But the NFL quickly released a statement saying there was no issue.

This morning, the NFL did it again, quickly releasing a statement saying that a football used by the Steelers last night came defective from the manufacturer, Wilson, rather than being tampered with by the Steelers.

Of course, Patriots fans will be left asking why the NFL is so quick to move on when there’s a suggestion that the Steelers may have been tampering with footballs. When the Patriots were accused, the NFL spent a fortune on a months-long investigation that resulted in Tom Brady getting suspended and the Patriots getting stripped of two draft picks.

The NFL is unlikely to have an answer to that question that will satisfy the folks in New England. But the league clearly wants this story to go away swiftly.

Defective.

Yet made it thru all the prep well steps for game balls the team submits?

And the pre game measurement screening period?

Uh-huh.

Riiiiiiiigghhhhhttttttt.

 

[Patriots71]

Defective.

Yet made it thru all the prep well steps for game balls the team submits?

And the pre game measurement screening period?

Uh-huh.

Riiiiiiiigghhhhhttttttt.

Yeah so...balls were good, then the steelers got ahold of it, and then it was defective. I am sure the league asked the steelers equpiment guys if they did anything and they said no....welp good enough for us guys.

 

[Jaric]

Yeah so...balls were good, then the steelers got ahold of it, and then it was defective. I am sure the league asked the steelers equpiment guys if they did anything and they said no....welp good enough for us guys.

Thank goodness they investigated. It would have been a shame if they'd been punished for something they didn't do.

oke:

 

[foobahl]

And people are dumbfounded when NE patriot fans have a persecution complex.

 

[patswin]

Pre season games are too soon to be talking about shit like this.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

And people are dumbfounded when NE patriot fans have a persecution complex.

Really.

Anyone who can’t see the double standards is truly ignorant.