CPcavedweller

Has any player called out the NFL players before like that? I'm sure it's a common thought among the dudes who actually do give back that a lot of guys in the league sandbag but has anyone said it and meant it? (At an awards show)

Feels.....too....many....feels.

Why are you so compelled to assault the Patriots? You are obviously biased in your opinion. If the NFL knew about this pregame then why would they wait until an entire half had been played to test them? The NFL is preemptive in matters like this and would not allow the game to start just to prove a point. Also, I don't see where the argument that under inflated balls pose an advantage. If they are easier for the offense to catch they also are for the defense. Also, once the balls were replaced the Patriots ripped off 28 straight points. So I ask you, is 17>28? And if so, how do prove it. And if you can prove it, do you really believe the balls played a role in this game? Also, do you think the Patriots cheat and half been since Brady became the starter? Also, what are your personal feelings on citizens of the northeastern states?

More likely a hypothesis. But one has to question whether or not there was some form of sabotage planned. The narrative is this: "The Patriots gained an unfair advantage by playing with underinflated balls." The real story, "When the underinflated balls were replaced, the Patriots scored 4 straight touchdowns en route to a 45-7 victory." So where is the advantage?

ESPN released a story prematurely based on "Mortenson's anonymous sources". First it was D'qwell Jackson who called the ball boy over to say the ball seemed flat. Then Jackson comes out and says he has no idea where that came from and the only thing he said was to hold on to the ball for him. Then out comes the fact that the Raven's "tipped off" the Colts about light balls. Also unsubstantiated but would explain why the ball boy immediately took the ball and tested it. In my unprofessional and underqualified, yet logical, opinion, ESPN jumped the gun on reporting false information and created a media poo storm that is easy enough to continue because of the two people that are believed to be responsible. But the balls are tested, and Tom Brady isn't able to go check out the balls on the sideline. The NFL has cameras everywhere and not one caught a ball being deflated on the sideline much less 11. Hypothesis: The referees never fully checked the pressure in the balls pregame and allowed the game to be played regardless until it was brought to their attention by the Colts brass. Similar to Rodgers over inflating balls to increase velocity, Brady may like decreased pressure because he is more of a finesse guy. Ultimately, it is all preference and the notion that "Everybody does it" may not be totally incorrect in this case. Somebody screwed up in measuring the pressure pregame and now ESPN is running with the narrative they started to save face. While declaring Brady come clean about "cheating", ESPN needs to come clean about faulty journalism and falsifying news. The 21st-century sports version of "Yellow Journalism" at its finest.

You find Brunnell more credible than Marino or Theismann? Really? Not a one of you have a brain region that allows you to challenge the media, especially ESPN, who is unanimously disliked around here for all things Panthers related and their analysts. But when it comes to the Patriots they must be right. You can't have it both ways. And as someone pointed out, the Packers have been caught over inflating balls.

D'Qwell Jackson is now saying he was NOT the one responsible for the original inquisition as Mortensins "sources" claimed. He said he gave the ball to the manager to keep as a souvenir and had no idea about the deflated issues until he got back to Indy. So there you have, the entire beginning to this story just fell apart. Which makes you wonder what else won't hold up as more facts come out.

I would prefer that people accept their spanking like a 4 year old, and move on. Test the balls if you want but 45-7 isn't a fluke, especially given the Colts history against the Patriots since Luck has arrived. The result shouldn't be any more surprising than the Seahawks come back.

The ref's checked the balls. Now if you want to say ref's aided in the outcome of a 45-7 game go ahead. The only way to solve this type of issue, or at least absolve the possibility is by putting ref's on a fixed salary and make it a full time job for them. They have no incentive to not accept kick backs as their checks are not guaranteed. And UNC would never win by 100. Not on a boat with a goat, with a bear with no hair, with a mosquito drinking a mojito.

Maybe it was the first time you NOTICED it. For the love of The Golden Calf of Bristol, did none of you fools here take psychology 101 and understand how you're personal feelings toward a team or person could affect the way you view things?

Exactly, 45-7! People just dislike the Patriots, in the words of the fictional character Kim Jong Un, "They hate us because a they ain't us!". And that's what I read from many of my fellow Panther's fans. It's relatively easy to view this objectively but many of you have already formed your opinion on the Patriots since that 2003 loss.

Fine, hold that against them. The fact of the matter is they have been the epitome of a championship Franchise for going on 15 years now and not all of that has come as a result of supposed cheating. You all are beginning to sound like the whiners on ESPN comment sections simply because you read an article and completely agreed with what was presented to you without knowing the actual facts of the situation. Everyone knows the job of the media is to stir the pot, especially in sports journalism. It has taken on a form of yellow journalism used to create hysteria and manufacture hatred, or love for one team or another. It is good for the media to continue the narrative that Andrew Luck is the second coming The Golden Calf of Bristol due to the story line they began creating since he was at Stanford.

If they broke the rules, then they deserved to be punished as such. My point was the score was 45-7! This wasn't a close game at any point and the ref's supposedly checked the game balls at half time. So this is an attempt to minimize the result of the game and turn it into a classic, "the Patriots cheat" argument. I am a man of integrity personally and professionally and while I find it repulsive to thing that the Patriots would deflate balls below the threshold allowed, the balls were checked, the game continued, and the Patriots in true Patriot form came out and dominated the second half.

You bunch of ninnies finding any and every reason to bash an organization that has done nothing but win since 2001 when Bill sold his soul to the devil and acquired the football jesus himself, Tom Brady. Once again. the score was 45 to fuging 7. You guys are absurd in thinking a deflated ball led to a 17-7 lead. Could it be that the Colts play and practice indoors yet Brady and company just don't lose at home? Look at their statistics at home in December and January and tell me what you think the odds the Patriots were going to win were anyway. We beat the Patriots last season and always seem to play them close when we do play. Today's NFL is to keep games close, and when they aren't close due to ref calls, then people search for other reasons. Maybe it was that Luck has sucked against the Pat's every time they have played. Maybe it is every team that goes to Foxborough from December onward is destined to lose in humiliating fashion. There were no deflated balls, this is an attempt to save face by the Colts organization because they were absolutely destroyed in the first really high profile game of their new "Mannings" career. Now his career may very well be mirroring that of Manning than ever before and in my opinion may be headed down a Marino type path.

45-7......45-7......45-7....deflated balls do not cause a game to be 45-7. And apparently after the officials inspected the balls at halftime when the lead was only 17-7, the Patriots scored 4 straight TD's. So the only balls that were deflated during and after this game were the Colts.

"It's only weird if it doesn't work." -SCP

My two year old also wore his Cam jersey for the first time since the first 49ers game last season. "It's only weird if it doesn't work"

"Hey Waterboy! You suck!" -Coach Budeau

He should be used wherever we need him. He could've been drafted as a CB if his play the last half of his senior year at App was any indication. Too bad he is such an exceptional athlete. It'll be neat to see him, Washington, Peacock, Quick, and Armanti all lining up come August though.

Jeff King was 6-6?

Nothing like Jeff King.

No ones listening dude.

You can tell in post game press conferences that the focus is on the next game. Cam mentions this at least 10 times a presser. The final word in the locker room is also to always be prepared to work for next week. If we lose, it won't be for lack of focus on the task at hand. I believe it all comes down to coaching and the game plan that is drawn up.

There are no such thing as trap games for this team. They've come too far to soon to forget the pains of the last 5 years.

Remember what happened last year when the coals were stirred by the firing of Marty Hurney? Yeah players love him, hopefully this has the same effect it had last year. "Holy poo Guys, Rivera may be fired. Should we start to play now?" It seems like this is the conversation that goes on.