Patriots were "In our Huddle"

[Donald LaFell]

2 things stand out as I look back at that Super Bowl:

1. Dan Henning was a friggin genius compared to who is doing that job now

2. Despite the Pats cheating, Carolina likely would have won that Super Bowl had a certain Carolina Panther kicker not booted the KO out of bounds and given the Pats the ball on the 45. But mentioning such things is considered blasphemous and will probably get me banned, despite the fact nearly every loss is blamed on someone if you read this message board the day after, but no one ever held Kasay's feet to the fire after his blunder.

I guess because of all the other FGs he had that year, and our defense got lit up that game. Brady had an entire minute left just about. I feel like he could have gotten the yardage for a FG. 

[Mr. Scot]

If John Fox hadn't gone for two after our touchdowns, we'd have been three points ahead at the end and Vinatieri's kick would have only tied it up.

[KillerKat]

If John Fox hadn't gone for two after our touchdowns, we'd have been three points ahead at the end and Vinatieri's kick would have only tied it up.

Makes me want to kick puppies every time I think about it.

[Ruff]

Are people seriously blaming John Kasay, one of the classiest players this organization has ever had, for our Super Bowl loss? Jesus Christ.

[rodeo]

2 things stand out as I look back at that Super Bowl:

1. Dan Henning was a friggin genius compared to who is doing that job now

2. Despite the Pats cheating, Carolina likely would have won that Super Bowl had a certain Carolina Panther kicker not booted the KO out of bounds and given the Pats the ball on the 45. But mentioning such things is considered blasphemous and will probably get me banned, despite the fact nearly every loss is blamed on someone if you read this message board the day after, but no one ever held Kasay's feet to the fire after his blunder.

Henning, sad to say, is probably the best OC we've had so far.

[philit99]

Henning, sad to say, is probably the best OC we've had so far.

I wonder if Henning is still alive? Last I heard he was the OC for Miami a few years back. I think I will go and look him up now. I remember Steve Smith once called him a clown.

[rodeo]

I wonder if Henning is still alive? Last I heard he was the OC for Miami a few years back. I think I will go and look him up now. I remember Steve Smith once called him a clown.

He retired after Miami, it looks like. Funnily enough he suddenly got very creative OCing for them and they are often credited as popularizing the wildcat in the NFL because of him. Even though he was already doing it here with us.

[Daddy_Uncle]

We should have a lombardi trophy.  Im so sick of that organization constantly getting away with cheating

[SIGCHI222]

Henning, sad to say, is probably the best OC we've had so far.

As a ex-Falcon Fan (God forgive me but we had no team back then) you can personally kiss my ass.  That dumbshiit went from a 10 to a 1 in consecutive plays.  Henning was a great guy but was no better than what Bartkowski could generate ad lib.  After #12 left, Henning was right behind.

[cptx]

we could have beat those fugers... what makes me a little sad is people still blame kasay

[ctrcat]

Not sure if it's been said but we had 1 first down in our first 6 possessions, and that on a 5 yard defensive holding, repeatedly having plays snuffed out that hadn't been run all year, until Henning realizes we'd been hacked, scraped the gameplan, and we light up the scoreboard.  How else do you explain it other than cheating?  You can't.

[CPantherKing]

Cheating seems to be very prosperous for them, I will say that.

Not sure if anyone knew about this:

Josh Thomas was a Panthers CB who was released after preseason last year. He later found a job with the New York Jets.

After a victory over the Titans on Dec. 14, 2014, Norman returned home to New Jersey with the team where he placed his belongings in the trunk of his car. That afternoon he discovered that the Jets team tablet (including the playbook) had been stolen from his luggage. He was released a day later from the team.

Guess who the Jets next opponent was?

Someone targeted the tablet and searched for it in his luggage. Airport thieves take the entire piece of luggage and dump what they do not want at a separate location.

Coincidence? You decide.

[DaveThePanther2008]

I said from the beginning when it came out that the Cheatriots cheated. Those tapes, had they been released, would have damaged football under Goodell's watch. 

Had those tapes been seen.  Kraft would have been booted out of the league and god knows what they would have done about their championships.  

Read the ESPN article that the CBS article refers to.  Poorly written as it is long winded and jumps all over the place but their win again St. Louis, Carolina and Philly probably came because of the information that they gain.

They had a whole game to score 32 points we had a half and still almost pulled it out. 

I have pretty much accepted that nothing will ever come of it but as long as KRAFT and BILLICHEAT are in New England I will never respect any player or member of that cheating organization.

 

 

[Carolina Cajun]

I've said all along, spygate was a much bigger deal than this deflated football crap. That said, past is the past, it's an institutional problem not a player problem.  Look, if you gave me the opportunity to win a superbowl and get millions of dollars in the process even if it means cheating, I'd take it, most players would (We had a lot of players on roids at the time, so in fact we were trying to), it's the competitive advantage that gives them millions of dollars in their pockets and rings on their fingers.  How you solve this is hit their salary cap and/or force Bellicheat out.  This has all been done under Bellicheat's watch, if you don't cut him off, he will find a new cheat and attempt to game the system in a new way, it is what he does, until then, I just can't be mad at the NFL for allowing it to happen.