[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by splatbass

Pats fans are either the most delusional fans in the NFL, or the most dishonest. They can excuse anything.

Don't be an idiot. Here are just a few examples of incidents and/or of coaches noting that these things happen with some frequency:

"It's rare that I've gone through an NFL game that there was not a problem with the headset," Browns coach Mike Pettine said, noting there's often dead zones in certain spots on the sideline.

Pettine said the coach-to-coach communication system would soon be upgraded.

"The system that we're using, it's my understanding that it's going to be replaced. That, to me, has been in the works," Pettine said. "We've talked about it in the offseason. We're going to get through this season with what we have and there are problems with it."

http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/d...er-not-perfect

While fans watched fill-in Buffalo quarterback EJ Manuel bury the team with three first-half turnovers that left the team in a 27-3 hole, the Bills found themselves wrestling with a second opponent: faulty headsets that stymied communication between Manuel and play-caller Greg Roman.

Asked if the in-game technical failures were an issue, coach Rex Ryan told reporters: "Yeah, that's an understatement."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...tely-miserable

Coach Pete Carroll told NBC at halftime that the Seattle Seahawks were having communication issues with their headsets against the Minnesota Vikings.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...s-in-minnesota

Todd Bowles wasn't aware the Titans had headset problems Sunday when the Jets scored a touchdown on a play in which they neglected to cover Brandon Marshall.

Bowles, the Jets' head coach, also said his team had no such communication issues during their 30-8 victory at MetLife Stadium.

http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/201..._titans_s.html

According to Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin, headset issues are not uncommon.

“It happens quite a bit,” Philbin said after Friday's practice. “It happened [to the Dolphins] in Chicago in the preseason. So I think it happens. I don’t recall ever having any problem up there [in Foxborough].”

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...en-quite-a-bit

Headset problems seem to be a reoccurring issue this season, with the Baltimore Ravens vs. Arizona Cardinals game ending on a bad note as a result of said headset problems.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...this-offseason