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Old 09-11-2015, 08:10 AM  
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Patriots are "Habitual Line Steppers"
On Thursday night, it was the headsets.

It didn’t matter that the Patriots beat the Steelers by a touchdown at home, with Tom Brady — a guy who’s in the discussion for best quarterback ever — playing probably the greatest season opener of his career. It didn’t matter that on multiple plays the Steelers appeared to forget to cover Rob Gronkowski, the number-one tight end in football, who scored three touchdowns.

It was the headsets.

Right.

On Thursday night, for periods of much of the first half, the Steelers coaches were unable to communicate over their headsets because of interference from the Patriots’ radio broadcast. After the game, the NFL explained that they provide the headsets to both teams, and the issue was one that affected both teams due to the rainy conditions and the set-up at Gillette Stadium.

It didn’t matter. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, miffed, said that his coaches’ radios never work against the Patriots. “That’s always the case. Yes. I said what I said,” Tomlin said.

And here’s the thing. It doesn’t matter that the Patriots also complained of the same issues — Belichick said he had to switch microphones multiple times and they were going to switch out Tom Brady’s helmet at one point. It doesn’t matter that the NFL issued a statement that they handled both teams’ headsets and the Patriots did nothing wrong.

Everyone thinks the Patriots cheated. And the Patriots only have themselves to blame.

That’s what you get when, in the words of Charlie Murphy, you’re a habitual line stepper. Was letting a little air out of a football a big deal? I’d argue no. Was filming opposing teams’ signals a big deal, even when those teams are making those signals in front of 80,000 people? Meh. You could make a case, but not really.

Was it a big deal to go into an opponents’ locker room, as an ESPN report alleges, and see if they could grab any play sheets the other team had left around? Well, actually, yeah that one is a big deal.

Is having the other team’s headsets repeatedly cut out a big deal, even if it’s happening to both teams? According to the NFL, no.

But here’s the thing, when all those small to medium things add up, that constant flirting with the line, you get a reputation. Patriots fans can say all they want about jealousy and the other teams just wanting to take down the king, and there probably is a little bit of that. But come on.

The Patriots earned this. They stepped over the line so many times that their credibility is gone. People will always think they’re cheating now, no matter what. Until Bill Belichick and Brady are gone, or until the Patriots lose 10 games a season and no one cares about them, people will think the Patriots are cheating.

This drives Patriots fans insane. They get indignant and come up with wild conspiracy theories. But they should probably just adopt the attitude of Belichick on this one. Just own it. People will always think you’re a cheater, so stop caring what people think.

Throw on those cargo shorts, smile at the press, and get on with it. What else can you do?

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/from...s-are-cheating
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:19 AM   #31
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Belichick response to all the crap. FWIW (nothing, in your minds, I know).
Because Bellichick is a man who can be trusted. Maybe he's telling the truth here. But he's a pathological liar so you have to take anything he says with more than a grain of salt.
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:20 AM   #32
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That's true -- communication failures are not uncommon in NFL games. But an obviously agitated Tomlin said "that's always the case" in New England. According to a Yahoo Sports report, the Steelers plan to file a formal complaint. Tomlin's sentiment jibes with the OTL report, which noted it has happened so often at Gillette Stadium over the years that "one team asked a league official to sit in the coaches' box during the game and wait for it to happen. Sure enough, on a key third down, the headset went out."

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Old 09-11-2015, 09:21 AM   #33
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Just own it, Pats fans.

Your team and you are branded as cheaters. Nothing will change that.
Yep. I think if you root for the Patriots or Broncos, best thing to do is just own it. Just say, "I'm a piece of shit", and move on.
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:21 AM   #34
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Once again, the Patriots involved in some type of issue involving fairness...I'm sure there's an explanation, there always is. ...BUT it kinda gets ya thinking...
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The Pats are a cheating husband.

"Honey, I just kissed her. That's not cheating"

"But honey, it was only a blowjob. Technically I don't consider that cheating."

"Baby, just because the entire town thinks I cheated doesn't mean I ****ed her. We only did anal anyway. Since I didn't put it in her vagina it can not be considered cheating."
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:31 AM   #36
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The Pats are a cheating husband.

"Honey, I just kissed her. That's not cheating"

"But honey, it was only a blowjob."

"Baby, just because the entire town thinks I cheated doesn't mean I ****ed her. We only did anal anyway. Since I didn't put it in her vagina it can not be considered cheating."
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The Pats are a cheating husband.

"Honey, I just kissed her. That's not cheating"

"But honey, it was only a blowjob. Technically I don't consider that cheating."

"Baby, just because the entire town thinks I cheated doesn't mean I ****ed her. We only did anal anyway. Since I didn't put it in her vagina it can not be considered cheating."
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:32 AM   #38
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Why would a Pats fan think we would care what BB says??? We don't believe a damn word he says dude for good reason.
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The Pats are a cheating husband.

"Honey, I just kissed her. That's not cheating"

"But honey, it was only a blowjob. Technically I don't consider that cheating."

"Baby, just because the entire town thinks I cheated doesn't mean I ****ed her. We only did anal anyway. Since I didn't put it in her vagina it can not be considered cheating."
Sounds like the excuses Asterix wife makes when she is getting plowed by the mailman. "I believe the wind and atmospheric pressure blew both your clothes off honey! I know I heard you screaming pound harder, but when you explained that you were making a cake and the weather caused you both to become naked I sure do believe ya!"
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:39 AM   #40
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Once again, the Patriots involved in some type of issue involving fairness...I'm sure there's an explanation, there always is. ...BUT it kinda gets ya thinking...
So you choose to ignore even the NFL's official statement about what happened, the fact that the NFL controls these headsets? Or that the Patriots complained their headsets were interfered with too.

You're the one living in an alternate reality.

In the past these have picked up police radios, air traffic controllers and pilots talking. That was with technology before 2012. I work at trade shows, where my clients use wireless machines that are sometimes in football stadiums and these bomb out due to the infrastructure.
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I think the floodgates are now open due to the NFL releasing just how much cheating went on with spygate. Players and coaches weren't aware just how bad it was. Every team is going to report anything fishy that goes on with the Patriots, its no longer protecting the shield to keep it quiet.
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Here are the facts suckers!
NFL controls the headsets. Video here explains it.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13...-patriots-game
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So you choose to ignore even the NFL's official statement about what happened, the fact that the NFL controls these headsets? Or that the Patriots complained their headsets were interfered with too.

You're the one living in an alternate reality.

In the past these have picked up police radios, air traffic controllers and pilots talking. That was with technology before 2012. I work at trade shows, where my clients use wireless machines that are sometimes in football stadiums and these bomb out due to the infrastructure.
Pats likely cheated again. Just own it fake Patriot Buc fan.
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