Patriots after Spygate, 4-4 in playoffs 0-2 in SB

by BleedPurple60 on Feb 6, 2012 12:48 PM CST

Pittsburgh Steelers Linebacker James Harrison tweeted after the game "Told you, Cheaters never win". So is this karma or the fact that the New England Patriots are with out a crucial weapon, stealing signs! There has been messages going back and forth about the issue but sometimes statistics in the playoffs don't lie.

Football is a game of inches and milliseconds and not being able to pick up on defensive play called, is huge. Their offense has sputtered and failed at critical times leaving me to think that Big Brother watching has put a crimp in the Patriots game plan. Now with an aging corp of players and not having that advantage, is hurting and hurting bad.

Whether it is karma or the football gods correcting a wrong, anyway watching Bill Belicheck and Tom Brady cower to the locker room is always a fun thing to watch.

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I disagree

I think last game came down to Wes Welker dropped the balled late in the fourth quater. Patriots would be able to run down the cloak + get point on the board.. – I think people put to much into the spygate. Bill + Tom still has proven time after time that they are great – Not because the steal sign, but because they make good gameplans and use a huge amount of time on the game

by Malte on Feb 6, 2012 1:18 PM CST reply actions

wasn't just Welker dropping balls..

Branch and Hernandez both dropped a lot of passes in the fourth.. Also losing Gronk was a real killler.

The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.

by Grime on Feb 8, 2012 7:39 AM CST up reply actions

Defensive calls are not hand signaled anymore anyway

They use a radio in the helmet to send in the defensive calls just like they do on offense.

"At this point, what we got to lose, right? So we might as well throw caution to the wind and hit people in the face."
--Vikings DE Jared Allen

by NMVike on Feb 6, 2012 1:22 PM CST reply actions

True...

But at the time of Spygate, a lot of them were and the Pats were a better team because of it.

by Bjorno on Feb 6, 2012 2:01 PM CST up reply actions

That's my point

The question was is it karma or is it that they cant win now because they cant steal signs anymore. They wouldnt be able to steal signs now anyway.

"At this point, what we got to lose, right? So we might as well throw caution to the wind and hit people in the face."
--Vikings DE Jared Allen

by NMVike on Feb 6, 2012 4:56 PM CST up reply actions

They probably just got outplayed.

by REVENGE4KLUWE on Feb 6, 2012 10:31 PM CST up reply actions

how many playoff wins did you have james harrison?

by statue_left on Feb 6, 2012 1:34 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions

Post Super Bowl Tweets

After every game especially a playoff game or the Super Bowl someone always has the finger pointing mode. For Steel Jimmy he is just a little bitter.

by BleedPurple60 on Feb 6, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

maybe if he wasnt busy getting 15 yard penalties

his team coulda done better

by statue_left on Feb 6, 2012 6:03 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions

They way it was close

and a few very crucial dropped passes and a couple “DOH” moments by Brady, I seriously doubt that has any effect on the Pats losing 2 SB’s now.

Of course, in about 2 days, there will be conspiracy rumors that the reason for those dropped passes and bad passes is because the players were looking for signs to steal and pass on to Blichick. (insert eye roll)

Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is a war room!

by VikesFaninNM on Feb 6, 2012 2:00 PM CST reply actions

Harrison is a

by PURPLEPUSSYEATER on Feb 6, 2012 5:01 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Harrison is a fool

So overrated, It is safe to assume since the Steelers lost last year, they must no longer be getting signals either?
As a diehard Vikings fan, it pains me sometimes to see constant greatness , when our club has been stuck in sub- mediocrity for 40 years.
Bottom line is over 85% of pro athletes in the nfl use performance enhancers and if new England has a camera, they all did/do….
Hey, I’ve driven drunk before , I just don’t have a dwi ….. Harrison is an idiot, and twitter has ruined society!

by PURPLEPUSSYEATER on Feb 6, 2012 5:07 PM CST via mobile reply actions

85% of pro athletes in the nfl use performance enhancers

This is bullshit. I don’t care what survey you got these numbers from, or wether or not you made them up, but it’s blatantly wrong.

If we can't laugh at ourselves, Packer fans will call us crybabies and we will be forced to kick their tooth in. I really don't want to go to jail (again).

by Alittlemore_cowbell on Feb 7, 2012 8:25 AM CST up reply actions

I think that is assuming a lot.

I fully believe that at least 85% do use performance enhancers, I would even go so far as to put the number closer to 100%.

But that is not saying that 100% use BANNED performance enhancers.

Caffeine is a performance enhancer, it is just not a banned performance enhancer.

by Bjorno on Feb 7, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions

...

He implied that they were using banned ones, so I don’t see where you’re going with this.

If we can't laugh at ourselves, Packer fans will call us crybabies and we will be forced to kick their tooth in. I really don't want to go to jail (again).

by Alittlemore_cowbell on Feb 7, 2012 10:30 AM CST up reply actions

Who said I was going anywhere?

Well, there are always ways to circumvent the rules, from using undefined substances that are not banned yet, to using substances that there is no test for yet.

by Bjorno on Feb 7, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions

Do you suppose

that there are many athletes who slam a “Five Hour Energy” shot before work (games)? I have a lot of co-workers who do.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points." --Knute Rockne

by abba7 on Feb 7, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions

Adrian Peterson does!

The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.

by Grime on Feb 8, 2012 7:40 AM CST up reply actions

I am sure they have something better than that.

by Bjorno on Feb 9, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions

I might be mistaking but...

The Patriots made the Super Bowl. They won the AFC. If the football gods hated them they wouldn’t have made the playoffs. And like NMVike said there are no more defensive signs. The Giants won because they were a better team. An honestly, I would have traded the season they had for what we had. I dunno, maybe I’m the only one…

by Adam Sorum on Feb 7, 2012 12:54 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

If the football Gods hated them they would have replaced Bellicheck with Childress

Here’s my question if this is all about Karma what the hell did the Vikings do? take a crap in Jesus’s frappuccino?

The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.

by Grime on Feb 8, 2012 7:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin.

Get over it.

"I wanted to do it because it's fun, it's fun to do bad things and drive into a car."

by PurplePeopleEaters on Feb 7, 2012 12:59 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Combining Volatile Subjects

Nothing like throwing James, Patriots and cheating in to the fire. First James Harrison sitting at home pissing and moaning about someone else is par for the course. Unfortunalely all my kids were born in upstate New York and are all Giants fans, (so I get alot of crap from them), but watching Bill “I’m a Pompous Ass” Belichick get his ass handed to him is good. Regardless if everyone is cheating it makes for good discussion.

by BleedPurple60 on Feb 7, 2012 2:08 PM CST reply actions

Both SB's losses were close

If they had won, Patriots would be after Spygate: 6-2 in playoffs (a 75% record) 2-0 in SB rendering spygate a moot point.

It’d only hurt more if Patriots had never won a SB.

ANY team would take 2 SB appearances and 8 games in the playoffs.

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by VikesFanSince1967 on Feb 8, 2012 11:07 AM CST reply actions