Why would Tom Brady request the balls be under inflated?

Feb 5, 2018
9:02:03pm

chirocoug All-American

Because it improves his performance. The other QB is not used to playing with a ball that is not pressured at league specifications.

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Does it change Brady’s status as far as the GOAT if he goes 5-3 instead of 6-2?

mosterlow

2/3/18 6:18pm

No. He’s the best ever no matter what happens from here on out

YIsForBrigham

2/3/18 6:20pm

No he has arguably done more with less, in the salary cap era, than any other

Cabadapeste

2/3/18 6:22pm

Nope. It's cemented now

TNT

2/3/18 6:24pm

No. That's a lot of Super Bowl appearances. It will be hard to ever top it.

Belboz

2/3/18 6:32pm

He's 40. He could have retired last year and nobody would have thought less.

Left Shark Coug

2/3/18 6:37pm

No, because he wouldn't be the best either way based on that criteria. That honor belongs to

Pimpin4Paradise

2/3/18 6:44pm

Always an astrix for me due to cheating and deflategate

chirocoug

2/3/18 6:44pm

SPOTD, or maybe the week. Or maybe the month.

Hank Rearden

2/3/18 6:46pm

Or maybe ever

BigYfan

2/3/18 7:22pm

I could literally refute every single point you mentioned but you clearly have

Cabadapeste

2/3/18 6:57pm

The deflategate scandal is so overblown.

eddog

2/3/18 7:04pm

For me, it's not the actual deflating of footballs.

Lance71

2/3/18 7:16pm

so a guy who speeds on the freeway should be watched cautiously.

Belboz

2/3/18 7:41pm

Jerry Rice admits to cheating. No one cares.

Belboz

2/3/18 7:34pm

Aren't there laws in place forbidding you to overinflate your tires?

russkiejedi

2/3/18 8:20pm

playing in the NBA with an untucked shirt is still against rules too.

Belboz

2/4/18 8:12am

and remember when it was against the rules to play ncaa bball

Belboz

2/4/18 8:14am

Wearing an untucked shirt doesn't compared with altering the outcome of a game

chirocoug

2/5/18 11:41am

What's the opponents disadvantage here?

VACOUGFAN

2/5/18 1:57pm

Why would Tom Brady request the balls be under inflated?

chirocoug

2/5/18 9:02pm

LOL. And yet he's gotten better since he was "caught"

VACOUGFAN

2/5/18 9:36pm

You realize each team produces their own balls for the refs to check, right?

VACOUGFAN

2/5/18 9:37pm

Every team get their footballs broken in how their QB likes them

mosterlow

2/5/18 10:11pm

Why are there rules about inflation at all? Why is it as regulated as it seems

russkiejedi

2/6/18 6:58am

I have no idea, every qb is against it, so I assume there used to be a lot of

mosterlow

2/6/18 9:32am

You haters need to step up your game. Clinging to the silly deflategate just

VACOUGFAN

2/5/18 10:38pm

Deflating wasn’t cheating, recording Super Bowl opponents practices was

mosterlow

2/5/18 10:44pm

Except that never happened.

VACOUGFAN

2/5/18 11:43pm

RE: Except that never happened.

mosterlow

2/6/18 10:58am

When the Patriots are penalized for cheating

chirocoug

2/6/18 10:51am

Tell me again how deflating the balls affects the other qb.

VACOUGFAN

2/6/18 10:56am

Physics professors at the time explained to ESPN

chirocoug

2/6/18 11:42am

Exactly, because who would know more about throwing a football than a

mosterlow

2/6/18 11:48am

Except you JUST said the other team wouldn't be used to the deflated balls.

VACOUGFAN

2/6/18 11:50am

And what has Brady done since it was discovered that he was "cheating"?

VACOUGFAN

2/6/18 11:53am

Lost his third Superbowl

chirocoug

2/6/18 3:50pm

Wow, you are a bitter negative man. Let it go. He's won 5.

Fatalplacebo

2/6/18 3:55pm

Who’s John?

mosterlow

2/6/18 3:59pm

hahaha... I didn't even notice that. John Kelly. We're dealing with a mental

VACOUGFAN

2/6/18 4:01pm

Oooh it's Jim. They don't teach name pronunciation in back-cracking school.

Fatalplacebo

2/6/18 4:16pm

RE: Why would Tom Brady request the balls be under inflated?

Fatalplacebo

2/5/18 11:37pm

Bwahahahahaha

VACOUGFAN

2/3/18 8:59pm

This is hilarious. Comedy gold.

Accipiter

2/5/18 9:46pm

Hahahaha...please tell me this was sarcasm!!

texbird33

2/6/18 4:08pm

No.

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