I saw a player trying to gut it out with an injury that prevented him from doing what he normally does and taking a beating because he was missing his starting OT's while playing an elite fron 7. As long as they can repair the turf toe he'll be fine otherwise. He doesn't rack up hits when he has 2 good feet.
Or the huge INT Rodgers threw which actually was a blatant PI. Damn near pulled his shoulder pad out of his jersey in the middle of the field but somehow it was missed. Such a legend has been built on cheating there that refs just can't believe he can be beat so he does get a lot of benefit of the doubt it seems.
If you mean if he was a Fin and the Fins set up Spygate for 20 years to account for a long career of winning we'd love him, you are probably right about some of us, just as cheatriots fans find crazy arguments to rationalize their cheating. I can say in all honesty that I would no longer be a fan of the team and would have moved on in 2007. This isn't some guy using sticky stuff on his hands, it is a system wide operation that almost always affects the outcome of a game. Knowing signals is a whole other level that ruins competition. I find it hard to look past that. I actually used to get a lot of Patriots on my TV, back before big cable packages, so I always did root for them, although not when it came down to them or the Fins getting into the playoffs or head to head obviously. But I remember being all for them winning. Didn't like them winning on the "Tuck" play, but otherwise I was impressed, especially with the second SB win when they won with Antowain Smith as their running back. But once I found out they were cheating, and even more so when I looked into the extent to which they had probably been doing it, I was turned off and can only enjoy when bad things happen to anyone associated with their success. Now, quick, someone tell us everyone cheats or some other typical pats fan rationalization.
If you mean if he was a Fin and the Fins set up Spygate for 20 years to account for a long career of winning we'd love him, you are probably right about some of us, just as cheatriots fans find crazy arguments to rationalize their cheating. I can say in all honesty that I would no longer be a fan of the team and would have moved on in 2007. This isn't some guy using sticky stuff on his hands, it is a system wide operation that almost always affects the outcome of a game. Knowing signals is a whole other level that ruins competition. I find it hard to look past that. I actually used to get a lot of Patriots on my TV, back before big cable packages, so I always did root for them, although not when it came down to them or the Fins getting into the playoffs or head to head obviously. But I remember being all for them winning. Didn't like them winning on the "Tuck" play, but otherwise I was impressed, especially with the second SB win when they won with Antowain Smith as their running back. But once I found out they were cheating, and even more so when I looked into the extent to which they had probably been doing it, I was turned off and can only enjoy when bad things happen to anyone associated with their success. Now, quick, someone tell us everyone cheats or some other typical pats fan rationalization.
I believe if he had not operated with the Spygate help, you and the rest of us would not know his name. He would have likely washed out of the league as another 6th rounder who never got a real chance. Smart guy, but even smart guys had to weather the learning curve and right or wrong, if you are not a guy with a high pick investment, you don't get the amount of time to prove yourself and develop that a high pick gets.
