How do you like them apples?

By adamg on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 11:44pm

28-21.

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...and apparently aided by

By Mike S on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 11:54pm.

...and apparently aided by the Pats illegally running their radio broadcast between the Steelers coaches, QB & defensive headsets in the 1st quarter.

And ran an illegal shift they (correctly) found that would draw the Steelers off-sides.

But yeah, it's anyone's guess as to why the Pats have a reputation around the league for cheating & playing dirty...

Yeah, the Pats are good at that cheating thing.

By UHub fan on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 5:43am.

For example: it's pretty amazing how they were able to get the NFL to jam the Steeler's headsets, seeing as how the NFL controls that gear, not the Pats. I mean, getting the league to do your dirty work for you like that is really something!

Here we go.

By CopleyScott17 on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 6:51am.

So you apparently think the Patriots are not only cheaters, but idiots.

Because you'd have to be an idiot to try to pull something like RadioGate on opening night, with a national TV audience, and the Patriot-hating announcers ready to pounce on anything with even the slightest appearance of impropriety. Which, of course, on cue, they did.

As for the "illegal shift" -- let me draw your attention to this line in the box score:

Pittsburgh
Penalties (Number-Yards) 8 - 77

New England
Penalties (Number-Yards) 7 - 64

News flash: NFL teams break the rules ALL THE TIME. That's why they have referees and umpires and penalties.

And furthermore

By anon on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 9:22am.

The refs did NOT call a penalty on the alleged illegal shift, so it wasnt illegal after all.

The Patriots were having the

By ZachAndTired on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 7:26am.

The Patriots' headsets were shut off while the issue was happening.
The NFL provided the headsets.
Take off your tin foil hat.

1. The Patriots headsets were

By Mike S on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 9:38am.

1. The Patriots headsets were NOT disabled while this happened. That was an erroneous report that was later corrected.
2. Correct, the NFL provides the headsets. As if it's impossible for a team to jam a radio frequency. Tomlin says this has happened to him repeatedly at Foxboro: http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/09/tomlin-says-steelers-always-have-ra...
3. Right, my (and others) pointing out legitimate issues that somehow always seem to hang over the Pats organization must mean I'm crazy. Many New England fans are truly entering the denial stage nowadays--"everything they say about Brady & my team must be lies because...they're jealous!" doesn't hold up.

Maybe not impossible

By perruptor on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 11:41am.

It is definitely illegal to jam any radio frequency. The FCC actually takes that seriously, and prosecutes people who do it.

Mike S.

By anon on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 11:44am.

Stay away from the football conversations man, you clearly can't hang or you're a fan of one of the many teams the Pats have beat over the years.

Ignorance is bliss:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/11/headset-issues-have-aris...

Also let's not forget about Tomlin CHEATING with such class:
https://youtu.be/xbf_NtYoE1c

Go watch tennis dude.

You're only a "cheater" if

By anon on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 8:33am.

You're only a "cheater" if you cheat and lose

Nice try Mike S

By anon on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 8:48am.

Wrong.

Thanks for coming. NFL fans like you who have no idea what you're talking about are the worst. Go watch tennis - this sport isn't for you.

Never let facts get in the way of a rabid rant Mike

By anon on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 9:21am.

Dear Mike

1) NFL already stated the headphone problem is their fault, which makes sense since they control the headphones.
2) If the shift was illegal, it's up to the refs to call it. The refs viewed it as legal.
3) The Pats are viewed as playing dirty? according to you? references please?

About that reputation...

By lbb on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 10:29am.

Your team cheats. Oh boy, does your team cheat.

Rewind, reverse that

By Sock_Puppet on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 11:08am.

Steelers coaches illegally wiretapping Patriots confidential communication. Why no penalties for that?

While you were obsessing over a flat football

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:53pm.

There are far worse cheaters who have tanked our economy repeatedly and been rewarded with bailouts which they used for bonuses for their fellow cheaters.

And then there are the attempts to block statisticians who have noticed questionable voting machine behavior from getting data to check for larger scale patterns of possible fraudulent returns.

But a flat football is the end of the world.

If you are going to get vexed about cheaters, perhaps you should go big or go home?

Was it this you're looking for?

By MostlyHarmless on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:23am.

IMAGE(http://i.imgur.com/1UeMSQm.gif)

My stars

By cybah on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 8:52am.

There was a patriots game last night?

Yes, and

By lbb on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 10:31am.

...you just wasted another minute of your special snowflake life making sure that we all know that you still don't like football. Thank you for that important information!

seriously

By cybah on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 10:40am.

Go fuck yourself. You really are an asshole.

He might be

By Scumquistador on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 11:27am.

But your comment was still smarmy as fuck

Edit: also this feigned ignorance about a huge regional, and national, event on a god damned news site of all things is priceless

A reminder that we're not all interested in the same stuff

By bostonkid_316 on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:01pm.

The football fanatic and diehard Pats fan inside me dies a little anytime someone is like, "There was a game?" But, then I remember how I felt during the World Cup as someone who has no interest in soccer and couldn't care less, and people kept saying to me, "You love sports and you don't watch the World Cup?!" We don't all like and pay attention to the same stuff--let's just be nice about it to each other :)

Yeah

By Scumquistador on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:17pm.

I dont care about the world cup either but i am not going to pretend i was unaware of it. Do you understand the difference? Did you read my post?

I think

By ElizaLeila on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:28pm.

I think Cybah's sarcasm font is broken.

I have a co-worker whose typical response to all things sports-ball related is "The depth of my apathy cannot be measured."

We laugh and move on.

lol. *walks away whistling*