Patriots Had Cheated Before On FGs; Jets Warned Officials

[RockaFowler]

http://deadspin.com/patriots-had-cheated-before-on-fgs-jets-warned-officia-1449260023



You're looking at a screengrab from last weeks' New England win over the Saints, shared by the Globe's Ben Volin. On a New Orleans field goal attempt, rookie tackle Chris Jones is pushing Will Svitek into the offensive lineman. It's the same illegal move, with the same two players, that got the Pats flagged against the Jets last night. This was a designed play, and the Jets reportedly knew it was coming—and alerted officials to look for it.

[madinmaryland]

1. Belicheat and the Cheatriots. nt

[joeybee12]

2. What a load of shit...if you look at the comments section, you see a video of the Jits

doing the same exact thing...fuck you haters.

[trumad]

4. hey. ...a rule is a rule.

Kind of like no taping.

[hughee99]

7. Or the tuck rule...

that everyone was pissed about when it was enforced.

[hughee99]

5. I actually saw it a good bit in the 4pm games once I started looking for it.

Here's the one from the comments section.


I wonder if the Ravens are pissed. Good kick by Suisham, though.

[madinmaryland]

6. fuck off

[chelsea0011]

3. I guarantee you will never see this call made again at the end of a game so a team

gets a shorter field goal for a win. And, if it is ever called again it will happen in the middle of the first period between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars.

[RagAss]

9. You got that right.

This call was made to keep the New York market from going to sleep in October. With the Giants season in the crapper, the league needed the Jets alive to keep the TV sets on in the biggest market in the country.
A child can see that.

[Goblinmonger]

11. Yes, it couldn't possibly be that the Patriots were breaking the rules

The officials say they warned the Patriots before to not do this and they still did.

No...can't be that. It must be a conspiracy to make NY happy.

[joeybee12]

13. Yeah, where'd you pull that shit from? The officials warned the Pats?

Makes shit up much? The jist did it, then tell the refs to look for the Pats doing it...the height of hypocrisy. Oh, how are your Vikings doing?

[Goblinmonger]

14. Wow. Your response to what I'm saying is to make a Vikings cut?

Well, you proved your point, didn't you. Yes, because the team I follow in the NFL sucks I must be wrong about the Patriots. Makes perfect fucking sense.

Or, it could be that they actually did warn them.

[mythology]

8. Shocking, a worthless piece of filth like Belichek cheats again

The league didn't do nearly enough to punish the Patriots after the last time. Just an entirely classless organization.

[TomClash]

10. Quentin Coples says hello

And Jones' stunt didn't affect the play. In fact, that stunt never affects the play. Ever. That's why it hadn't been called. Ever. Even when Coples did it moments earlier on Gost's tying field goal.

[RagAss]

12. True....It's been a common rush technique on kicks since the 1960's !

But let's call it now...can't have Tom Brady win a comeback victory two weeks in a row can we ?

[Goblinmonger]

15. It wasn't a rule until this year.

NFL makes a rule just to make sure Brady doesn't get two comeback victories. Do you Boston fans seriously think the fucking world revolves around you this much?

[Berlum]

16. Hey now, they don't call it The Hub for nuttin