• silverwhisper said on Nov 01, 2007....

  absolutely & utterly class-less. it's also stupid.
  
  let's begin w/ the spying, which puts into question the legitimacy of the patriots records through the belichick era. obviously, the pats organization doesn't care about whether or not they have to play by the rules. but in addition to that comes this stat-padding business. it's unsportsmanlike, and this just means that when an opposing db hits a pats receiver or TE, they're gonna hit him. and pray that belichick never calls a QB sneak, b/c those d-linemen are gonna do their best to clean brady's clock.
  
  but it's also stupid. 1) it's an increased chance of injury and in the final quarter when you're up 4 TDs, the other team cannot possibly come back in 15 mins of football so rest the starters, don't risk a season-ending injury like a ACL tear; 2) most of the star player contracts are incentive-loaded so letting them pad their stats puts you in an even worse position re: the salary cap.
  
  JMHO.
  
  ed

• Eilan said on Nov 01, 2007....

  I wouldn't be surprised to see a team try to take Brady out at some point.
  
  I pay more attention to college football than the NFL, but I think that college coaches who run up the score are pretty much without class.  Geez, after a point, call off the dogs, let the subs get some playing time, and save the starters for when they're needed.  For the Pats, that would be this weekend.
  
  Beyond that, I grew up in a Cleveland Browns household, so I'm required to hate  Belichick.  And Brady's from that team up north.
  
  Um, go Colts?
  

• crybabylu said on Nov 04, 2007....

  I like the patriots.....dee

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