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Does any of that give him more than 37 passes with the eagles?
Cause you could have quoted yourself if you wanted to post irrelevant shhh to what I said
"Everyone"
"Everybody"
Actually, this is a cold weather thing when the ball gets harder to grip and catch..
Yup. Everyone does it.
Does everyone do it?
This something you personally know?
Wonder why the "ex-eagles" QB didn't just come out and say the eagles did it too.. or where are the 2 QBs who threw more passes than him that season to comment?
Everyone film the practices of other teams too?
I'm more inclined to believe these guys. The seem like reputable sources.
Joe Theismann
“I knew I’d be asked a lot of questions, start to do a lot of interviews. And instead of pre-supposing what something might feel like or what it may do, I decided to go out to ******** Park and see what a ball felt like at 13 PSI, versus 11…. You really have to push it to feel the difference in it. It’s negligible, as far as I’m concerned…. A rules violation, yes, but not that big a deal.”
Shaun King
“This entire thing is a complete witch hunt, and I support and back Bill Belichick 100 percent. The ball selection is between the quarterback and the head equipment trainer.”
Boomer Esiason
“It really does seem totally ridiculous that this story has been blown so far out of proportion. If you look at the footballs that the quarterbacks are playing with and throwing for the last six or seven years, just realize that everybody is doing the same thing.”
Rich Gannon
“Ask any quarterback, and this is a non-issue. Everybody does something to them. It’s like a pitcher, he wants the ball a certain way. Take Tiger Woods, you wouldn’t tell him after he’s been hitting a 10.5 degree loft all week with a certain ball that, ‘Hey, now we’re going to switch your ball out.’ That’s his thing, and it’s that specific feel that you want. That football is how we make our living and it sounds crazy, but it’s a sacred thing. It’s got to be a certain way.”
Steve Young
“I would say throwing a deflated football is of no advantage. Personally, I wouldn’t want to throw a deflated football. But there’s no advantage for me. If you look at a quarterback’s performance, I struggle to see how underinflated footballs are changing the way you play…. The issue fundamentally is that there’s a rule — officials check the footballs. And somebody had to go in after the league did their checks and nefariously take some air out of those footballs. It begs the question, ‘Why would you?’ And who would go in afterwards and do it? And with the Patriots Spygate history, they needed to be perfect.”
Jim Miller
“Every team doctors the football, every quarterback around the league is scuffing the balls up to make sure they’re broken in…. I would hate a deflated football or an overinflated football. It’s like the three bears from Goldilocks and the porridge. As a quarterback, you want your football inflated just right. This is more about ‘Oh, here goes Bill Belichick and the Patriots again.’ It is about conspiracy theories. People perceive Belichick is just thumbing his nose at the league again.”
And since you don't seem to do well with reading.. yes, people do it.. no, not everyone does it.. the important folks get to determine that.. a dude who threw 37 passes with zero starts every for the eagles, which was 3rd on the team that season, wouldn't determine that
I wonder. Who knows what he saw in that locker room to make him speak out?
I guess it's just alleged at this point. My guess is that it was more likely than not though.
Y’all getting at it
Also, as I said above, seems rather odd that he is being described as an "ex-eagles"
I thought that too. Makes me wonder why they'd connect the doctoring of footballs and the Eagles in the same article, especially when he didn't end his career there
Since you found quotes you thought were cute and all
Not as cute as those Cheatriots memes.
IATT going in lol
You got quotes about everyone video taping their opponents' practices too?
This is exactly how I was told to do it 18 years ago by a Kansas City Chiefs scout. I tried it, but I didn't think it helped us. Bill Belichick was wrong because he videotaped signals after a memo was sent out to all teams saying not to do it. But what irritates me is hearing some reactions from players and coaches.
These players don't know what their coaches are doing, and some of the coaches have selective amnesia because I know for a fact there were various teams doing this. That's why the memo was sent to everybody. That doesn't make Belichick right, but a lot of teams are doing this.