NFL Training Camp thread!

RedskinJake · 09-09-2015, 04:32 PM

My point isn't so much that "everyone does it" as much as "no one really cares".. unless you are a specific team from the Boston area.

We live in a society today where everyone is told that they are just as good as the other guy so when the other guy is beating them, then cheating is the obvious reason why. Doing those things helps you gain an advantage, sure but the gains are small. BB is competitive. Competitive to a fault. If he can get a .01% advantage doing something he will do it. I respect that. These aren't new ideas in football.. They just haven't been a big deal until it came to a team that wins a lot.

We know for a fact that Jerry Rice used stickum, that other teams have tampered with radios, that other QBs have had air taken out of footballs. None of these things has bothered anyone except when the Patriots were the benefactor. Then all of a sudden people want to believe that those are the reasons they or their team were beat.. There are 1000 variables each week. Gaining a small advantage here or there isn't going to change the outcome of a game nearly as much as everyone thinks.

Taping walkthroughs? OK.. that one is a no-go..

09-09-2015, 04:32 PM	#27
RedskinJake Special Teams Join Date: May 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 319	Re: NFL Training Camp thread! My point isn't so much that "everyone does it" as much as "no one really cares".. unless you are a specific team from the Boston area. We live in a society today where everyone is told that they are just as good as the other guy so when the other guy is beating them, then cheating is the obvious reason why. Doing those things helps you gain an advantage, sure but the gains are small. BB is competitive. Competitive to a fault. If he can get a .01% advantage doing something he will do it. I respect that. These aren't new ideas in football.. They just haven't been a big deal until it came to a team that wins a lot. We know for a fact that Jerry Rice used stickum, that other teams have tampered with radios, that other QBs have had air taken out of footballs. None of these things has bothered anyone except when the Patriots were the benefactor. Then all of a sudden people want to believe that those are the reasons they or their team were beat.. There are 1000 variables each week. Gaining a small advantage here or there isn't going to change the outcome of a game nearly as much as everyone thinks. Taping walkthroughs? OK.. that one is a no-go..

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