Lapras and Taylor's NFL 2014 chat thread

This is getting more and more weird. The first reports said Jackson noticed the ball felt deflated. There needs to be a statement from the NFL badly.


When Colts linebacker D'Qwell Jackson intercepted a pass in the first half of Sunday's game, he had plenty of reasons to keep that football. After all, it happened during the AFC Championship Game.Tom Brady threw it. And it was his first postseason pick of a nine-year career.

One reason he didn't keep it? Air pressure.

"I wanted that ball as a souvenir!" Jackson told NFL Media during a phone conversation Thursday.

Eventually, Jackson hopes he will indeed get the football back. But for now, it remains in the possession of the NFL, which is investigating whether the Patriots deliberately deflated the ball to gain an advantage.

Until Jackson gets it back, though, he at least wants to make something very clear: He did not intend to prompt the investigation. Jackson says he actually did not find out about the controversy until he was being driven home from the team's charter plane after the Colts had arrived in Indianapolis.

"I wouldn't know how that could even be an advantage or a disadvantage," Jackson said. "I definitely wouldn't be able to tell if one ball had less pressure than another."

Jackson also said he holds no bitter feelings toward the Patriots -- nor does he feel his team was cheated -- if indeed New England deliberately deflated the footballs.

"It wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game," Jackson said. "They outplayed us. We didn't match their intensity. I don't feel slighted at all personally. They created turnovers, they ran the ball on us. They won that game because of their intensity -- not the pressure of a football."

Jackson does, however, recall one interesting moment during the first half that has something to do with the latest controversy. He recalls, during a television timeout, there was an especially long delay that prompted him to approach an official.


The game official mentioned something about their efforts to locate a usable football. Shortly after, Jackson noticed that the Patriotswere using the Colts' footballs late in the first half. Jackson said it was odd to him that New England couldn't find a football to use, especially in the AFC Championship Game.

But he never understood that what he was witnessing what would indeed be the beginnings of a controversy that has engulfed the sports world since.

"I mean, Anderson Cooper asked my agent if I could come on his show," Jackson said. "I'm honored that he wants to talk to me, I guess, but I really just wanted my souvenir from a special accomplishment in my career."



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000462315/article/dqwell-jackson-footballs-didnt-change-outcome

Oh and Cove what does he say that all the other players interviewed say?

 

Cheating is endemic in almost every sport, I feel this is going to be hard to prove unless someone comes out and says "yes I deflated the ball"

 

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say... "I did not hit my kid/wife with my hand or a switch?"

 

Haha, that's the second most popular thing for them to say now.

 

NBC now reporting the refs did not weigh or check the footballs before the match. All they did was the old feel test. This whole thing is a mess.

 

Man this whole thing is blowing up in the NFL's face.
It's all very touchy feely on this subject though...
I hope the refs don't buckle under this pressure in the SB
But I really think Goodell needs to get a grip on the situation
This story is getting inflated beyond proportions now
The media shouldn't weigh in this much and should just let it go
I mean, only people with a bad tamper get this frustrated

 

I'm still puzzled why Matt Ryan is in the Pro Bowl, couldn't Cam Newton, Kaepernick, Roethlisberger one of the two Mannings make it?

 

Why is Dalton there.... Why is John Kuhn there?? After all there were more productive FBs than him but it seems that his popularity in Wisconsin seems to have won through.

 

Just bought my (well I will share) Super Bowl feast.

1x Stone bake: All the meats pizza.
1x Stone bake: BBQ Chicken pizza.
1x Pringles Paprika
1x Pringles Original
2x Original Doritos
3x Dips
1x Rustler BBQ rib.
1x Rustler Big Mac.
2x Pork Scratchings.
2x Haribo Sours.
4x Cookies.

Beer and Coke.

Now I am ready!

 

You'll weigh as much as the average American after eating all that

Super Bowl, sponsored by Pepsi. But because I want to make a statement on Goodell's poor handling of all the scandals this year... I'll get meself a coke!

 

First Sunday with no NFL since September - this is weird!

 

Detoxing badly here, 6 months till the next game...

 

Top 25 Free Agents this off season:

1. Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions defensive tackle
2. Justin Houston, Kansas City Chiefs pass rusher
3. Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver
4. Demaryius Thomas, Denver Broncos wide receiver
5. Jason Pierre-Paul, New York Giants defensive end
6. Julius Thomas, Denver Broncos tight end
7. Mike Iupati, San Francisco 49ers guard
8. Randall Cobb, Green Bay Packers wide receiver
9. Devin McCourty, New England Patriots safety
10. DeMarco Murray, Dallas Cowboys running back
11. Jerry Hughes, Buffalo Bills pass rusher
12. Jason Worilds, Pittsburgh Steelers pass rusher
13. Jared Odrick, Miami Dolphins defensive tackle
14. Pernell McPhee, Baltimore Ravens pass rusher
15. Terrance Knighton, Denver Broncos defensive tackle
16. Jeremy Maclin, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver
17. Brandon Graham, Philadelphia Eagles pass rusher
18. Torrey Smith, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver
19. Greg Hardy, Carolina Panthers pass rusher*
20. Byron Maxwell, Seattle Seahawks cornerback
21. C.J. Spiller, Buffalo Bills running back
22. Nick Fairley, Detroit Lions defensive tackle
23. Brandon Flowers, San Diego Chargers cornerback
24. Brian Orakpo, Washington Redskins pass rusher
25. Jordan Cameron, Cleveland Browns tight end

That's a very impressive list. If one team would be able to get Bryant, Demaryius Thomas and Maclin, that would be an awesome offense.

 

Easily the better QB out of the two though. It's a horrible situation to be in though as he could be the next Ryan Leaf.