Redsox Nation's Blog

Cheating Pats is meaningless

 

    The accusation of the patriots cheating during the regular season game has opened up numerous conversations about how long they have been doing it. The Eagles thought the Pats cheated against them in a 24-21 victory, with no evidence other than what they believe was "always knowing their plays" and “They threw an unbelievable amount of screen passes that game.  The Pittsburg Steelers accused the Patriots of cheating against them in two of their AFC title games with no evidence at all. Simply stating they went in at half time and came out and seemed to know all our plays. How about you lost the game because the Patriots played better the entire game, and chose not to play one half football like many teams out there.      Why I think this is ridiculous is because it takes a team to beat a team. Yes having an advantage can help dictate how a team does during the game but it won’t ultimately determine who wins and how loses. The fact that all these team are now coming out and using the recent situation with the patriots as a scapegoat for their past loses is not only stupid but its just pointless.  There’s no way of proving anything, you got beat, plain and simple.  This type of cheating has been around in the NFL for a long time, the Patriots are the ones to get caught and will get penalized just fully so. But for other teams to tarnish the Pats previous Super Bowl victories is just unfair.  A team has a QB to disguise counts and plays and can even change plays at the line if he thinks the Defense is on to them. The Defense has a defensive captain who is in charge of the same thing.  So to blame a bunch of past loses on the fact that another team may have had an edge during those games, just makes those players and team look stupid.            The Patriots were fined 750 thousand dollars and draft picks to be determined which is fine, but to tarnish their record of the past with no conclusive evidence is the same as accusing Bonds of Steroid use. The Patriots are probably laughing at the fine and the draft pick situation. The Patriots over the years can make a last pick look great and even have players they can trade away for other draft picks if need be.  They can make what seems like a crappy situation look like an amazing one.

NFL's Recent and Past Hardest Hitters.

      I would have to say my all-time one player who could be considered the hardest hitter is someone who isn’t yet completed his career. Ray Lewis but I have provided a list of hard hitters from the past and the present who could be arguably the best hitters of all-time.

      Well if we are talking about recent players here is my list:

1:Ray Lewis: This guy has to be one of the best of all-time. He has the perfect combination of speed and strength. His athletic agility makes him a threat whenever your on the field, he is everywhere some players have been quoted saying.

NFL Dark Horse Teams

        A Dark horse team, a team in which is counted out by others but could surprise most by being a stronger team than assumed to be. I'm going to pick one team from each conference. Most are assuming the Patriots will win the AFC East, Ravens the AFC North, Colts the AFC South and the Chargers the AFC West. As for the Wild card I believe in the AFC this could be up in the air between the Jets who I think are underrated, Cincinnati, and Denver. But I think the team that could stir things up in not only their respected division but also their Conference as far as the Wild card and the playoffs, is the Pittsburg Steelers. With Ben Roethlisberger and his Pittsburgh Steelers team coming off a .500 season last year, with Ben playing one of his worst seasons recorded yet, with a QB rating dropping from the mid 90's to the mid 70's and seeing a spike in his TD to INT ratio in favor of his INT, look for him to rebound along with his team in the upcoming 07-08 season. Along side Willie parker and Hines Ward look for this team to be a unexpected threat in not only the run for better season but a playoff birth.