The NFL’s Annus Horribilis

2:30 am EST September 15th, 2007 | News | 6 Comments

In recent memory, I cannot think of a worse series of incidents in the NFL. First there were all those arrests in Cincinnati, then Pacman Jones’ run-ins with the law, then of course Michael Vick and now the modern incarnation of “America’s Team”, the Patriots, turn out to be a bunch of cheaters. It’s kind of weird, frankly, and it sort of reminds you of Nixon. The Patriots are a very talented team with knowledgeable coaches. Like Nixon’s plumbers breaking into the Watergate when he was going to win the election anyway, the cheating by the Patriots is just weird and makes them and the league look stupid.

Now we just need a steroid scandal, a murder, and a sexual indiscretion in order to touch all the modern bases and cause commissioner Roger Goodell to commit suicide.

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6 Responses to “The NFL’s Annus Horribilis”

  1. SaveFarris says:
    September 15, 2007 at 8:32 am

    Steroids: check.
    Sexual Indiscretion: double check
    Murder: when does Rae Carruth get out?

    It’s been tough for every sport recently: Tim Donagy, Greg Oden, Rick Ankiel… There may be hope for hockey yet!

  2. OxyCon says:
    September 15, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    I remember watching my Eagles play the Patriots in the Super Bowl and thinking at the time that it sure looked as though the Patriots knew what play the Eagles were going to run in advance. Tedy Bruschi just happened to run instantly right where the play was going everytime.
    But when McNabb went no huddle, they were unstoppable
    Looking back now, I know the Patriots cheated.

  3. buddhabrad says:
    September 15, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Let’s not forget that court documents named Belichick as the other man in New Jersey couple’s divorce a year ago.

    Turns out Belichick was banging a secretary from the Giants front office, who just happened to be married.

    The dude has no morals.

  4. SpiderJ says:
    September 15, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Oxycon -

    Except: Offensive signals are relayed directly to the QB via helmet radio. There’s no real way for the Pats to have stolen those by pointing a camera. Defensive signals, however, are relayed to the sidelines and from there to the D.

    I don’t know if, when, or how often the Patriots cheated outside of this incident, but you accusation doesn’t hold up in court.

  5. Steve says:
    September 15, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    No murder yet, Oliver, but OJ’s back in the news…

  6. Sabutai says:
    September 16, 2007 at 1:31 am

    The Patriots thing isn’t a football Watergate…it’s the football equivalent of getting a copy of your opponent’s campaign literature half an hour before the lit drop begins. But it gives the losers a chance to claim that every game lost to the Patriots was because of some shmuck pointing a videocamera at the opposite sidelines. Like this guy who thinks that Bruschi benefits from knowing a team’s defensive signals.