Tom Brady - Beneficiary of Patriot cheating?

Question

I find it funny that the sportscasters and journalists are bashing the Pats, questioning the validity of their Super Bowl runs, and otherwise being harsh on the team and the coaches, but nobody seems to want to touch the Golden Boy, Brady.

Has he been so good all this time because he knew what the defenses were going to do? You have to believe it has had some degree of effect on his performance.

Um, marines, the QB's have radios in their helmets where they get the plays called into. All it would take is the guy calling in the plays to be sitting next to the guy who has the defensive signals figured out. The guy calls in the play to Brady, "36 foxtrot flare right snowball. Corner blitz." for Brady to know the corner blitz is coming. And for Missy, even if Brady wasn't told of the corner blitz, the play could be called to exploit it.

True, I could not go out there and execute the pass to the receiver who is being covered by an OLB due to the blitz. But someone with very good talent, like Brady, would be given a boost to his performance and his stats by knowing what's coming.

If Ken Griffey knew the what pitch was coming, he'd hit .400. I'd still hit about .050, but Griffey would see a definite boost in his stats.

Thanks, no_nickname. A perfect example of another story not even coming close to mentioning Brady's name.

The 'all part of the game' defense sickens me. It is all part of the game to cork a bat? Cheating is cheating. If something is against the rules, you shouldn't do it. If there is no rule against it, but people are using it (like putting in a slick ball), the league should look into it (and they did). In the early 1900, when men used to always wear shirts and jackets, people sitting in the outfield behind the bleachers would take off their coats when the opposing team would come up to bat, to make it harder to see the white ball against the backdrop of their white shirts. Then, they'd put their dark coats back on when the home team is up. Take a look at every baseball stadium today. They fixed that aspect of 'cheating'.
There was a rule against videotaping, and the Pats violated it.

Answer 1

look all quaterbacks have to be able to read a defense right.
now think of it like this.... is a he gonna have time to look at the defensive coodinater inturprite what he is signaling make the adjustment and exicute the play on the time that they have....
i dont think so he would have to proccess info faster the a computer. yes brady is that good.
if that was the case then you would have to question every qb that can make the decisions that they do.
like peyton manning, drew brees, bret farve dan marino and so on the list goes on

Answer 2

No, I firmly believed that the players didn't know what was going on as far as knowing the other teams defenses, so I don't think that Tom Brady was cheating. I hate Brady, but the fact of the matter is Brady still had to throw the ball, and the running back still had to run the ball, and the receiver still had to catch the ball. Yes, if you know the defensive play then you can adjust accordingly, but at the same, the skill of the players have to be there. You couldn't put, say an average Joe in the line up and expect the same results. The Pats had a quarterback before Brady, with Belinchick, and he wasn't as good, so as much as I hate Tom Brady, I do have to conceed that he is that good!

Answer 3

He no doubt knew what the defense was going to do, why else hasn't he had that pretty face of his smashed into the ground? He's a good quaterback, but he's no elway or marino, I guess thats what they teach players at UM, how to cheat the system.

Answer 4

Mr. brady play for Michigan so he want it like to cheat

Answer 5

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-historynflcheating&prov=yhoo&type=lgns