I was not a fan of the Williams hire, either, but he 'did his time,' so to speak, and he suffered a black eye for his actions. He was punished, in fact, much more severely than Belicheat was for his videotape shenanigans which, if I were to guess, were extremely egregious otherwise why destroy the evidence?
I think that some teams cheat; not all, some. But I think the level of cheating that goes on in New England has been elevated to an art form.
That is why I think Brady can sound so incredulous when quizzed about the deflation -- he's thinking, "That's not cheating," because in HIS and Beli-cheat's world, it is small potatoes. Do they rely on Ernie Adams to relay what the other team is going to be doing next? Do they have a dedicated wireless system that goes only to Brady's helmet and can be operated, undetected by others, until just prior to the snap? I wonder? Why are they always ahead of the game? Why are they never surprised no matter what the play being run against them? Why is their win streak -- especially at Gillette -- such a statistical anomaly that it defies imagination? Something is going on; that much is sure.
And, no, I would not support the Rams if I knew that they had cheated. The only one a cheat really cheats is himself or herself and those who believe in him or her or it, in the case of a team. That is not the way I try to live my life. The Rams have been so bad, historically, that no one could have really blamed them if they had tried to cheat but, at least, as far as we know, the teams' numerous head coaches shared two important attributes: INTEGRITY and a SENSE OF FAIR PLAY.
