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FRPLG · 09-13-2007, 11:01 PM

I have heard a lot of excuses from media types about how this is blown out of proportion because it isn't much of an advantage or that it couldn't be used much in game because of the play clock. That is BS. This is the freaking NFL. These guys live the game. They can glance at a formation and tell precisely what 3 plays the team can run out of it without even thinking. I believe strongly that they had the ability to tape and decipher in a relatively easy fashion. And to contend that it didn't give them much of an advantage is is silly. In this league the difference between 12-4 and 4-12 is probably 20 plays a year for many teams. A minute advantage takes an incomplete pass or sack and turns it into a 20 yard pass. The knowledge gained, while potentially very small in scope, has huge advantages. Tell every QB in the league exactly what play the D is running and where the pressure will be and that QB will run up 40 points on the D plain and simple. The NFL today is about play deception. The strategies are just so complex and exhaustive now that they essentially counter balance each on on D and O. The last bastion of strategic advantage is in disguise and deception. Take that away and that team is going to get beat.

09-13-2007, 11:01 PM	#5
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Why would Belichik do this??? I have heard a lot of excuses from media types about how this is blown out of proportion because it isn't much of an advantage or that it couldn't be used much in game because of the play clock. That is BS. This is the freaking NFL. These guys live the game. They can glance at a formation and tell precisely what 3 plays the team can run out of it without even thinking. I believe strongly that they had the ability to tape and decipher in a relatively easy fashion. And to contend that it didn't give them much of an advantage is is silly. In this league the difference between 12-4 and 4-12 is probably 20 plays a year for many teams. A minute advantage takes an incomplete pass or sack and turns it into a 20 yard pass. The knowledge gained, while potentially very small in scope, has huge advantages. Tell every QB in the league exactly what play the D is running and where the pressure will be and that QB will run up 40 points on the D plain and simple. The NFL today is about play deception. The strategies are just so complex and exhaustive now that they essentially counter balance each on on D and O. The last bastion of strategic advantage is in disguise and deception. Take that away and that team is going to get beat.