Brad Hoover: "The Patriots Cheated"

[Mr. Scot]

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As the Panthers try to win their first championship in franchise history, players from the team that lost in the Panthers’ previous Super Bowl appearance think they got cheated.

The latest ex-Panther to say so is Brad Hoover, who said on 610 WFNZ that he thinks the Patriots spied on the Panthers and knew their game plan.

“Can I prove they cheated? No. But deep down in my heart, I think they did,” Hoover said.

Hoover said the Panthers were shocked by the way the Patriots knew their offense in the first half, and so they made wholesale changes at halftime, and in the second half the Patriots didn’t know what was coming.

“At halftime, we changed our whole offensive game plan, and that’s one of the advantages of having that long intermission,” Hoover said. “How did they know what we were doing? The play in the second half was a lot different. We were able to put a lot more points on the board and I think that’s a part of it.”

PFT: Ex-Panther Brad Hoover still believes the Patriots cheated

[Datawire]

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooveeerrrrrrrrrr

[Donald LaFell]

Well it does no good to say it, but I don't think I've heard a lot of previous SB losers accuse the other team of that stuff 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Donald LaFell said:

Well it does no good to say it, but I don't think I've heard a lot of previous SB losers accuse the other team of that stuff 

With the Patriots, there's actual evidence.

[Khyber53]

Playing the Patriots in the Super B owl is a lot like trying to take out Triple H for the WWE world title. You don't have to take out just Triple H, but you're up against management, the ref, all their buddies who can jump into the ring, the time limit, the announcers and sometimes even your own team that will turncoat on you.

Oh yeah, and you can't lose the title by disqualification, so even if they get busted, there's no real punishment. 

Whether it is taping practices, deflating balls or getting hit upside the head with a folding metal chair, Triple B (Bad Bill Belichick) has it stacked in his favor. 

[PizzaTheHutt]

it would have been a lot bigger of a narrative if we were playing them again this week. I mean I agree with him for obvious reasons, but it doesn't change anything unfortunately. Forget it, Hoov. It's Chinatown. 

(very old movie reference) 

[Skydivingcows]

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Hoover said the Panthers were shocked by the way the Patriots knew their offense in the first half, and so they made wholesale changes at halftime, and in the second half the Patriots didn’t know what was coming.

“At halftime, we changed our whole offensive game plan, and that’s one of the advantages of having that long intermission,” Hoover said. “How did they know what we were doing? The play in the second half was a lot different. We were able to put a lot more points on the board and I think that’s a part of it.”

Yep.  I remember thinking the halves were completely different shortly after the game ended.  I bet the announcers say something about it during the game too.  The first half was the most boring game ever and the 2nd half was probably one of the most entertaining halves of SB history.  Something just didn't seem right about it at the time.  I just assumed the NFL was rigged until Spygate came out.  Once I heard about Spygate I figured the coaches knew something was up and changed the playbook at halftime and the Patriots had to change it up and weren't as prepared.  Nice to see my thoughts on that part are confirmed.

It has certainly made me wonder "what if" spygate hadn't occurred.  We had a very solid team back then and with a SB ring things may have been very different the past decade.

 

[Khyber53]

19 minutes ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

Always cheated. I'm suprised Brady hasn't cheated on Gisele.

He's certainly had his balls deflated a time or two during the season.

[Frizzy350]

Uhhhh didn't our oline cheat and get caught juicing up that year?

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Really hope Patriots make it back to the big game next year and we are there waiting for them.

[L-TownCat]

Common knowledge at this point but it feels good to have the guys back up our assertions that NE stole our game plan and used it to their advantage.

 

did we have 5 men on a 52 man roster use PEDs? Yes and they were punished.

what punishment did the patriots get? Oh yeah a trophy, parade, heaps of national praise and 24/7 dick riding.  Poor guys...

[CatMan72]

Buckner said we used alignments in the game we hadn't used all year and the Pats were calling the play out.

[Khyber53]

19 minutes ago, Frizzy350 said:

Uhhhh didn't our oline cheat and get caught juicing up that year?

Our punter did... the frikkin' punter.

[Don137]

I think Goodell handing such a harsh punishment to Brady for deflategate was an indication to me that there was a lot more incriminating evidence from spygate than what was revealed publicly. Goodell probably told the Patriots to keep it clean or next time the punishment will be excessive. When deflategate happened Goodell followed through on his promise but could never say why.

The Patriots cheating in the Super Bowl against the Panthers  would be a good reason for Goodell to give a harsh deflategate punishment. Goodell would never want to say the Patriots cheating affected Super Bowl outcomes because that would ruin the integrity of the league.