Karlos Dansby: headset mysteriously malfunctioned in Foxboro

[Iggloo]

Looks like the stories on the Pats* are starting to pour out now:

In 2008, Dansby’s Cardinals faced the Patriots in New England during Week 16 of the 2008 season. The Patriots needed a win to keep their postseason hopes alive. And Dansby said the coach-to-headset communication system, which was first implemented by the NFL in 2008, didn’t function at Gillette Stadium during that snowy day in December.

“My headset was working fine, every game,” Dansby said. “Until the very last game of the year. We get in Foxboro, they couldn’t get my headset fixed, for nothing in the world.”

In that same game, Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also had trouble with his own headset. Leinart’s former backup at USC, Matt Cassel, three for 345 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-7 rout.

“I didn’t have not one problem until I went into Foxboro,” Dansby said. “You can ask anybody on that team that year. We didn’t have no problems with my headset until I got to Foxboro. And, man, I tell you every time I came to the sidelines, taking my helmet off trying to fix it. They was trying to fix it, they couldn’t get it fixed. So we had to give hand signals, and we were dead in the water. They ran when they wanted to run, they threw it when they wanted to throw.”

So I asked if it was accident or something deliberate?

“C’mon, man. C’mon,” Dansby said. “It’s not a secret. They gotta do what they gotta do to win, man. They gonna do what they gotta do to win. It’s just how they operate.”

Dansby suspects foul play from 2008 game in New England | ProFootballTalk

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Oh the out pouring of misdeeds are going to start gushing like a oil drill that just hit a gusher. Pats not smart enough to just take their medicine.

 

[Oldschool739]

Oh the out pouring of misdeeds are going to start gushing like a oil drill that just hit a gusher. Pats not smart enough to just take their medicine.

You know what would be a hoot is if the NFL forced Kraft to sell the team....They would be jumping off of buildings and falling on swords up there in Cheatland.....

 

[Fencer]

Same thing happens in many other stadiums.

I have no idea whether it's deliberate cheating, deliberate negligence (keeping the equipment in top condition), or just a failure to test the equipment the other team will use as carefully as you test your own.

But yes -- it's shady in any case, at least on the level of not having the plumbing in the visitors' locker room work quite right.

 

[SonnyCID]

So many coincidences.

 

[Davis_Mike]

What did the Wells report say about this? There was nothing in there about it? It must mean that it didn't happen...

No smoking gun, no penalty.

It's Patriots version of the Chewbacca defense.

 

[Manster7588]

You know what would be a hoot is if the NFL forced Kraft to sell the team....They would be jumping off of buildings and falling on swords up there in Cheatland.....

LOL at Cheatland.

 

[jarntt]

Looks like the stories on the Pats* are starting to pour out now:

Obviously I have no idea, but I think we may be getting a little carried away now...

 

[trojanfan12]

Same thing happens in many other stadiums.

I have no idea whether it's deliberate cheating, deliberate negligence (keeping the equipment in top condition), or just a failure to test the equipment the other team will use as carefully as you test your own.

But yes -- it's shady in any case, at least on the level of not having the plumbing in the visitors' locker room work quite right.

You must have missed the part where Dansby said he NEVER had a problem with his headset until they got to Foxboro. That is pretty much the opposite of "same thing happens in many other stadiums."

 

[Fencer]

You must have missed the part where Dansby said he NEVER had a problem with his headset until they got to Foxboro. That is pretty much the opposite of "same thing happens in many other stadiums."

Lucky him. It happens to other players in other stadiums.

 

[trojanfan12]

Lucky him. It happens to other players in other stadiums.

Link?

 

[Fencer]

Link?

Are NFL teams hacking helmet headsets?

“The whole drive was a little complicated,” Griffin said afterward. “In practice, every week we always practice me calling the plays in two-minute acting as if the headset goes out. The funny thing was the headset did go out on that drive.”

Wide receiver Santana Moss refused to blame the lack of communication on technology, insinuating foul play by pretending to pull an imaginary plug out of the wall.

Moss also suggested it wasn’t a one-time occurrence.

Many current and former NFL coaches have reported helmet communications failure, and it’s almost always in reference to quarterbacks on the road late in close games. Just last week in Dallas, an odd third-down run call on Tampa Bay’s final series with 2:32 remaining was the result of quarterback Josh Freeman’s helmet malfunctioning. On the road (check). Close game (check). Fourth quarter (check).

 

[trojanfan12]

Are NFL teams hacking helmet headsets?

Wow. Looks like it happens more than I thought.

 

[LambeauLegs]

http://nypost.com/2016/01/17/andy-reids-stadium-complaints-resurface-patriots-conspiracy/

 

[PatsFan2003]

He and Mike Tomlin should compare notes. He's got the time.

 

[Tainthappening]

He and Mike Tomlin should compare notes. He's got the time.

This made me laugh...

Subtle jab, arrogant and to the point, good work

 

[MISKO]

He and Mike Tomlin should compare notes. He's got the time.

it could happen ....

 

[PatsFan2003]

Believe it or not, I was rooting heartily for the Steelers last night.

A strange feeling...

 

[Southieinnc]

NFL says Patriots not to blame for headset mishap

“The coaches’ communications equipment, including the headsets, is provided by the NFL for both clubs use on game day,”

 

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

Looks like the stories on the Pats* are starting to pour out now:

In 2008, Dansby’s Cardinals faced the Patriots in New England during Week 16 of the 2008 season. The Patriots needed a win to keep their postseason hopes alive. And Dansby said the coach-to-headset communication system, which was first implemented by the NFL in 2008, didn’t function at Gillette Stadium during that snowy day in December.

“My headset was working fine, every game,” Dansby said. “Until the very last game of the year. We get in Foxboro, they couldn’t get my headset fixed, for nothing in the world.”

In that same game, Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also had trouble with his own headset. Leinart’s former backup at USC, Matt Cassel, three for 345 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-7 rout.

“I didn’t have not one problem until I went into Foxboro,” Dansby said. “You can ask anybody on that team that year. We didn’t have no problems with my headset until I got to Foxboro. And, man, I tell you every time I came to the sidelines, taking my helmet off trying to fix it. They was trying to fix it, they couldn’t get it fixed. So we had to give hand signals, and we were dead in the water. They ran when they wanted to run, they threw it when they wanted to throw.”

So I asked if it was accident or something deliberate?

“C’mon, man. C’mon,” Dansby said. “It’s not a secret. They gotta do what they gotta do to win, man. They gonna do what they gotta do to win. It’s just how they operate.”

Dansby suspects foul play from 2008 game in New England | ProFootballTalk

....lol,....I was at that fkkn game,...from what I read the Cardinals didn't even wanna get off the plane when they landed/saw snow on the ground at Logan-Airport/peed their pants,....it was like watching the Washington-generals playing the harlem-globetrotters at the ol' Gaarden,.....a poor-pathetic/performance by them.