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On this week's Retrospectical, we return to a very familiar topic. The NFL is something that is very near and dear to both of us, as indicated by our ability to endlessly jabber about fantasy football. This show, however, has no fantasy football!

We go over some current and long standing NFL topics, including the Combine, teams relocating to LA, concussions, punishments and the commissioner and finally, rules changes. We'll continue to track all kinds of topics within the NFL, and expect some more fantasy football talk by the time the draft comes around.

Welcome to another edition of my favorite memes of the week.  So I knew this day would come.... Kirk Cousins is no longer the starting QB for the Redskins.  I just thought it would be because the man that is being paid a ton of money to be the QB would be healthy.... not the case.  Let me start off this week with a couple of Redskins themed memes.

I guess RG3 was doomed from the start.  I just don't remember these being toys at McDonalds.  Maybe I would get the kids meal more often.  In other news, even though the name situation is getting nowhere, the Redskins thought it still was time for a change...

and in case you forgot who he was...

 

 

(he's on the left...)

 

While the bears look like garbage, the Jacksonville Jaguars actually won a game!  That is exciting.  Well here is what it would look like if fans actually saw the game.

 

 

I will leave you with my favorite two of the week,  and quite frankly my favorite two subjects in the NFL.  The incompetence of the Commish and his group of referees that seem to find a way to piss everyone off all of the time.

 

 

 

As always, feel free to send me your favorite memes and I will include them next time around.  Have a great week and enjoy this weekends great lineup of games!

The long awaited court ruling on Tom Brady's suspension finally came in today. And if your league has already had your draft, you probably got him at a steal. Of course the court made the obvious decision to overturn the 4 game suspension. As much as I despise Tom Brady and as guilty as he was, there is no rule in the NFL rulebook that allows a player to be suspended for deflating footballs or interfering with an investigation. The court had to make this decision to uphold the integrity of the collective bargaining agreement between the NFLPA and the owners. Roger Goodell knew this ruling would come if the suspension were to be challenged in court and tried to get Brady to admit guilt and take a reduced suspension. I applaud Tom Brady for calling his bluff here and getting the suspension eliminated entirely.

The moment this story was reported it was obvious to me and anyone with half a brain that Brady was involved in deflatting these footballs. A quarterback of Tom Brady's caliber is the lord of the fooball team. Nobody is going to alter the condition of the football without his knowledge. You can't claim lack of evidence, because zero evidence is needed. The savvy thing for Brady to have done, was admit something right away. A simple “I said the balls felt a little firm in warm-ups, can you guys let some air out, I had no idea they would end up below PSI regulations” by Brady would have been the perfect bullshit statement to end the circus before it started. He would only have gotten the mandated $25,000 fine for the violation as stated in the NFL policy book.

So what does this mean going forward? Well the NFL is going to appeal this decision but that won't be ruled on until after the completion of this season. My guess is that Brady never misses a game and pays a small fine and maybe even retires before this whole thing is over. As for the fondling of the balls in the future the NFL really has two choices. The logical one (based on all the comments from players past and current) is to allow each team to alter the balls however they would like. There is also what they will probably do: taking away possession of the balls from team trainers after inspection, prior to taking the field.

So just remember, Tom Brady was guilty just not convicted.