http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...lichick-new-england-patriots-legacy/22480197/
NFL Greats weigh in on the Belicheck/Brady legacy
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"It's tough, because I really like their owner, Robert Kraft, and I like Brady, but these things keep popping up," said Griese, the Hall-of-Fame former quarterback for the Miami Dolphins. "Do they have to do this to win?"
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"We judge people on how they play and how they perform," said Fran Tarkenton, a Hall of Famer who played for the Minnesota Viking and New York Giants. "That's what we do in sports, and we like to ague who was the best… This is much more serious than that. How about integrity? How about doing things the right way?"
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"If someone figured out you can throw it better, catch it better and fumble less if you deflate the ball, guess what they're going to do?" Tarkenton said. "Somebody is going to deflate the balls and think it's so silly and insignificant that nobody will ever catch them."
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"Do they stretch the rules? You know, yeah, they do," said Reeves, who played or coached in nine Super Bowls.
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"The game shouldn't be decided upon deception," Reeves said. "It should be decided by execution. To me, they don't need to do it. They're extremely good, period. So they're just stretching the envelope, I guess. That I don't like. I don't think (the sneaky substitutions) are right. Is it illegal? No. Is it done as if it is illegal? Yeah."
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"Human nature tells you, `Gosh, look at what they did, and could they have accomplished it (without these issues)?'" Reeves asked.
"There will always be that question mark there."
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Jerome Bettis, a former NFL running back and current Hall-of-Fame finalist, uses stronger language.
"Do I think Tom cheated? ... Someone did," Bettis said. "Maybe Tom didn't… But it was under his direction of how he liked his footballs."
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...lichick-new-england-patriots-legacy/22480197/
Legacy? lol, not according to former greats like Griese, Tarkenton, Reeves, and Bettis. Added to greats or current players/coaches Jerry Rice, Don Shula, Randall Cunningham, Brian Dawkins, Jon Harbaugh, Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Ray Lewis.