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Originally Posted by Amnorix
You do understand that this makes, quite literally, no sense at all? Are you saying whoever is the most penalized by year are cheaters? Is that penalties called or yardage? Or both?
What if you're in second by one penalty or one yard? Are you NOT a cheating team?
What if you're first in penalties called, but 15th in yards because it's a bunch of 5 yard false starts?
What if you're 15th in penalties called, but first in yards, because it's a bunch of unsportsmanlike penalties and defensive pass interference?
Good luck with this line of thought.
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Point out that Brandon Browner, who was part of the league leading penalty machine in Seattle (2013), came over to New England and led the league in penalties. Then point out that the usual argument is that the Patriots are among the least penalized teams in the league because they are protected by the officials, and let him read the year-to-year data from this link.
http://www.footballdb.com/stats/penalties.html?yr=2013
Watch the spin on that. It should be worth the price of admission.