Texans wary of Patriots adjustments (MERGED)

[Gen X Jet]

Thought I'd lighten up the mood a bit:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24310842/texans-antonio-smith-very-suspicious-patriots-o-able-to-adjust

The two-win Texans jumped out to an early 10-0 lead Sunday before the Patriots stormed back in the second half, eventually winning on a late Stephen Gostkowski field goal. But after the game, Houston defensive end Antonio Smith was skeptical of just how quickly New England's offense was able to adjust, primarily because defensive coordinator Wade Phillips had introduced several never-before-seen wrinkles.

"I'm very suspicious," Smith told a group of reporters afterwards. "I just think it will be a big coincidence if that just happened by chance. I don't know for sure, but I just know it was something that we practiced this week."

Smith wouldn't offer specifics but he remained dubious nonetheless.

"I can't tell you an example because it's G-15 classified," he said. "It's a defensive thing that we might continue to use. ... The way, I'm trying to say it without giving it away. When you watch film of the team do something a certain way all the time no matter what team they play -- it's been 12 games played and they always did it -- and then all of a sudden it's changed? It was pretty clever and pretty suspicious. ...

“You can tell they changed their scheme in the second half,” Smith continued, via theHouston Chronicle. “It's miraculous they changed some things on offense that keyed on what we put on this week to stop what they were doing. They did things they never did all year before. It was a specific thing that was important to what we were going to do today, as to how we were going to call the defense. We'd not ever did it before, and they never changed like that before. It just let me know that something wasn't right.

“Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are among the best at their craft because they work so hard at their craft. But you have to be a descendent of ‘Tones-tradamus' to know what we put in this week to be able to change that fast. I got the only crystal ball in existence. I don't know what it is. Either teams are spying on us or something's going on.”

So was Smith saying the Patriots' offense knew what the Texans' D was going to do before the snap?

"I'm saying it seemed like it," Smith clarified. "You can't never be for sure on anything because I ain't over there in their huddle, in their locker room, but it just felt like it."

[JoeC36]

Or whatever it was wasn't that clever and an easy adjustment to make

[SayNoToDMC]

Wade Phillips get outsmarted? No sh*t. It's gotta be cheating

[MexiRoll6]

They have been caught before and I have no doubt Belichick will do anything to win. If you ain't cheating you ain't trying. I could see Belichick 'modifying' his spy methods.

[Jetfan13]

Texans' Smith 'suspicious' of Patriots adjustments

 

 

 

 

Many of Houston's defensive players left Sunday's loss to the Patriots talking about the adjustments that New England made to the Texans' plan, Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com reports.

The Patriots' offensive adjustments were too good at some points, in Texans defensive end Antonio Smith's estimation.

"Either teams are spying on us or scouting us," Smith told a group of reporters.

Smith said the Texans introduced new wrinkles into their defense this week. He said that even though the Texans had never done those things in prior games, which would mean they weren't on film, the Patriots knew they were coming before they happened.

"I'm very suspicious," Smith said. "I just think it will be a big coincidence if that just happened by chance. I don't know for sure, but I just know it was something that we practiced this week."

Smith would not elaborate on exactly what adjustment New England made to Houston's defense. The Texans owned a 10-point halftime lead but allowed 27 second-half points in their 34-31 loss.

"I can't tell you an example because it's G15 classified," Smith said. "It's a defensive thing that we might continue to use. ... The way, I'm trying to say it without giving it away. When you watch film of the team do something a certain way all the time no matter what team they play -- it's been 12 games played and they always did it -- and then all of a sudden it's changed? It was pretty clever and pretty suspicious."

[Jetsfan80]

[unbanmadmike1]

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/12/antonio-smith-suspicious-of-patriots-uncanny-adjustments/

 

Whats really sad about this is that this has been going on for 13 years and there is ZERO doubt that we only know the tip of the iceberg as to the extent of fraud that is still being committed while Kraft's stooges in the league office look the other way. There is also no doubt that someone will write a tell all book years down the road and we'll find out how they have basically hijacked the sport for over a decade and it will be way too late to do anything about it.