DeflateGate 2: Twitter reacts with pure horror
By John Buhler
Just when Deflategate was supposedly over, the New York Giants think the Pittsburgh Steelers deflated footballs in Week 13. Twitter reacts to Deflategate 2.
Deflategate, the multi-year punishment saga that the NFL will not let die. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has already served a four-game suspension for supposedly deflating footballs in the 2014 AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots boat raced the hapless Colts en route to a Super Bowl XLIX victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
Just when everybody thought that the Deflategate nonsense was dead and gone, we may have a thing called Deflategate 2. This is a sequel nobody would pay to see in a movie theatre. It just reeks of sour grapes from the New York Giants’ Week 13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Yes, Deflategate 2 will be between two the Maras and the Rooneys involving the Giants and Steelers. The NFL has been informed by the Giants that the Steelers might have tampered with the pressure of the footballs used in Week 13’s game at Heinz Field.
The Maras and Rooneys have intermarried. This could be a very awkward Christmas dinner. Here is how Twitter handled the news of Deflategate 2.
When you get a "#DeflateGate 2" alert.... #Steelers #Giants #Patriots pic.twitter.com/fIE6QU9m5Y
— Greg Vorse (@GregVorse) December 11, 2016
It's the NFL, so Deflategate 2 could end with anything from a quick finding of no wrongdoing to Steelers suspensions and lost draft picks.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) December 11, 2016
As punishment for Deflategate 2, the Steelers will watch as the NFL takes away the Patriots 1st round pick next year. Justice.
— Chris Roling (@Chris_Roling) December 11, 2016
Really jealous for sports talk radio in Pittsburgh, they get 500 days of deflategate 2 content.
— James Stewart ☝️ (@IAmJamesStewart) December 11, 2016
Deflategate 2? pic.twitter.com/3pzEHUzN97
— Sun Bowl Champion (@tallorder22) December 11, 2016
First Mike Tomlin tried to trip Jacoby Jones, now Deflategate 2. Do the #Steelers have a culture of cheating? Evidence says so.
— Sam Cook (@CookSamJ) December 11, 2016
Bill Nye will clear this whole deflategate 2 up real quick pic.twitter.com/Ca61jT8SfD
— Nick Russo (@N_Russ0) December 11, 2016
Not another #DeflateGate
— Michael (@mpitts480) December 11, 2016
Hide the kids,
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) December 11, 2016
Hide the dog too,
Ted Wells is coming,
'cause it's Deflategate 2.
Need a better sequel name than "deflategate 2" I'm open to suggestions:
— Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) December 11, 2016
- Deflategate II
- Deflate Harder
- Deflate with a vengeance
Just saw “deflategate Pt 2?” pop up in my alerts pic.twitter.com/bexzJOiiC1
— Lauren Brownlow (@lebrownlow) December 11, 2016
In short, Twitter hates the idea of Deflategate 2 involving the Steelers. The NFL has shown that it doesn’t learn from its mistakes with domestic violence. So what could possibly go wrong with another installment of Deflategate?
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No matter how much nobody wants to see Deflategate have a stranglehold of the NFL media for the next undetermined amount of time, Deflategate 2 decided to make 2016 the year we all can’t wait to see end in a few weeks.