Bill Simmons Goes on Epic Twitter Rant Defending Patriots in Response to Latest Cheating Allegations

Bill Simmons Goes on Epic Twitter Rant Defending Patriots in Response to Latest Cheating Allegations

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Just when we thought the whole Deflategate thing was about to finally be behind us, ESPN dropped a huge investigative piece that goes into great detail explaining the different things that the New England Patriots have done over the years to break the NFL's rules.

Bill Simmons isn't employed at the moment, after parting ways with ESPN and still being a few weeks away from beginning his new gig with HBO. But that just means that he could completely let loose in defense of his favorite team, and he took to Twitter to mock the other NFL franchises that may have wanted to blame New England's cheating for the reason why critical games against the Patriots were lost. 

I'm just happy the 2001 Steelers can blame stolen signals for losing and not their special teams breakdown or Kordell shitting the bed.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for Rams - who scored a TD on their only SB36 red zone appearance but can now blame the Pats for stealing red zone signals.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for the Eagles - who fell apart down stretch in SB39 like they did in 20 other McNabb/Reid games but now have a good excuse.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for the Colts - who kept blowing big games to NE until Polian got the NFL to change the passing rules, but now have an excuse.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for Carolina - went 14-18 in the seasons before & after SB38, heavy underdogs in 03 playoffs, but somehow robbed of a title.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

Hey Seahawks fans - you should claim that Belichick knew your signals on this play. Get in on the pity party!http://t.co/fB4Ztcz5iu

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

You may not agree with Simmons using his large social media presence to do this, especially if your favorite team was on the wrong end of one of these Patriots victories. But give the man credit for being completlely self-aware of exactly how this might come across.

PS: I only have 3 more weeks of being an unemployed/unabashed Boston homer before I have to be fair & balanced again. I'm gonna use them.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

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