Belichick and his deflated balls
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Tobias Funke
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This does not mean there isn't still a chance that there was manipulation, but as I suspected the statement of 11 of 12 balls were under inflated up to 2 pounds was leading and opened things up for extreme assumptions. I believe this info is interesting.
"Only one of the 12 New England Patriots footballs used in the team's AFC Championship game win against the Indianapolis Colts was under-inflated by a full two pounds, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
"Several" other balls were found to be roughly one pound under-inflated, and "several more" were either right at, or barely beneath, the correct inflation mark.
The one football under-inflated by two pounds is in the NFL's possession for purposes of its ongoing investigation as to whether the Patriots purposefully deflated their footballs in order to gain an advantage over the Colts.
• ROSENBERG: Deflategate's legacy destined to live on in NFL's theater of the absurd
Footage exists of an "elderly" employee carrying both the Patriots and Colts' footballs into a Gillette Stadium bathroom before the AFC Championship game for approximately 90 seconds. "
"Only one of the 12 New England Patriots footballs used in the team's AFC Championship game win against the Indianapolis Colts was under-inflated by a full two pounds, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
"Several" other balls were found to be roughly one pound under-inflated, and "several more" were either right at, or barely beneath, the correct inflation mark.
The one football under-inflated by two pounds is in the NFL's possession for purposes of its ongoing investigation as to whether the Patriots purposefully deflated their footballs in order to gain an advantage over the Colts.
• ROSENBERG: Deflategate's legacy destined to live on in NFL's theater of the absurd
Footage exists of an "elderly" employee carrying both the Patriots and Colts' footballs into a Gillette Stadium bathroom before the AFC Championship game for approximately 90 seconds. "
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http://deadspin.com/whats-up-with-this-adam-schefter-ballghazi-report-1686622313
Outside the lines and espn ran a story for most of the day the implicated a patriots employee for trying to introduce a non approved special teams ball. Adam schefter appears to have poked holes in that as well as exposed that an NFL employee was fired after the game for selling used game balls for profit.
Outside the lines and espn ran a story for most of the day the implicated a patriots employee for trying to introduce a non approved special teams ball. Adam schefter appears to have poked holes in that as well as exposed that an NFL employee was fired after the game for selling used game balls for profit.
