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.
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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. "