From Sunday (
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/02/01/deflategate-only-one-patriots-football-underinflated)….
1. Only *one* of the 12 footballs was under inflated by 2 psi. Several were 1 psi under, and several were at or just a tick under. In other words, these figures put the footballs *WELL* within what naturally occurs.
2. The NFL has that one ball that was 2 psi under. What are they doing with it? Moreover, is THAT the football the Colts had gotten after the interception? If so, if that one ball is out of whack, why isn't there an investigation into whether the Colts tampered with it just to screw with the Patriots?
3. The NFL planned on testing the footballs at halftime, even before the game started. Why? This cannot be normal procedure. I doubt this is what happens in a typical game. So why do it here? Clearly they were tipped off. And we know that Indy GM Ryan Grigson was, in fact, the one who tipped the NFL off beforehand. So the NFL denies it was a sting operation. But if they were tipped off beforehand, and they were worried about the Patriots deflating the footballs, a couple of questions:
(1) Why didn't they (the league) have their own cameras recording the Patriots' sidelines to look for any foul play?
(2) Assuming that deflated footballs actually help in some way, if the NFL knew in advance that NE might try to play with deflated footballs, why wouldn't they stop it before the game (i.e., talk to the Patriots about it and say that they'll make sure the Pats don't do pull any shenanigans)? Why would they, instead, allow NE to play with under inflated footballs for a half? Because if they DID know about it and allow it, and if it DOES confer a competitive advantage, then the NFL would have been allowing the Colts to truly be cheated for a half, just in an attempt to catch the Patriots in wrongdoing. And, as I've said elsewhere, THAT is a MUCH bigger scandal than the Patriots actually deflating footballs. Because it would mean that the league itself was not on the up-and-up.