Tom Curran is the man. And this article was a refreshing read after inadvertently reading/clicking on CHB's fence setting nonsense calling those media members who are defending the Patriots part of a Kraft lead "cartel".
http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/tom-e-curran-says-please-stop-with-this-significantly-underinflated-stuff
So giving every benefit of their assumptions, it’s (11.09). Then look at what they say many pages later in their report and I’m quoting their report again, they say they do all of their assumptions for time, for temperature, for wetness and they say these are the assumptions we’re adopting and they go with these equations … and predict the Patriots balls should have measured between 11.52 and 11.32 at the end of the first half. So let’s start with that. Not at 12.5. Their assumptions are it was going to go down from 12.5 to 11.52 and 11.32.
“Then it occurred to me as I’m preparing this argument, how much of a difference is that,” Kessler asked. “And what it turns out, it’s one of two-tenths of a difference of PSI. What does that mean? It means how much do you think we have to alter the assumption to overcome one or two-tenths of PSI? It means their conclusion is, Mr. McNally – the attendant – went into the bathroom to lower the PSI one or two-tenths of a PSI. I would say, your Honor, even the NFL would not contend that a quarterback could even feel the difference of one or two-tenths of PSI, let along in making a difference in play.”