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The statistics for both halves where the Pats used under inflated balls in the first and ref approved balls in the second will support that the Colts lost legitimately. Brady played better with the proper footballs so why would the Pats intentionally mess with Brady's balls? It is well known that QBs prefer specially handled/inflated balls between the PSI min/max limits.
Changing the PSI of a ball would throw off Brady's mechanics and make him play worse. And this is proof as his 2nd half statistics, with the proper footballs, were better than his first half which had the under inflated balls.
just a thought, but maybe the pats wanted to run a lot in the first half with blount and go to a more passing attack in the second half? It is much harder to fumble the football with a deflated football.