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Man, you guys clinging to the weather excuse have to let it go.
2nd half balls were legal who cares.
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Man, you guys clinging to the weather excuse have to let it go.
I have to re-watch the game as my memory isn't that good. But I believe Blount had his best stats in the second half. Also, Brady passed less in the second half.
Brady was like 11 of 27 or something like that in the first half. So they were passing more in the first half. I need to re-watch the game to refresh my memory but it doesn't look like running a lot in the first half were the Pats main goal.
I disagree that this is an non-story because of the balls being legit in second half.
The issue is whether the Pats violated the rules by modifying the balls after the refs measured them and that's how this seems to be trending but again, nothing official... I disagree that this is a non-issue even if the legal balls were used for the entire game ...it's about the rule violation if true.
I'm not claiming to have solved the mystery, just throwing it out there. But I doubt they use two gauges before the game. At halftime when a problem had arisen, sure. Again, I am just uncertain HOW the Patriots could have done this even if they wanted to.they used 2 pressure gauges according to reports (at least at half time). I think that's grasping.
If they were smart enough to store the balls (Pats and Colts), I'm sure they were smart enough to check the gauges.
Man, you guys clinging to the weather excuse have to let it go.
2nd half balls were legal who cares.
I don't think it's trending that way at all. You'd need one of two things to prove the Pats deflated/altered balls:
1) An official log by refs that they actually pressure tested balls and their psis. Hell, even a ref saying "Yes I checked them pre-game they were all around 13" would be enough to indict the Pats. This is so simple to prove, that if it existed it surely would have been leaked with Mort's first report and we'd know about it.
2) Footage of ball boy deflating them on the sideline. Again, I'd think hundreds of conspiracy wonks (along with the NFL) have already parsed through every second of footage of the game along with the all 22 in hopes of finding this smoking gun. None have surfaced.
3) Confession from Pats employee they deflated balls in game. This ain't happening.
What are you clinging to? The idea that someone let air out without being noticed in a stadium full of people and on national TV despite a lack of evidence of such an act?
So if the second half balls were legal, did the Pats not violate a rule? That's what it sounds like some are saying. I haven't heard anyone say they won because of the ball.
It may be far fetched but it explains all of the balls being of by the same amount if that is the case.
This isn't a court of law. This is a private enterprise. There's no burden of proof above what they claim.
I'm sure they verified the gauge used before the game too. They didn't just lose it.I'm not claiming to have solved the mystery, just throwing it out there. But I doubt they use two gauges before the game. At halftime when a problem had arisen, sure. Again, I am just uncertain HOW the Patriots could have done this even if they wanted to.
We don't care here, but obviously a lot of people do outside of Patriot nation. It sucks, but it's true.
So what is the point of an investigation? Would do you want to hear? Patriots are guilty without a burden of proof? Seems fair.
Do you really think the refs would go off in a room by themselves with the balls to test the PSIs of the balls? I'm sure others were present.I don't think it's trending that way at all. You'd need one of two things to prove the Pats deflated/altered balls:
1) An official log by refs that they actually pressure tested balls and their psis. Hell, even a ref saying "Yes I checked them pre-game they were all around 13" would be enough to indict the Pats. This is so simple to prove, that if it existed it surely would have been leaked with Mort's first report and we'd know about it.
2) Footage of ball boy deflating them on the sideline. Again, I'd think hundreds of conspiracy wonks (along with the NFL) have already parsed through every second of footage of the game along with the all 22 in hopes of finding this smoking gun. None have surfaced.
3) Confession from Pats employee they deflated balls in game. This ain't happening.
I can't comment that much due to not having much of a scientific brain, but I certainly believe that the weather may have played a part.
I'm not sure that it may have been quite as much as some may suggest, and it also doesn't really help to explain why Indy's were fine, but yes--I do believe that it may have helped to reduce the pressure.
Unfortunately, we don't get a say in this though, so it's all going to be what Goodell thinks, and that is worrisome.