(Post Edit): Breaking: NFL Ref's Press Conference Just Blew Deflategate To Pieces!!!!!!

JMC00 said:

Apparently they didn't even log the PSI numbers when they tested them at HT either.

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So, in short, they can't even tell you how much they deflated by. It could 0.5 psi.

jfr0697 said:

Wow... I wonder If these morons said too much today? NFL is probably pissed.

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Originally, I thought that when the movie comes out about this that it would be a crime drama about a league conspiracy gone wrong.

Now, I expect it to be a slapstick comedy with Zach Galifianakis and that Borat guy.

Bella*chick said:

Every single person involved in this debacle in the league office should be removed immediately. And then flayed, but that's just my own personal fantasy.

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My own dream is to see their heads dunked repeatedly in a vat of chili diarrhea.

Koma said:

Just because I'm a little slow on the uptake...If the PSI of the balls aren't recorded and the officials either approve or reject them, one they're approved, that's it, right? A team could submit balls inflated to 9 PSI or 15 PSI and if the refs approve them, that's what's acceptable to use in the game. If I'm missing something, please let me know.

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League: "Aaron Rodgers' defense? Check! Ballboy deflated the footballs in the bathroom? Check!"

Fixit said:

Sharks of Vegas say that Mort is now walking back his "2 psi under" report to 1. Can anyone confirm this? Because I feel like cackling maniacally.

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They're getting it from Zolak

Ha! Mortensen trying to talk about how his 2psi went to a difference of only 1. Pathetic

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https://twitter.com/scottzolak/status/560909034585198592

I can't believe you guys missed this tweet:

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 1h1 hour ago
Blandino said the NFL will talk with football maker Wilson in the offseason about possibly changing the inflation range.

Isnt falsely reporting a story (like Mort did initially) constitute cheating just to get attention?

What do we tell the children?

Fixit said:

Sharks of Vegas say that Mort is now walking back his "2 psi under" report to 1. Can anyone confirm this? Because I feel like cackling maniacally.

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At this point, he needs to walk it back to "I just made it up. They got nothin'."

RelocatedPatFan said:

How hard would it be for them to say if the Refs did put a gauge in and check?

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Extra hard if they didn't.

Here's what we do: We go on Twitter and call out the mediots who perpetuated this horseshit with #imsorrytom.

Deus Irae said:

They're getting it from Zolak

Ha! Mortensen trying to talk about how his 2psi went to a difference of only 1. Pathetic

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https://twitter.com/scottzolak/status/560909034585198592

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Anyone hear Mort say this?

I heard Florio say that the NFL might just fine the pats even if there is no proof of wrongdoing. He said they will fine the pats solely because the ball was deflated. If that happens then Kraft should come out and ask "what's the point of cooperating with the NFL with their investigations if that's the case?" I mean the pats gave the NFL all the videos to prove their innocence. If the NFL doesn't find any evidence then basically they are admitting that their investigations are solely to find guilt, not the truth. There would be no incentive to cooperate with the NFL if the teams aren't allowed to prove their innocence

Teams provide footballs in whatever state they want (no air whatsoever up to the point of explosion, all good). Usually under-inflated, over-inflated, or somewhere in-between. The referees make whatever changes they want (inflating/deflating) and approve the balls, signing each one with a pen. Every ball was approved, there was no trickery.

The officials checked the footballs at half-time, according to their plan. They saw that Tom Brady was playing with inadequate equipment and pumped up the balls. The Patriots went on to dominate the second half. Referees report their finding to the NFL per the rules (all invalid football measurements must be reported to the league after the game for tracking purposes -- suspicious or not.)

Colts start InflateGate because they're upset the officials helped the Patriots by finding the issue with equipment, going beyond what's normally done. Just like Patriots are upset the referee vocalized "Do not cover #34" to help the Ravens prior to a snap, beyond what's normally done.

Somehow InflateGate turned into DeflateGate with the focus on the Patriots rather than the officials and the Colts, by the use of rumors. (Let's start a rumor of a 0.5 PSI drop? Nobody will care. 4 PSI drop? Nobody will believe it, sounds too high. Let's report our sources told us it was 1-2 PSI below.)

Given that referees must report discrepancies in balls to the commissioner regardless of cause, I'm surprised the rules don't have the referees write down hard numbers at the start or half-time. This points more to the NFL process and the officiating process, and not what the teams do with footballs. The Tom Brady rule from 2006 allows visiting teams to bring their own footballs and both teams can prepare the balls ahead of time.

BSR said:

I can't believe you guys missed this tweet:

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 1h1 hour ago
Blandino said the NFL will talk with football maker Wilson in the offseason about possibly changing the inflation range.

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He still does not understand what the problem is.

They did not check and never do. Why would they waste time when for 20+ years they have allowed QBs to submit balls as long as they pass a reasonable squeeze test.

The only reason this happened is a bunch of whiny babies got tired of the Pats **** kicking them. If you cant beat someone just say they cheated. And since the country already hates us, how could it not work?

Danny said:

So after eleven days of rumours, it comes out that they have nothing. Way to go guys.

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Isn't that what Zolak said several days ago; they have nothing!!

If the NFL couldn't tell by touch these were under inflated, and officials don't check balls at half-time, what was the impetus to check these thing? Sorry, but that does not compute. I'm not saying it was a "sting" - but this does sound like the Ravens told Pagano our balls felt soft last week and so the Colts were going to check either way.

Something's amiss. No one has ever tested a ball mid-game. Why would the refs start know if they couldn't feel the difference?

So Blandino also said Solder's TD was an illegal play and should have been penalized?

Listening to WEEI, yeh I know, they said Blandino confirmed that Anderson gauged the balls?

BSR said:

I can't believe you guys missed this tweet:

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 1h1 hour ago
Blandino said the NFL will talk with football maker Wilson in the offseason about possibly changing the inflation range.

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God what a clusterfuxk... at this point the thing that makes me the most upset is the amount of time and energy BB & Co. wasted looking into this ****show.

4thRing-Hunt said:

I heard Florio say that the NFL might just fine the pats even if there is no proof of wrongdoing. He said they will fine the pats solely because the ball was deflated. If that happens then Kraft should come out and ask "what's the point of cooperating with the NFL with their investigations if that's the case?" I mean the pats gave the NFL all the videos to prove their innocence. If the NFL doesn't find any evidence then basically they are admitting that their investigations are solely to find guilt, not the truth. There would be no incentive to cooperate with the NFL if the teams aren't allowed to prove their innocence

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There's no way in hell the NFL can do that. That would be the end of "integrity" arguments in the NFL, forever.