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So I read the report last night, and I'll add three more things that I haven't seen mentioned.
1. The first two times that mention was made of the measurements taken on the intercepted ball, the Wells people buried the true measurements on it. The first mention was of a ball boy who took the measurement and found that it was at 11. The next time it was mentioned, the NFL measured it three times and found that it was under 12 PSI (no numbers given). Buried way way toward the end of the report, the numbers were finally given. 11.75, 11.45, 11.4 . Why was this info buried? Well, if the ball that kicked it all off was not out of range, then why did they persist? And, why are there three different numbers if the measurements are being taken with one gauge? The Wells people went out of their way to statistically measure anomalies between balls, and here we have one gauge, with one ball, and three different readings.
No wonder Wells tried to bury this info.
2. The NFL got bad numbers on the first night. Report of balls in the 10s were unfounded. Mistranscribed, the report says? Apparently, the Patriots received a letter from the NFL claiming the balls were much lower than the readings in the report. An error the report says. Oh, really?
3. If you connect the dots, you know the Baltimore Ravens figure into this. They were interviewed for the process. And, who is it that started a rumor that the Patriots deflated balls? Harbaugh did. But he said they did it to kicking balls. He was unaware that the refs handled those. This is why the Colts couldn't find or cite any hint or evidence or rumors that the Patriots were deflating balls. The info came from Harbaugh that week. The Colts also claimed the Patriots deflated balls at Indy. The spectral projection of Jim McNally did it. Apparently.
1. The first two times that mention was made of the measurements taken on the intercepted ball, the Wells people buried the true measurements on it. The first mention was of a ball boy who took the measurement and found that it was at 11. The next time it was mentioned, the NFL measured it three times and found that it was under 12 PSI (no numbers given). Buried way way toward the end of the report, the numbers were finally given. 11.75, 11.45, 11.4 . Why was this info buried? Well, if the ball that kicked it all off was not out of range, then why did they persist? And, why are there three different numbers if the measurements are being taken with one gauge? The Wells people went out of their way to statistically measure anomalies between balls, and here we have one gauge, with one ball, and three different readings.
No wonder Wells tried to bury this info.
2. The NFL got bad numbers on the first night. Report of balls in the 10s were unfounded. Mistranscribed, the report says? Apparently, the Patriots received a letter from the NFL claiming the balls were much lower than the readings in the report. An error the report says. Oh, really?
3. If you connect the dots, you know the Baltimore Ravens figure into this. They were interviewed for the process. And, who is it that started a rumor that the Patriots deflated balls? Harbaugh did. But he said they did it to kicking balls. He was unaware that the refs handled those. This is why the Colts couldn't find or cite any hint or evidence or rumors that the Patriots were deflating balls. The info came from Harbaugh that week. The Colts also claimed the Patriots deflated balls at Indy. The spectral projection of Jim McNally did it. Apparently.