PFT rips Wells Report PSI Readings

[Mark Morse]

Lets not forget the Colts checked the intercepted Patriots football on the sideline. Who the F*&K authorized the Colts to tamper with a game ball? To measure the PSI, they had to stick the needle with the hose and gauge attached into the ball. That act alone releases some air. Who is to say they took their time pulling the needle out of the ball, insuring the ball failed the test they knew was upcoming because they had alerted (arranged) with the NFL.

 

[Dr Pain]

Lets not forget the Colts checked the intercepted Patriots football on the sideline. Who the F*&K authorized the Colts to tamper with a game ball? To measure the PSI, they had to stick the needle with the hose and gauge attached into the ball. That act alone releases some air. Who is to say they took their time pulling the needle out of the ball, insuring the ball failed the test they knew was upcoming because they had alerted (arranged) with the NFL.

And the reported PSI of that ball fell well within what Headsmart said it would based on the temp and cold rain. There is not even an issue of well the balls were inside for 2 minutes at that point. The very ball that started this, based on the Colts own measurement exonerates the Patriots.

 

[realtime]

It is possible that McNally had to relieve himself.

There comes a time when you have to stop making witnesses available, or there could have been 300 interviews. The fact that Patriots' counsel made him available 4 times indicates an extraordinary degree of cooperation.

He couldn't relieve himself in the officials' locker room? Without the balls?

If it is true that McNally suddenly happened to become unavailable after his texts became accessible to Wells, then that is a bad fact, to put it mildly.

 

[JMC00]

It may not do that much damage but they can certainly take a big chunk out of his reputation. I want Brady's counsel to do to Wells what he has done to Brady, and hopefully you will be right and they will crush him.

Bringing up that Ted Wells' firm represented the NFL in a concussion lawsuit will muddy the credibility waters real quick.

Judge is going to wonder if this was an investigation just to find the Patriots guilty or if it was an actual investigation.

Which the Judge will see clearly it is the former. Just by how the report is written. They take Walt Anderson's word about what the balls pressures were but he can't remember which gauge he used or if he signed a kicking ball.

Then you have Exponent who is a hired gun and actually comes to the result that concurs with all the others which Pats balls were in the range of what they should have been but the problem is they use the Colts balls as the control group which is idiotic because
#1 by Anderson's admission Colts balls had more pressure when he "measured" them.
#2 Colts balls had time to adjust to the inside temperature while the Pats balls were being measured
#3 Of the 4 Colts balls measured 3 of them were under 12.5


Sham report.

 

[Wilfork#75]

He couldn't relieve himself in the officials' locker room? Without the balls?

If it is true that McNally suddenly happened to become unavailable after his texts became accessible to Wells, then that is a bad fact, to put it mildly.

McNally said he didn't want to interrupt the officials pre-game duties. Maybe not the greatest excuse but it is certainly plausible.

He didn't necessarily become unavailable after the texts, Patriots counsel thought it was inappropriate for a part time employee, who lives 90min away and works a separate full time job to be interviewed for a 5th time (3 times by NFL security and once previously by Wells report investigators). They did however say he would answer any questions submitted in writing, so he wasn't completely unavailable.

 

[RobertWeathers]

He couldn't relieve himself in the officials' locker room? Without the balls?

If it is true that McNally suddenly happened to become unavailable after his texts became accessible to Wells, then that is a bad fact, to put it mildly.

Is it confirmed that he was in the refs can?

 

[BelichickFan]

Which the Judge will see clearly it is the former. Just by how the report is written. They take Walt Anderson's word about what the balls pressures were but he can't remember which gauge he used or if he signed a kicking ball.

Also, while Anderson can't remember with gauge he used, "Although Anderson‟s best recollection is that he used the Logo Gauge", he thinks he used the one that the Idea Gas Law says the balls were where they should be. But the Wells report decides he used the other gauge, the one Anderson think he didn't use . . . just because.

 

[ViperGTS]

Bringing up that Ted Wells' firm represented the NFL in a concussion lawsuit will muddy the credibility waters real quick.

Judge is going to wonder if this was an investigation just to find the Patriots guilty or if it was an actual investigation.

Which the Judge will see clearly it is the former. Just by how the report is written. They take Walt Anderson's word about what the balls pressures were but he can't remember which gauge he used or if he signed a kicking ball.

Then you have Exponent who is a hired gun and actually comes to the result that concurs with all the others which Pats balls were in the range of what they should have been but the problem is they use the Colts balls as the control group which is idiotic because #1 by Anderson's admission Colts balls had more pressure and #2 Colts balls had time to adjust to the inside temperature while the Pats balls were being measured #3 Of the 4 Colts balls measured 3 of them were under 12.5


Sham report.

Agreed. They made the findings fit the evidence. Not the other way around. That's not exactly a good way of doing business's. If you do that for everything, nothing would be right.

 

[TomPatriot]

He couldn't relieve himself in the officials' locker room? Without the balls?

If it is true that McNally suddenly happened to become unavailable after his texts became accessible to Wells, then that is a bad fact, to put it mildly.

Maybe he didn't need to if and when he was in the officials locker room. Maybe it was locked. Who knows? Ted Wells failed to disclose his testimony.

He was interviewed four times. No counsel would allow more than that and most wouldn't allow that much. It's called doing your job.

 

[Canuck]

Simple math. Patriots balls averaged 11.11 to 11.49 psi according to what gauge was used. According to wells own report, expected psi for a 12.50 inflated at 70 degrees and taken into a 48 degree environment is 11.37.
Perfectly normal.

Colts balls averaged 12.44 to 12.63 psi. A 13.00 psi ball should be 11.85 using the same chart as above. The colts balls read higher then they should.

The colts balls were used as the control group. All three of them. Because the colts balls psi was higher then predicted by the gas law and was used as the control group, it was concluded Patriots was tampered with because they deflated at a faster rate then the colts balls.

What it comes down to is why the colts balls deflated so little in the cold weather.

 

[JMC00]

He couldn't relieve himself in the officials' locker room? Without the balls?
.

Maybe he suffers from stage freight?

 

[realtime]

He was interviewed four times. No counsel would allow more than that and most wouldn't allow that much. It's called doing your job.

He was interviewed zero times with the benefit of the texts. You can spin this however you'd like, but the most plausible explanation is that the concern about McNally's work schedule was just a pretext and the real concern was that McNally would give incriminating testimony when confronted with his texts.

 

[JMC00]

Simple math. Patriots balls averaged 11.11 to 11.49 psi according to what gauge was used. According to wells own report, expected psi for a 12.50 inflated at 70 degrees and taken into a 48 degree environment is 11.37.
Perfectly normal.

Colts balls averaged 12.44 to 12.63 psi. A 13.00 psi ball should be 11.85 using the same chart as above. The colts balls read higher then they should.

The colts balls were used as the control group. All three of them. Because the colts balls psi was higher then predicted by the gas law and was used as the control group, it was concluded Patriots was tampered with because they deflated at a faster rate then the colts balls.

What it comes down to is why the colts balls deflated so little in the cold weather.

Remember Colts balls got to readjust while the refs were measuring the Pats footballs, so the PSI could have easily gone up. Then there is also the possibility the Colts balls were higher than Walter Anderson remembered. There is also the possibility that the Colts balls were filled up outside which it wouldn't be affected as much as the Pats footballs


A lot of scenarios which Exponent fails to address.

 

[ViperGTS]

Maybe he suffers from stage freight?

If the league was notified beforehand, could it be that the Pats knew too? You would think SOMEONE would have tipped them off as well. Maybe they decided they wanted to ensure the balls weren't tampered with by someone else. A trip to the Super Bowl was on the line. So, McNally got an urge on the way to the field and made a pit stop.

 

[Big-T]

The Wells "report" is incredibly poorly written as both a report and as a prosecution for someone who is such a high paid lawyer.

Law students would be able to beat it in court, never mind actually skilled, experienced expensive lawyers.

Also - in a lawsuit wouldn't Brady's team only need to prove that it's "more probable than not" that Wells is a hired gun?

 

[JMC00]

If the league was notified beforehand, could it be that the Pats knew too? You would think SOMEONE would have tipped them off as well. Maybe they decided they wanted to ensure the balls weren't tampered with by someone else. A trip to the Super Bowl was on the line. So, McNally got an urge on the way to the field and made a pit stop.

Either way Brady gained no advantage with these so called under inflated balls, he actually wasn't that good. But then they got brought up to the 12.5-13.5 regulation he was lights out, including shredding the Seahawks defense apart.

 

[ViperGTS]

Remember Colts balls got to readjust while the refs were measuring the Pats footballs, so the PSI could have easily gone up. Then there is also the possibility the Colts balls were higher than Walter Anderson remembered. There is also the possibility that the Colts balls were filled up outside which it wouldn't be affected as much as the Pats footballs


A lot of scenarios which Exponent fails to address.

No one in the media covered that from the start which caused a lot of the misinformation.

 

[Tunescribe]

I'm willing to bet that Brady is training this off season with over-inflated footballs.

 

[Big-T]

The Super Bowl was played with 13 PSI Footballs (IIRC Vinovich said in his press conference he sets every ball for every team at 13 before every game...which would include the Ravens playoff game too).

 

[ViperGTS]

Either way Brady gained no advantage with these so called under inflated balls, he actually wasn't that good. But then they got brought up to the 12.5-13.5 regulation he was lights out, including shredding the Seahawks defense apart.

Oh I'm not saying he did anything. Just that they wanted positive control, hence why he took them into the bathroom with him. The whole ball inflation process is troubling to me anyway. Always has been.