hambone1818
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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If Brady had him illegally deflating balls prior to the Jets game, then why is it after the Jets game Brady goes to Jastremski with the rule book citation and asks him to make sure the balls are at 13?
It just makes no sense.
Yeah, the timeline really, really doesn't sync at ALL.
May - McNally calls himself 'the deflator'; Wells assumes this to mean McNally is in charge of illegally deflating footballs after officials have measured them.
October - McNally and Jastremski text about overinflated balls during the Jets game (16 psi), and how pissed Brady is. This calls into question the assumption above, that McNally's been deflating footballs after officials measure them. Brady tells Jastremski to have the McNally bring the rulebook to the officials, to show them the correct range.
In what world does it make sense that Brady would do this if McNally ('the deflator') had been tasked with deflating footballs? Did he have the foresight to get that documented in case they were caught, to say 'no I told them to talk to the officials about the PSI!'
The only thing you can conclude from this is that Brady wanted McNally to bring the rule to the officials attention. The 'deflator' comment from earlier in the year is directly contradicted by both the Jets balls being overinflated, and the request to have McNally talk to officials. It's just like the intercepted football measuring at 11.7-11.4 psi: it's clear as day if you choose to use basic fifth grade logic. Wells chose not to, and he's gonna get burned because of it.