My first instinct was to conclude that Ryan Paganetti was a loser who missed the days from 10-20 years ago when making up Patriots scandals was a cottage industry. I had never heard of him, so I did a little digging and found that
he grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth. He was/is a Patriots fan, but this forum proves that there are a segment of Patriots fans who hate the team.
He’s not a Steelers or Bills fan who started this research based on a grudge, but if you’re an analytics guy, a numbers guy, why look at the Patriots only? It’s more work, but if you find that other teams did the same thing, then it’s not much of a revelation. People posted examples of the Vikings, Cardinals, and Ravens doing it, so it’s not unique. If he wrote that, then he wouldn’t get as much attention, which appears to be his goal.