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MTZehvor on 23 January 2015
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SkyHold said:
Chris Hu said:
The whole deflated ball story is laughable the only thing that really got deflated this Sunday is the Colts overrated defense.


That's funny since a week before the Pats defense looked deflated when Flacco was tourching them.Then all of a sudden the Pats offense was able to score and take the lead.I bet they deflated the balls when that game was turning into a butt kicking.THey are cheaters period.

So by that logic...

The Patriots started the game with the balls regularly inflated, then deflated them once they got down 14, then inflated them again (explaining how the Ravens were able to take another lead) once the game was tied, then deflated them again when they were down 14 once more?

Sure, I guess. Let's go with that.

Anyway, as a New England fan, I will say that this disappoints me immensely. Perhaps it is something that "just everyone does," but I can't imagine why a team that is routinely so good would bother cheating for an advantage so minute. It'd be like Bobby Fischer sabotaging his opponent by subtracting one minute from his opponent's clock or something. Pretty disappointed in New England, although I would be curious to see just how widespread this ball doctoring is throughout the league. I'm also wondering who on Earth thought it was a good idea to leave the footballs in the possession of the teams' for a full 2 hours and 15 minutes before the game starts. How could the NFL not think that was going to lead to cheating?

If nothing else, though, at least this will continue to make the NFL look terrible. I can't imagine that they'll be able to find anything marginally resembling proof that Brady or Belichick was involved; at most, maybe a security tape of the balls being doctored by a ballboy or something, who will almost assuredly become the scapegoat if that happens. I guess we'll see though.