Monkey_Driven wrote:So, now you can't hit a quarterback in the chest with your facemask? Apparently the broadcasters are forbidden from ever criticizing anything.
Green Habit wrote:One and done in the divisional round is always the worst.
I still stand by this, but getting destroyed at NE (which I think would have happened to the Broncos as well) is a very close second--especially now that it looks like Brady's going to break Elway's record for most SB QB appearances.
Do both teams use the same balls? I mean, a deflated ball would be easier to catch but if they are both playing with the same balls then it shouldn't matter.
verb_to_trust wrote:Do both teams use the same balls? I mean, a deflated ball would be easier to catch but if they are both playing with the same balls then it shouldn't matter.
But if the Patriots knew they were playing with deflated balls and the Colts didn't, the Pats could adjust their game plans accordingly.
My wife's theory is that the Pats inflate the balls as little as the league allows (which definitely sounds Belechikian--within the rules but stretching them) and that one aas leaky. Probably a non-story that people with sour grapes will hold onto.
This is great news for the people who dwell in the comments section of football articles.
And it really seems...overblown. How many of the balls weren't right? 2? Are the NFL and Jets fans gonna be scouring video of the sidelines like a jaded lover trying to see if Ernie Adams was walking around with one of those pump needles? Looking around all sly, then taking it to a few pigskins? Even if they did do it, it's gonna be really hard to prove and just adds to the narrative. Which I suppose they deserve, but...deflated balls? Jesus.
