Apparently, the DB told the coach, the coach called the GM via the headsets, the GM contacted the NFL's Director of Officials, who called the game officials at halftime, and that's when the first ball was checked.
Twitter reaction: @LakeRussert So Belichick has spied on his opponent, deflated game balls to his advantage & allegedly told his murder suspect TE to rent a safe house. @BobKravitz Pats fans: give up the fantasy. Your brilliant head coach is also a cheat. 11 of 12 balls deflated. Must be the ball boys fault right? @JoeReedy If Sean Peyton got one year for Bountygate, how much does Belichick get for now two incidents of cheating? @BradPanovich Every 10° drop in temperature means about 1 psi drop in inflation. It was 52° at game time. Temperature not the issue. #DeflateGate
The temperature arguement is the funniest one. Weird how this was never the problem in Lambeau when its -5 lol.
Investigation will find out for us. What? Start with P's..... are you making excuses out of your ass? Umm.... because the QB can't like his ball deflated and easy to grip SO for all we know, Tom Brady has been cheating for years and is not nearly the QB we all thought he was? The teams cheated out of wins. Stand by your shitty team no matter how much they cheat, blindly defend them, what a tool. I know he will never see this, whoever posted this mess of a defense statement, but I can't believe someone could be so ignorantly clueless like this as to claim it doesn't matter how inflated the ball is, it's up to the QB's preference, then to claim Brady has been doing it for years, like that was a good thing and a valid defense. If it turns out Brady/BB/Cheatriots have been doing it for years, Brady's legacy goes bye-bye.
Don't hold your breath. Roger will find a way. If all else fails, ESPN led by devoted Jets "fan" Greenie will make sure this is not mentioned.
All you need to know about Bellicheck is what one of the most respected coaches in NFL history calls him, Don Shula refers to him as a cheater.
Don Shula is respected? That would be news to me. All I remember about Shula is he was a an asshole who intentionally had them not cover the field in a torrential downpour before the AFC championship game against the Jets in 82 so the field would be slop. He's also the guy who routinely had his team huddle with more than the allowed 11 men to confuse defenses. Not saying Bellichek isn't an asshole too, but Don Shula is a clown who has long hated Bellichek for breaking his records.
@John Breech: This Tom Brady quote from 2011 is now slightly more interesting. #DeflateGate #Patriots http://cbsprt.co/1JbsISn
If the balls are measured indoor at room temperature 2 hours before the game then it is potentially a cause. Room temp is ~69 to 72 degrees, kickoff was 52, halftime was around 40 I believe. Temperature plus gameplay could very well explain it. Room temps to gametime temps are calculated to be exactly the amount the balls tested were below the legal limit. Another possible cause is that the balls were inflated with hot air, which would read a higher PSI and lower as it cools. I'm not even close to a physics expert, but the internet has informed me that balls inflated with ~95º air that cooled to air temps would result in a 1.5 PSI decrease. (Legal min is 12.5PSI, balls tested were at 11PSI) Rules do not state that hot air cannot be used to inflate the ball. Another case of bending without breaking. Also misleading, this was an expected bad weather game, it is not 11 of 12 balls, for outdoor poor weather 24 are allowed per team. Edit: You all know I'm a Pats fan, but I'm also a fan of letting the investigation play out. The ONLY information leaked is by an outlet that is frequently anti-Patriots (ESPN) and states that 11 balls (out of a potential 24) were found to be 1.5 PSI under legal limits at half time. This is an incomplete investigation and jumping to conclusions before it is completed is naive. I only posted this to provide possible explanations, this isn't homerism, it's being responsible and not accepting incomplete information as facts, which I hope everyone else also does. Otherwise it is clear bias.
Ooops, 4 hours ago this showed up on the web. If the article is correct 11 of the 12 balls the Patriots were using were under inflated by at least 2 PSI..... Also talk the Ravens suspected the balls were underinflated. Sad part is they didn't need to cheat to beat the Colts, but the it's the Cheatriots way. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...-footballs-were-under-inflated-043620937.html
Nothing will happen to the Patriots because Goodell is in their back pocket. They will say that a process will be developed next year to better check the balls and that penalties will be decided upon by a special panel. Bellicheat will get a warning and the equipment manager will be fired and given a very nice cash lump sum for his troubles. SSDD.
They should give Brady a one year ban and make BB coach a Brady less team. We all know BB hasn't done shit without Brady.
