NFL investigating Patriots for deflating footballs, per report

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e New England Patriots came away with a 45-7 win against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, but the NFL will investigate the footballs used in that AFC Championship victory. The NFL will investigate whether the Patriots deflated footballs used in the game, according to Bob Kravitz of WTHR.com.According to Kravitz a violation for deflated footballs would not impact the outcome of the AFC Championship, but the Patriots could lose draft picks. Kravitz reported officials took a ball out of play during the game and weighed it. According to NFL rules, home teams are required to provide 36 balls for outdoor games and make the balls available for testing with a pressure gauge prior to the game.
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This story is coming from 1 reporter from Indianapolis.
 
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Not like any of this is surprising. I've had over a decade of this stuff. Colts have strong passing game and nothing else. Patriots have balanced game. It's like te front office says " well we have Peyton or luck job over"
 

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The Patriots running game makes them lethal this year. There were years in the past where i thought I was watching Texas Tech's offense.
 

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This could result in a loss of a draft pick.

or it can be complete bullshit

let me guess, they gave Brady a different ball too




youse all know why the Pats did this? because they're not a passing team first
 
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For entertainment value alone - I hope this turns out to be true. Outside of NE, the Patriots are a hated team. This will only crank up the noise.
 

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or it can be complete bullshit

let me guess, they gave Brady a different ball too

youse all know why the Pats did this? because they're not a passing team first

It really doesn't matter why they did it if true. It's against the rules.
 

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It really doesn't matter why they did it if true. It's against the rules.

motive, if you're reading about an unsubstantiated allegation included within an obvious hit piece written by an obviously biased reporter, should you think about it just a tad?

does it make sense? what is their motive? what else did the author provide?

well lets see, what's being said in connection with this story:

And unsubstantiated accusations of cheating have long dogged the team, stemming from their Super Bowl wins in 2002, 2004 and 2005. The St. Louis Rams claimed the team illegally videotaped their walk-through practices prior to the 2002 game, and players on the other defeated opponents have said the Patriots seemed to have inside knowledge of their playbooks.

The Patriots were also accused of flouting the rules in the game before Sunday’s contest, in which they beat the Baltimore Ravens using unorthodox formations that Ravens Coach John Harbaugh said were designed to confuse the officials and his defense.

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yep, haters going to hate
 

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although they did mention one significant mitigating factor
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Deflating footballs would theoretically have made it easier for Brady, who completed 23 of 35 passes for 226 yards and three touchdowns, to throw and for his receivers to catch in the bad weather of Sunday’s game in Foxboro. But it also should have benefited Colts' quarterback Andrew Luck, who had a miserable game, completing 12 of 33 passes for a mere 126 yards.

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so again I pose the question, what motive?

my guess is the motive is haters wanna hate
 

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The Colts don't use the Patriots balls each team use their own
 

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it doesn't matter who started the investigation.. what matters is if its true..
 

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Of course NE deflated the balls - this is what they do - but I don't see how it could make any difference unless the Colts were using a different ball - would be great to hear that Brady got one ball and Luck got another ball with a marker on it
 

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