This does not surprise me. Was there not a big to do with what a certain Seahawks player said last year, the Monday morning after they won the NFC division title? This is the second year in a row that a team that is going to the SB some “issue” comes up.
Look for the Patriots to win the SB because they are going to be DETERMINED to put this “deflategate” behind them.
Expect to see cannons blazing from the start, and then a rapid increase in the furor and devastation levelled at the unfortunate Hags. Unfortunate in that, they had no part in creating this concocted "controversy," but they will bear the wrath of the wrongly impugned, and it will leave a mark.