It shows that crew wasn’t doing a particularly good job controlling the balls. Coupled with other leaks (like being no record of the PSIs from the pre-game inspection, and the half time measurements not being nearly as bad as the initial leak) it’s looking like if the balls were under-inflated they were submitted to the refs that way and not caught. Which really isn’t on the Pats, that’s what the inspection process is for, so all the “cheating” talk becomes extra silly.
Knowingly giving a deflated ball as your game ball is cheating. Taking advantage of a weak inspection system doesn’t make it any less cheating.
That’s like saying if you can sneak a bomb on a plane it’s the TSA’s fault and you’re ok because they were supposed to stop you.