What brought this about was a Patriots pass was intercepted by a Colt defender and he could tell the ball didn’t feel right and so he took it to the coach and he notified the officials......................
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Would those be the same officials that handle the balls in between EVERY snap?
That have been handling footballs for many many years every play all season.
No, the coach notified his general manager who notified the NFL director of the officials at the game............