They reinflated them at half time and the Patriots went on a tear, scoring 21 points in the 3rd quarter to their 17 in the first half. According to an NFL official, this morning, the only time they were not in the view of the officials is a 10 minute window while the ball boy had them before the game (10 minutes before kick off). I find it very hard to imagine it could have been done without the complicity of the official. Aside from that, they handled the balls all the first half and did not notice?
Of course they would have noticed. The Patriots' offensive players (except for the line) handle a ball hundreds of times a week between practice and games.
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Come on,this is BeliCHEAT in action. The whole team knew the footballs would be deflated and practiced with them. Heck, they’ve probably been using this trick for all home games for 5 or more years. When the NFL found out about their taping of hand signals, they punished them for doing it for SIX YEARS.
On reconsideration, they’ve probably used this cheat at away games too, not just home games.
Once someone starts to cheat and is caught(in this case repeatedly),who knows how much else they are doing? Consider what baseball has done...how about an ASTRERISKor two next to their 3 (or 4) SuperBowl titles.
Yeah, the Colts weren’t close but the Ravens lost a very close game the week before.