>> What you can’t count are the fumbles that did not occur by the Pats
Sure, in the same way that you can’t count the number of yards not made by the colt offense because they played sucky all day.
It’s a fool’s errand though. The score tells the real story.
Yeah, that’s why I said, “I still think it is a non-issue in regards to the W/L outcome of the game.”
But I was pointing out that the issue is not how many times the Colts fumbled, but how many times the Pats did not fumble. Not fumbling, better passing, easier catching being the reasons for deflating footballs in the first place, none of those are measurable in a single game.
I am not completely convinced that the Pats played with deflated footballs in any case. As has been pointed out before, the officials handle the ball every down, so they SHOULD have noticed the difference.