Report: 11 of 12 New England footballs deflated

RTV6 ^ | , Jan 20, 2015 | TheIndyChannel.com Staff

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BOSTON - The NFL confirmed multiple footballs used in the AFC Championship were under-inflated, ESPN reported late Tuesday evening.

Sports Center tweeted just after 11 p.m. that the New England Patriots let air out of 11 of 12 game balls on Sunday.

[kearnyirish2]

I’m no fan of Brady but he is good; these stories make me so glad the Giants beat him in the Super Bowl - twice.

18-1!!!

[Portcall24]

Why not let all the air out and Brady can hide it under his jersey?

[bigcat32]

“Make the cheaters replay the game or .”

Belichek needs to be banned from the league and the Colts need to be awarded the victory. The Patriots have been caught cheating again. Additionally, all SB victories in their recent past need to be nullified.

[southern rock]

Two of NE Super Bowl losses were lost on a fluke pass play each time.

Haha. Yeah. Fluke = 2 of the greatest passes that OTHER Manning has ever made.

[BluH2o]

The NFL will not be happy with this ... the SB is a week from Sunday and this will be a lead story in the days ahead. Belichick and his offensive coach (as well as QB coach) Josh McDaniels, both known cheats, will have a difficult time maintaining focus on the game.

[catfish1957]

My Saints got literally clocked during the bounty gate event, but in NE they have a franchise that has pretty much gotten a pass for an ongoing culture of cheating. Hmmmmmmmm......

[fortheDeclaration]

That isn't the issue, the issue is the fact that the Pats got caught cheating again.

More then likely, this activity with the balls is SOP.

[fortheDeclaration]

No, each team gets 12 footballs.

[fortheDeclaration]

Yes, they will be inducted, after winning 3 SB’s and losing 3!

[dforest]

I am a Colts fan. Nobody here in Indy is complaining about the outcome of the game. The Colts got whomped by a better team. That Jackass Irsay may have whined, but that is just him.

That said, the patriots are known to fool around with the rules and for cheating. This is not new or at all surprising.

Someone there has an ethics problem because their team is a great team and stuff like this isn’t necessary.

They may lose ma draft pick. Big whoop.

[who knows what evil?]

It’s not a matter if their cheating helped them win... it’s more the issue that apparently someone w/ in Pat’s organization cheated.

[Vinnie]

The Patriots are making me do the unthinkable and that’s root for Pete Carroll and the Seahawks in the Superbowl

I will happily root for SEA. The Pats have been cheating since the 70s. And Belichick is the worst.

[rlmorel]

I don’t think most Indy fans would whine about it, but then, there are always some everywhere who would.

[who knows what evil?]

A sports team based in morally-bankrupt Red England cheated?

I'm shocked.

[eartick]

Yep the LIV gotta have something to worry about

[ez]

What if Brady practiced all week with the underinflated balls whe Luck was unaware why he was missing so many throws?

[BushCountry]

Brady, “When Gronk scores – it was like his eighth touchdown of the year – he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball,” Brady said in November 2011. “I love that, because I like the deflated ball.”

The final score or how well Indy played does not matter! New England went into the game with the intention to cheat. If the game was close it could have determined the outcome. Just because you cheated when you did not have too, it doesn’t mean you are not a cheater. It does mean that you have no honor.

In other news, I heard that the Colts really suck at Nerf Football.

[driftdiver]

The NFL is a business that plays for its customers. There are more customers in the north east than in Indiana.

[driftdiver]

Nope. The teams provide them.

[driftdiver]

More than someone, anyone who handled the ball cheated.