Aaron Rodgers has his over-inflated because he feels it gives him better touch and he has huge hands. QB’s have been changing the PSI of footballs for years. In the world of football crimes this is a misdemeanor.
Except they purposely lowered it below the amount allowed in the rules. That there is cheating, my friend. Tainted for all of history...this patriots organization.
Rogers may have over inflated the balls before they were given to the refs who (if they were doing their jobs) would have deflated them before returning them. The way I understand it is the refs are given the balls to approve of and then they return them. If the balls are manipulated after the refs have approved them it’s a different issue. Same here. If the patriots deflated them before giving them to the refs to approve then it’s not so serious, although still a little devious.
Not so, not in the NFL. Rogers over-inflated before giving the balls to the refs who would then have corrected them (if they were doing their jobs.) If Rogers (or anyone else) reflated or modified the balls in any way after the refs approved them it is a serious matter
Turns out that the Patriots were using Flubber on their uniforms to prevent the Colts from tackling them as well.