Well, this is just the ball attempting to be "re-intro'd" at halftime for use by the special teams.
(Wasn't involving any of the deflated Patriot offense footballs detected; for that, we'll await the NFL investigation)
And bigger than what the Pats did or didn't do in that deflategate Colts game is the sudden 8-year turnaround the Pats did in 2007 -- the very first year the NFL allowed team offenses to supply their own footballs.
Brady went from a 61.8 to a 68.9% completion percentage -- in one season...and Brady cont'd to post much higher completion %s after that...(his annual average shot up about 3% more completions per year thru 2014)..
And the Pats, fumbling as much as any other thing in the NFL in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 suddenly when into almost fumble-free mode...
...Dumb Luck: The New England Patriots’ prevention of fumbles is nearly impossible...
...Essentially posting year-in, year-out "almost impossible" fumble-free stats EVERY YEAR 2007-2014... especially given the Pats are an "outdoor" team [teams with indoor facilities fumble much less]
(Well, golly gee whiz...what a coincidence!)
All the teams have statisticians. You'd think if this were as you say, these geniuses would've made their case long ago.
:: Well, golly gee whiz...what a coincidence! ::
Yeah, on the surface it looks suspicious but an increase in completions has 2 integral parts.
(1) accuracy by the QB. Is there a question regarding this by Brady? Nope.
(2) Receivers not having “bricks for hands”. Has that improved over your time-frame? Yep.
Soft balls do not an NFL porn-film make. Now TALENT, that is a horse of a different color.
About the only NFL games I ever watch are post season. If I had to pick a team I’d go with the Steelers (PA resident), but I don’t really care.
I can see that you’re not a Patriots fan. Do you really want to hang your hat on “shot up 3%”? There are many variables in the game of football, the most significant are talent and preparation. You portend that the only change in the history of Patriots football is the ball. Really?
You are truly an idiot hmm I wonder if bradys improvement in 2007 had anything to do with having randy moss as a receiver? Instead of the non hall of fame receivers he had before. I know you have to believe the patriots cheated cause the alternative is to admit that your team just sucks.
What’s so shocking about that? The whole reason numerous QBs lobbied the NFL to give them more control over the balls the teams used was to give the QBs the kind of balls the liked to play with. So yes, the rule had the benefit they TOLD the competition committee it would have.
And that fumble thing has been totally debunked multiple times. It’s just bad math and stupid thinking. Really, some folks just need to get over it.