I’ll say it again... it is a crazy statement, and unlearned, no knowledge statement, that says Brady or his coordinator would think “wow, I can throw it deep now that the ball has a pound and a half less air in it”. Period. It is a dumb thought to believe that.
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Ya know, we could review LOTS of TV clips of "would have been" certain TDs had the ball hung up a little more for the open receiver to run under it.
An underinflated ball is also more likely to "hang up" -- allowing a receiver on a deeper pass to run under it.
An underinflated ball is also going to allow receivers to hang on to a ball easier in wetter conditions. (Indy had no such luxury for an entire half)
#1 In wet conditions, it's often more about the receivers retaining the ball than even Q's throwing it...because "everyone knows" the passes are likely to be shorter anyway.
#2 The HUGE assumption here is that Brady wasn't tossing around 11-psi footballs from Tuesday thru pre-game Sunday.
IoW, we already know New England cheated here. What we don't know is who the personal culprit(s) were.
So why do the apologists operating on behalf of the cheaters on this thread assume that cheating is done always on a moment's impulse, as if this all came up suddenly on a whim Sunday afternoon?
For all we know, Brady has his equipment manager ready up 11 psi footballs all week...which carried into pre-game Sunday...
And if you've been tossing 11 psi footballs all week as a professional QB, believe me, it won't be much less accurate than a 13 psi.