[mojito]

Patsy found to take the fall.

A rogue element, undoubtably.

[Responsibility2nd]

Aha!

Its the Water Boy. Throw him under the bus.

Meanwhile... the Pats conspire on cheating their way to the Super Bowl.

[ilgipper]

There is zero chance something like this was not done with Brady’s direction, if not the coaching organization. Zero. If they fall guy someone like this, it’s worse than something bigger. Much worse. In a crazy way, this is far worse than their other issues this season because it’s a direction violation of game rules and cheating the outcome.

[Dr. Sivana]

Wilmer, the gunsell!
There's Our Fall Guy

[hoosiermama]

Follow the money! Who paid him what? When?

[SamAdams76]

I think we found the guy.

[353FMG]

>>The NFL is trying to determine whether any wrongdoing by this individual occurred, sources tell FOX Sports.<<

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And that “individual” took it all upon himself to deflate the balls without consulting another “individual”.

Yeah, right.

Let’s just forget about it all — it’s all about a game that millionaires play.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Like how the mail room guy was responsible for Enron.

[lonestar67]

You’re damn right I deflated those balls!

http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/obnoxiousbostonfan/2015/01/snl_drops_ball_with_brady_deflategate_sketch.html

[kidd]

How about an uncalibrated pressure gage?

[Steve_Seattle]

No locker room attendant would do this on his own. Somehow he knew what Brady wanted.

[Hattie]

Everyone predicted this at least a week ago. mr Nobody is to blame. Poor coach and quarterback knew nothing.

[Sir Napsalot]

Yeah, but Tom says he couldn’t tell any difference. So no biggie..... and of course,

Tom and Bill will say “Never seen/heard of the guy!!!!!”

(heavy sarc)

[MMaschin]

I don't believe the Patriots would want this guy to take the fall for them. I think they will try to get him to deny it to the end.

If this guy ends up claiming that he deflated the balls, and no one told him to do so, there is not a person other than Patriots fans who will believe him. The Patriots will instantly have by far the worst reputation in the league. They will even most likely lose some of their own fans who do not believe the team wasn't involved.

If the Patriots want to salvage their reputation (which translates to intrinsic team value), they need to make sure that they are absolved, or at least that there's not conclusive evidence that anything was done at all - and that's not going to happen if this kid admits to letting air out of the balls.

The only thing that works for the Patriots is the - "we don't know what happened, it was 'climate change'" argument. If this kid talks, even admitting to doing it on his own, the end is near for the Patriots.

[Varsity Flight]

“Fox Sports has learned”

...as has learned that the U.S. needs Extortion-Care.

From the QE pit of the globe.

[rktman]

Wrong. It just occurred to me that while watching a portion of the game, I noticed that john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry was in attendance in the gillette sky box. The answer to the whole fiasco is that with his super inflated ego, it obviously lowered the Pat’s balls to a lower value. Case closed.

P.S. He served in VN in case anyone forgot. He suffered horrible wounds in combat from some wood slivers or something.

[muglywump]

What was the pressure of the Colts’ footballs which were checked by the league? The Colts’ footballs were checked, right?

[minnesota_bound]

The Patriots are just stronger and squeezed the air out of the football as they easily grasped the ball.
The Colts are girlie men.

[jwalsh07]

Does not matter. Cheating, lying and not enforcing laws is now American as apple pie.

[tinyowl]

A lot of Freepers sound like the Reverend Al preaching Ferguson or Skittles.

Whether or not Belickick and/or Brady are guilty 0% or 100% ... That’s not the point.

A lot of Freepers, at this moment, sound like either the Rev Al or a pack of his resentment-drunk sheep, drooling so much for something to be true that it’s drowning their judgment.

He’s a witch! He’s a witch!

[BluH2o]

Patsy found to take the fall.

Absolutely ... my sentiments exactly. You take the hit and we'll take care of you ... as in you get to move to Florida and retire. You're only 34? No problem son we have you covered.