[Right Wing Assault]

I would expect that a quarterback would have to practice with the underinflated ball in order to throw it exactly where he wanted it to go. Accuracy is more important than distance.

True. If it gave him better range, he would be overthrowing receivers until he adjusted to it.

[jjotto]

Well, let’s compare Brady’s stats before and after. Shouldn’t that tell us something? Like in the experiment?

[lepton]

True. If it gave him better range, he would be overthrowing receivers until he adjusted to it.

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Yep. Instead he clearly didn’t notice, and did just fine when the change was made surreptitiously.

The total variance of game football pressure over the course of a season approaches 6 PSI. More than the pressure level, what the players notice is the hardness of the leather shell when it gets cold.