Oh, I agree.
Again, there will be “NEPatriot-centric” arguments made to your calculus (for the record, I am BSChem in the NatGas industry).
In the end...the Colts, with their newbie QB, got spanked by a seasoned NFL team that had a clear goal. All other arguments are just so much “whine”.
I say this as a die-hard, life-long Detroit Lions fan.
No question that NE was going to dominate the Colts, but if that’s the case, and everyone knew it, why cheat? That’s what bugs me - the arrogance of it all. And Brady’s, “that’s ridiculous” just reeks - here’s a guy who handles footballs everyday of his life blowing it off while some DB who makes a (rare) interception could tell immediately that there was something funny with the ball. Good thing it wasn’t Richard Sherman or he would have been in Brady, Belichick, and the Ref’s face about it. Reminds me a bit of a bone-headed break-in down in DC back in the 70s - it wasn’t the crime that pulled everyone down, it was the cover-up...