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...
As you mention Sherman, I’m thinking this whole play-off season is stinking to high-heaven.
It was (literally) painfully obvious that Sherman had a left-side disability yet stayed in the game (kudos to him; my kind of player) but...
for the life of me I can’t understand why GB didn’t attack that vulnerability in the 4th quarter. Nelson is savvy enough to exploit such a thing. I sat in my couch wondering why they didn’t POUND the ball at Sherman by sweeps and short-hook passes.
Just confounding.
Something stinks in the NFL and it ain’t the consideration of a few deflated balls.
When all is said and done, I ask, “What would Ray Nitchke say?” (He’d probably eat Goodell for a snack; just out of spite!)