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Originally Posted by red-beard

The report on the news yesterday was 3 out of 4 of the COLTS balls were also out of specification.

I saw a letter to the editor of the WSJ which basically showed the rule itself is extremely poorly written. When the unit of measure is wrong, the rule is bad.

The ridiculous thing here is that the balls being underinflated didn't help Brady. He and the Patriots played BETTER after the balls were properly inflated.

I expect that his appeal will reduce/eliminate his suspension.

Sorta my thought as well, and I'm no Patriots fan. They destroyed the Colts for that entire game, it had nothing to do with football psi. People who think that a slightly under-inflated football is the reason for the Patriot's success are sadly mistaken. The report itself also seemed really weak and 100% circumstantial, nothing that would ever hold up in a court of law. I suspect the NFL gets egg on their face (again) when the suspension is overturned.