Note this statement:
“...became underinflated during the game...”
Two days ago, Gronkowski tweeted about “Gronking” the ball after a touchdown...and Brady made a comment that “Gronking” was spiking the ball, and that he spiked the ball so hard, it deflated them.
This will be their meme. Cold weather and “Gronking” deflated the balls.
Which makes no sense. As far as I know, 4th down is not played with a K-Ball, but rather one of the teams set of 12 offensive balls. So the act of punting should deflate balls much more than “Gronking”...and that has never been a problem before.
It was 51°F at game time, not cold enough to make a difference unless they were inflated at 130°F!...............
The ball boy beat the crap out the balls in the elevator on the way down to the playing field, and the door opened unexpectedly - saving ball #12.
Goodell has the video from the elevator - but has had it destroyed.
Yes - I re-posted ‘cause I forgot the Goodell line...
Patriots did very little punting in that game