A data scientist/statistician ran the numbers on all NFL teams/games going back to 2010.
This has to do with offensive plays/per fumbles lost. The Patriots are off the chart with 187 offensive plays per fumble lost. The next closest team is Houston (enclosed stadium team) with 140 O/P per F/L. The average for teams in the NFL is 105 O/P per F/L. If the data is correct this anomaly can't be ignored by the NFL. The Patriots, in my opinion, have been scamming the system for several years with under inflated balls.
This NFL/Patriot BS we have a low echelon person of interest is totally ridiculous ... in the extreme.
2010 is an interesting start time...since that was when Brady had a long string of no interceptions, and the team was all into keeping a string of no turnovers going.
It plays well into this:
http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2012/11/30/bill-belichick-and-the-sweet-science-of-the-turnover/
And RB BenJarvis Green Ellis who had a string of not fumbling not only with the Patriots, but all through college prior. And as though smart defenses don’t plot turnovers - like the Manning pick in the Colts-Saints Super Bowl...you could see it coming if you knew what to look for.
Of course the big key that it’s also cherry picking is that it is “fumbles lost”, not “fumbles”...which the Pats are only second best, even with all their efforts.