The “smoking gun” texts are a discussion of the aftermath of the refs pumping the Pats game footballs up to near 16 PSI, and discusses pissy vengeance by McNally at having gotten grief through the grapevine for it...in October. Part of the aftermath was apparently Brady finding out what the rule actually said and having a copy of the rule supplied to the refs before the games to let them know they didnt have to pump them up beyond the supplied 12.5 PSI.
It fits well with Rogers implication that the refs would pump the balls up extra hard because he liked them that way.
Would have replied earlier but actually I just got home from a Semi-pro football game tonight.
It is kind of delicious to see discomfort for not just Brady but the rest of The Evil Empire like Coach Palpitine and the Ring-giver in the owner box but this whole thing is just nonsense.
Yeah, it was balls a couple of tenths too low that kept the Indy defence from being able to tackle Blount. Oh but wait a minute, they did hold him under 200 yards and 5 touchdowns so maybe they did OK after all.
Those dirty low PSI numbers must be why Andrew Luck has zero TDs and 9 Ints against New England.
NE is playing the AFC South and the NFC East this year and since I pull for Houston and Dallas I would like to see Brady gone for the whole season but really doubt that is going to happen.
If Brady loses $$$$$$$ in the millions with a suspension then Goodell is gonna be like a heap of hamburger to a pack of starving Rottweiler lawyers.
What? Rogers didn't say that. He said he'd pump them up and see if the refs let them pass not that the refs pumped them up.
What? Rogers didn't say that. He said he'd pump them up and see if the refs let them pass not that the refs pumped them up.