[hq2]

I don't usually post on non-SB topics, but I felt like a few things
ought to be pointed out (hey, it's Friday night, I'm bored and the
Celtics aren't on prime time).

1. The issue of whether the Pats deflated balls for the Colts game
isn't that big a deal, at least as far as the game is concerned; the
Pats played better with the regular balls and the Colts got stomped.

HOWEVER:

2. The issue of whether they deflated them for the Ravens game
DOES matter. That was a one score game which Brady won on a
perfect throw to Brandon Lafell. If that ball had gone two feet in
any direction from where it went, it was an incompletion, and the
Pats might have lost the game. If the ball was deflated, did that help
Brady make a better throw? What about some other throws in that
game?

3. How long has this been going on anyway? Does it date maybe to
that period about a month into the season where Brady stank, and
all of a sudden he was great? Was this an attempt by an aging player
to grab for one last edge before his Super Bowl window closed forever?

4. I don't believe Belichick was in on this. He's too smart, and he knows
the other teams can readily prove the issue. I don't think he
would take a chance like that. I think only Brady (may have) been
involved.

O.K., so that's what happens when you're bored on a Friday night.