In the continuing saga of what is now known as deflategate, the NFL has reportedly found that 11 of the 12 New England Patriots' game balls were underinflated.
ESPN noted that league sources have said that the game footballs were significantly deflated.
According to the NFL rulebook, game-day footballs are to be inflated to a pressure between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds. The sources claim that the Pats’ balls were underinflated by 2 pounds.
Greg Aiello, the NFL's senior vice president of communications would not comment on the investigation or any results at this time.
As previously reported, the allegations of underinflated footballs surfaced shortly after the team took on the Indianapolis Colts Sunday in Foxborough.
A source with knowledge to the situation said that Indy linebacker D’Qwell Jackson noticed something was not right with the football after an interception and alerted his coaches. That information is apparently what led to the NFL’s probe.
However, Colts tight end Dwayne Allen took to Twitter Wednesday and said that the Patriots were just the better team and the underinflated footballs did not affect the game’s outcome. With a final score of 45-7 for the home team that’s pretty hard to argue with.
@NFLonFOX not a story. They could have played with soap for balls and beat us. Simply the better team. We have to continue to build! #BTM
— Dwayne Allen (@Dallen83) January 21, 2015
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