Latest In DeflateGate: Colts Alerted NFL Prior To Game, But Patriots Raised Red Flags

[Lady Steel]

BOSTON (CBS) — On this episode of “As The DeflateGate Turns” …

Yes, Thursday marks Day 32 of the never-ending saga known as “DeflateGate,” and there were some developments. No, they don’t match up to Wednesday’s bananas back-and-forth, ESPN-on-ESPN crime, but they are nevertheless significant (relatively speaking).

The Colts Alerted The NFL In The Days Leading Up To The AFC Championship Game That The Patriots Might Use Underinflated Footballs

Colts general manager Ryan Grigson spoke to the media at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis on Thursday, and he admitted that the Colts had a hunch that the Patriots liked to use underinflated footballs. So, the Colts told the NFL to be on alert for such an infraction during the AFC Championship Game.

The Boston Herald’s Jeff Howe has Grigson’s quote: “Earlier that week prior to the AFC Championship Game, we notified the league about our concern. We went into the game. We had some issues, but we’re going to do what we can and that’s participate with the league in the investigation and wait until the Wells report comes out. We really have no other recourse but to wait until that investigation comes about. … We had concerns just like any general manager would do, wants their team to play on a level playing field. We took the proper steps to try to ensure that. It’s up to the league to make sure that happens. If the rules were broken, we’ll see. If not, that’s what the investigation is for. But again, we’re just doing our jobs and trying to ensure we give our team the best chance to win in a level playing field.”

Grigson responded to all related questions on the matter by deferring to the ongoing investigation by Ted Wells.

Grigson’s admission raises two key questions. First, what made the Colts believe the Patriots used underinflated footballs? Were they tipped off by the Ravens, as some have suggested, or did they first notice it back in their November matchup in Indy, as others have said?

The bigger question, though, is this: What did the NFL do after the Colts alerted them to this concern?




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[salamander]

Still not expecting Goodell to do anything about it.

[Count Steeler]

As the WWE turns. Revenue and entertainment trump integrity. Ya, I made the right decision.

Fortunately for Goodell, he has a society that is more hungry for entertainment.

[ALLD]

Good old boys club makes the rules and decides to whom they apply.

[fansince'76]

[salamander]

[stillers4me]

This is what every team that plays the Pats* should do before every game. Every. Single. Game. Sooner or later they will run out of excuses for this POS organization.

[Butch]

All I hear from the dipshit reporters around here is that it's a non issue and they would have won the game even if they were only playing with bricks. These dipshits are completely ignoring the FACT that a) the balls were tampered with b) there were 12 balls all under inflated not just one or two c) they were called out on it earlier in the season. It has nothing to do with winning or losing the game it has to do with playing within the rules. If you allow this where do you draw the line? Can I literally take the air out of the ball when I am up by 3 scores in the 2nd half? Or is it just because it's tommy boy and you don't want to see them blemish his image? I just don't get it. I refuse to believe it did not give them some sort of advantage or they wouldn't have done it.

I don't expect anything to come of this other than a fine that will be a drop in the bucket for the organization...if anything at all.

[stillers4me]

All I hear from the dipshit reporters around here is that it's a non issue and they would have won the game even if they were only playing with bricks. These dipshits are completely ignoring the FACT that a) the balls were tampered with b) there were 12 balls all under inflated not just one or two c) they were called out on it earlier in the season. It has nothing to do with winning or losing the game it has to do with playing within the rules. If you allow this where do you draw the line? Can I literally take the air out of the ball when I am up by 3 scores in the 2nd half? Or is it just because it's tommy boy and you don't want to see them blemish his image? I just don't get it. I refuse to believe it did not give them some sort of advantage or they wouldn't have done it.

I don't expect anything to come of this other than a fine that will be a drop in the bucket for the organization...if anything at all.

The same dipshit reporters would be raising a major stink if it were the Steelers. #truth

[Butch]

The same dipshit reporters would be raising a major stink if it were the Steelers. #truth

Yeah or the Raiders or damn near any other team, and the punishment would have been swift and steep. I just don't get why they are the anointed ones in the NFL.

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Perhaps....but the Ravens game was NOT a blowout. The Patriots may not have even BEEN at the championship game but for one or two completed passes from an illegal ball.

Good point and they are all hoping that this rotten egg fart blows away in the wind before anyone gets a whiff of it.

[Pappy]

They're hoping time will lessen the memories of the footballs. And then they will come up with some shit ass fine and that will be that. Just like the owner of the Colts, whatever happened to him I might add?

[LLT]

All I hear from the dipshit reporters around here is that it's a non issue and they would have won the game even if they were only playing with bricks. .

Perhaps....but the Ravens game was NOT a blowout. The Patriots may not have even BEEN at the championship game but for one or two completed passes from an illegal ball.