After previously declining to talk about the situation, Colts G.M. Ryan Grigson told reporters on Thursday that the Colts had indeed alerted the NFL to concerns about underinflated footballs before the AFC title game against the Patriots.

 

Grigson’s comments conflict with the NFL’s position that the issue first arose during the game, not before it. Grigson’s comments also undermine the NFL’s efforts to conclusively prove deflation; if the league knew the Colts had concerns about underinflated footballs before the AFC title game, why didn’t the game officials log the PSI of all Patriots and Colts footballs before the game started?

 

They didn’t, which makes sense if the issue didn’t come up before the game. It makes no sense if the issue came up before the game.

 

Given Grigson’s latest remarks, not much makes sense about the entire issue. Hopefully, the Ted Wells report will provide some answers.

 

Grigson admits Colts notified NFL of football concerns before game | ProFootballTalk

I don't trust the NFL one inch, I think Goodell needs to go, and I will keep watching no matter what.

They are so arrogant they feel they above telling the truth.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

I don't trust the NFL one inch, I think Goodell needs to go, and I will keep watching no matter what.

 

They paid $35MM to Goodell last year. I was a staunch Goodell supporter at one point. Not any longer. How can they pay $35 freaking million to this guy?!?!?! A trained monkey could have done better this past season. Ridiculous.

 

I have no idea what happened regarding Deflategate? What do you believe? The story continually changes. IF the Colts told the league before the game they had concerns, how could this have happened? All Goodell or one of his henchmen had to do was call the Pats and say this issue has come up. Problem solved. Pats submit balls and the refs measure them like Bill Nye the Science Guy. Pats are also put on notice that they are being watched. I cannot wait to see what Wells has to say.

They paid $35MM to Goodell last year. I was a staunch Goodell supporter at one point. Not any longer. How can they pay $35 freaking million to this guy?!?!?! A trained monkey could have done better this past season. Ridiculous.

 

I have no idea what happened regarding Deflategate? What do you believe? The story continually changes. IF the Colts told the league before the game they had concerns, how could this have happened? All Goodell or one of his henchmen had to do was call the Pats and say this issue has come up. Problem solved. Pats submit balls and the refs measure them like Bill Nye the Science Guy. Pats are also put on notice that they are being watched. I cannot wait to see what Wells has to say.

 

Any investigator with a bit of sense would make sure everything was documented to the nth degree if the NFL was going to run with the prosecution angle.

 

If the NFL was going to be lazy with the investigation they should have told the Pats ahead of time to avoid all this bad press.

 

But then again we can wait for another "independent" NFL investigation that doesn't address some of the most important points.

 

And to think the NFL League Office is tax exempt.

 

At least I know what I am watching when I tune into a NFL game.

They paid $35MM to Goodell last year. I was a staunch Goodell supporter at one point. Not any longer. How can they pay $35 freaking million to this guy?!?!?!

 

Because he successfully runs a $10 billion company. Did they have PR hits / disasters in 2014? Sure. Did they make even more money, with even more people interested, and even more people talking about them than ever before? Yes. Will next year be even better? Yes.

 

That's how.

Now we're supposed to believe the Colts?

 

Similar to UKMF saying it's a witch hunt by the NFL immediately after he says Kraft is untouchable.

 

Which is it? We can't have both.

Because he successfully runs a $10 billion company. Did they have PR hits / disasters in 2014? Sure. Did they make even more money, with even more people interested, and even more people talking about them than ever before? Yes. Will next year be even better? Yes.

 

That's how.

 

And you don't think they could have paid 100 other guys a third of that and done just as well???

And you don't think they could have paid 100 other guys a third of that and done just as well???

 

That is debatable. But yes, it is easier to oversee a tremendous product. In fairness, many act like the only thing Goodell does is mess with disciplining misconduct. Love or hate the guy, he has a direct role in negotiating contracts that make the bookoodles of money the NFL brings in. And not to defend Goodell, but some situations he is a no-win position. Ray Rice, the NFL dropped the ball. Fair enough. Deflategate, the NFL HAD to investigate. Action or inaction Goodell was going to lose.

And you don't think they could have paid 100 other guys a third of that and done just as well???

 

No. The NFL wasn't THIS NFL when Roger took over.

 

When a guy is making you tens of billions why would you sweat his $35 million?

No. The NFL wasn't THIS NFL when Roger took over.

 

When a guy is making you tens of billions why would you sweat his $35 million?

 

I agree with your comment. However, I don't think he is the GUY that is making the league tens of billions. The owners don't care what I think though so he will be there as long as they want him. Please don't think that there aren't other solid business guys out there who could not do just as well as he does with the NFL bottom line.

The chain of custody necessarily was interrupted when the Colts secured possession of the football. Assuming the Colts may have deflated a football that came into the team’s possession is no less ludicrous than assuming the Patriots may have deflated it.

 

If it’s true that the football obtained by the Colts was even more deflated that the rest of the footballs being used by the New England offense, it’s at least possible that one of the various people who handled the ball after Jackson brought it to the sideline removed air from it, especially in light of G.M. Ryan Grigson’s admission that the Colts alerted the NFL to concerns about deflation in the days before the AFC title game. The Colts knew that air pressure was an issue; if a rogue employee from the Patriots was capable of taking air out of the footballs, a rogue employee from the Colts may have been capable of it, too.

 

It doesn’t mean the Colts deflated the football. It also doesn’t mean the Colts didn’t. It means that the NFL must rule out that the ball was deflated by the Colts if the NFL plans to conclude that the Patriots did.

 

League not saying if investigation includes whether Colts deflated ball | ProFootballTalk

No. The NFL wasn't THIS NFL when Roger took over.

 

When a guy is making you tens of billions why would you sweat his $35 million?

 

And soon he'll have 2 teams in Los Angeles.

And soon he'll have 2 teams in Los Angeles.

 

Which two? @LRCW