With the officiating and the injuries the NFL is pretty hard to watch this year. This game is not much different than watching my kid’s middle school team play.
Its funny... It was the same way last year...the players picked the Hawks, the talking heads picked the Broncos. You think those talking heads would have learned.
The media hold all the cards because they make the stories; but the fact of the matter is the media today is lazy, arrogant, sensationalist, and profit off of tearing down others.
Even if no one actually let the air out of the balls after they were inspected by the officials, its pretty obvious that the Pats intentionally doctored/conditioned the balls so they would lose pressure after inspection.
If a team spent that much effort to get the ball exactly right, they would...
I think Marshawn is actually a man of principle (even though his principles may be different to yours and mine). I think he made a conscious decision to not talk to the media after the way he was treated early in his career, and he sees talking to the media now as abandoning those principles or...
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2015/01/23/deflated-patriots-statistically-impossible-fumble-record/
To me the greatest advantage of a deflated ball is fewer fumbles..Pete always preaches turnovers as the most important factor in a game. This is why the pats need to be hammered hard.
I think the snaps were having a noticeable affect on the timing of the offense and in some cases ruined the read option/play action as Wilson didn't have time to dive for the bad snap and twist back to Lynch to give an effective fake.
Michael Jackson's signature move is the crotch grab. The NFL had Michael Jackson as the halftime show in 1993 and he did the crotch grab numerous times (as expected). This is not about decency or vulgarity. This is all about the NFL trying force Marshawn to bow down and kiss their ring.