New Englands lack of fumbles

[salamander]

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.

 

[marko358]

Fascinating read. Thanks for sharing.

 

[marko358]

It'll be great to see them finally playing with a properly inflated ball after all of these years. A coupe of fumbles and a few WR drops seem much more likely now.

 

[Bobblehead]

What when they are on the road though?

 

[marko358]

What when they are on the road though?

Each team brings their own balls to the game to use.

 

[mirrikat45]

It'll be great to see them finally playing with a properly inflated ball after all of these years. A coupe of fumbles and a few WR drops seem much more likely now.

No wonder they can't notice the difference. They've been playing like this for 8 seasons. They may be so used to the under inflated balls by now that they actually have more than normal number of fumbles while they adjust.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

Well that's interesting.

 

[Alexander]

It'll be great to see them finally playing with a properly inflated ball after all of these years. A coupe of fumbles and a few WR drops seem much more likely now.

No wonder they can't notice the difference. They've been playing like this for 8 seasons. They may be so used to the under inflated balls by now that they actually have more than normal number of fumbles while they adjust.

If I'm not mistaken, the footballs were found to be under-inflated at halftime of the AFCC game, and they played the rest of the game with properly inflated footballs. Is this correct or no? If so, most of the blowout occurred when they were playing with regulation balls.

As much as I'd like to believe the Pats are suddenly going to start fumbling the ball like crazy, I wouldn't bet on it. My guess is that this whole thing has zero impact on the Super Bowl itself. I still like our chances.

 

[kidhawk]

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