re: SIAP: Deflategate is not about Brady and the receivers. It's about TO's (Link)

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Brady is a big, strong QB with giant hands and he gets rid of the ball quickly. He isn't going to fumble a lot.

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To be fair, he does typically sit at the bottom of the league in fumbles, but it's not every year and it's not like he isn't fumbling at all. I said it earlier, but this is likely a case of him liking the ball at a certain psi less than the legal range. Not hard to figure out how the elements will effect the pressure in the ball based on the weather. A softer ball would be easier to hold onto when it's cold outside. Don't think it's a high level of cheating, but it is breaking the rules to give you the best conditions to win. Not so much an advantage as it is a disregarding of rules to have the ball how you want it. Doesn't look good that Brady was the main proponent of wanting to use his own balls for each game.