Under-inflated balls: can’t stop, won’t stop.
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The New England Patriots offered their response to the Wells Report on a website titled, "The Wells Report in Context."
The lengthy rebuttal documents the team's issues with the NFL report on how the Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady were likely behind the two locker room attendants deflating footballs used in the AFC Championship game.
The Patriots were fined $1 million for their role in Deflategate and stripped of two draft picks. Brady was suspended for four games, but will reportedly appeal.
"The conclusions of the Wells Report are at best, incomplete, incorrect and lack context," the report reads.
Annotations to the Wells Report were made by Daniel L. Goldberg, a senior parter in the Boston office of Morgan Lewis, who was present during all of the interviews of Patriots personnel conducted at Gillette Stadium.
Here are some key take-aways from the 20,000-word report:
"The problem with relying on text messages to derive meaning are well known. They do not convey tone of voice. They are not well-suited for humor or sarcasm. Shorthand expressions or terms routinely used by those sending texts to each other may not be understood or appreciated. How many people have sent a joking text which could be misinterpreted if read cold by a third person?"
"Using Ideal Gas Law calculations, footballs set pre-game at 71 degree indoor temperatures at the high end of the Rule 2 range –13.5 psi – will drop below 12.5 when the outside temperature is at or below 52 degrees. It is safe to assume that countless NFL games have therefore used below-regulation footballs – and no one has ever noticed."
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