Patriots cornerback: We crushed the Colts, so #inflatethis
This so-called Deflategate harkens back to Watergate in one way.
President Richard Nixon was going to crush George McGovern in the 1972 election (he won 520-17 anyway), so there really was no need to break into the Democratic National Headquarters.
The Patriots were likely to route the Colts in the AFC Championship Game anyway, so why deflate the balls?
New England cornerback Brandon Browner says the margin of victory in the Patriots’ 45-7 win should negate any talk of deflated footballs.
For my 2cents Blount scored 3 rushing touchdowns. He could've carried a beach ball. Also doesn't hurt we only gave up 7 points #inflatethis
— Brandon Browner (@bbrowner27) January 21, 2015Colts tight end Dwayne Allen agreed.
@NFLonFOX not a story. They could have played with soap for balls and beat us. Simply the better team. We have to continue to build! #BTM
— Dwayne Allen (@Dallen83) January 21, 2015However, Colts punter Pat McAfee is ready to take the Patriots’ place in Super Bowl XLIX. That means stopping his offseason, um, activities.
If New England was to be DQ'd.. We'd be their replacements right??... I should probably lay off these strawberry margs
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 21, 2015From Colts linebacker Erik Walden:
patriots motto "if u ain't cheating then u ain't tryin"
— Erik Walden (@E_Ninety3) January 21, 2015But it didn't matter if we played with Nerf footballs on Sunday they straight out whooped us. We can give them credit for that.
— Erik Walden (@E_Ninety3) January 21, 2015Indy cornerback Darius Butler had this question for the NFL:
@nfl So we get to play the game again or nah?
— Darius Butler (@DariusJButler) January 21, 2015And, finally, here was Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski’s take on it:
Whoops lol pic.twitter.com/uLxN7A5cpq
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) January 20, 2015H/T to For The Win.
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This story was originally published January 21, 2015 at 5:27 PM.