Questions about whether the New England Patriots purposefully deflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday initially arose after the below interception by Indianapolis Colt linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, according to multiple reports.
Both Newsday and WCVB, an ABC affiliate in Boston, are reporting that complaints about the footballs used by the the Patriots on Sunday began soon after the second-quarter interception. The NFL has since started an investigation into what people have been predictably and uncreatively referring to as #deflategate.
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The Patriots were ahead 17-7 at halftime, and then scored 28 points in the final two quarters to win the game by a commanding 45-7. So it wasn’t exactly a nail-biter.
H/T Deadspin