Ted Wells didn’t find the smoking gun but he certainly found the smoking text messages.
Although a multitude of Patriots apologists predicted a number of scenarios that would not only exonerate the Patriots in the “Deflategate” scandal but would put the blame on the Indianapolis Colts, their empty predictions and shallow explanations came up as flat as the tampered footballs the Patriots used in the AFC Championship game.
The Ideal Gas Theory? Turns out it’s full of hot air.
The suggestion the Colts deflated the Patriots’ balls? Crushed in the same way the Patriots crushed Indianapolis that day, which is to say in a rout.