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Patriots reportedly dealt with underinflated footballs during loss to Chiefs

Here we go again?

Close to nine years since “DeflateGate” plagued the Patriots and their fans for what felt like forever, Gillette Stadium was reportedly the site of another game marred by underinflated footballs.

On Wednesday, MassLive’s Mark Daniels reported that the kicking balls used by both New England and Kansas City in the first half of Sunday’s showdown in Foxborough were underinflated by as much as two pounds per square inch (PSI).

When the Patriots complained about the state of the kicking balls after both Patriots kicker Chad Ryland and Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker missed field goals in the first half, officials took the balls into the locker room at halftime.