Former head linesman once reported Jim McNally to NFL

At least one former NFL official was not surprised at all when he found out that New England Patriots locker room attendant Jim McNally was at the center of the Deflategate scandal.

In an interview with WTHR’s Bob Kravitz, Former NFL head linesman Mark Baltz said he specifically remembers McNally always asking to be given the game balls to bring out onto the field before the allowable time.

“He always asked for the footballs way, way before he was supposed to get them,” Baltz said last week. “If he could get them 10 or 15 minutes before he was supposed to get them, instead of the usual two minutes before the game – and there were some crews that let him do that – he would do it. I wouldn’t…