PHOENIX — Roger Goodell knows how to give a stock answer. Roger Goodell doesn’t know the intimate details of the NFL’s DeflateGate investigation.
The NFL commissioner was asked a direct question about the DeflateGate controversy and could not answer it.
Check out the exchange below:
Has the NFL ever tested the air pressure of footballs in the middle of the game, and how important is that as a point of reference in this investigation?
“Just so I’m clear, you said middle of the game, did you mean as play is going on?”
At halftime.
“I think we were pretty clear that we tested them in the AFC Championship Game at halftime.”
Had they ever been tested in other games as a frame of reference related to that?
“I don’t know the answer to that question. That will be something I think Ted Wells would look into, and I’m sure that we’ll provide that information.”
It seems like a key sticking point in the NFL’s investigation, which appears to have several holes. NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino revealed Thursday that officials did not log the PSI of footballs prior to the AFC Championship Game.
Thumbnail photo via Matt Slocum/Associated Press
