Nope, not in Rodgers' words either. They were said during the broadcast of the Packers / Patriots game and not by Rodgers himself.

He has them overinflated before the refs measure them because some amount of air leaks out during the pressure readings. The Packers have not then gone and altered the balls after giving them to the refs. Not a comparable situation at all!

Not necessarily on either count. Both players will be appealing and the NFLPA will be giving them a lot of support, so I'd expect each suspension to drop a game or two.

Hardy is suspended for 10 games this season, though? And Rice's suspension the NFL admitted they bungled which is why, you know, the penalties for domestic violence are harsher now!

Throwing in the "cameras" measurement also doesn't help.

Made by a Patriots fan, unsurprisingly!

"Lesser secondary" is being pretty generous to what the Patriots will be trotting out.

That's made by a Patriots fan and also has some pretty hilarious definitions of what counts as "cheating."

Repeat? With that secondary? Hahahahahahaha.

Sorry about your cheating QB.

Yes, but it doesn't make it not cheating.

"It's a conspiracy against a team that's been consistently good to preserve league parity" is a pretty insane take on this, so congrats?

Comparing this to Ray Rice's suspension is pretty dumb considering the NFL has admitted they screwed that one up and have since suspended domestic abusers more (see: Greg Hardy's 10 game suspension).

After a really crappy day so far I have to say Brady's suspension and all of the hot takes that have resulted (especially at Pats Pulpit!) have brightened my day a bit.

But…it's not. There's nothing that says you can't hand the refs over or under-inflated balls in the rulebook because it's entirely unenforceable. It's the ref's job to make sure that they're at a proper PSI when they go into the field of play. If they aren't at the proper amount it's their job to fix it. If the…

Easy—that's done before the officials take the measurement because a small amount of air will leak out. More importantly, though, Rodgers (to everybody's knowledge, anyway) doesn't have the balls messed with after their measurements are taken. They're not really comparable.

So Woody Allen's final movie has to be called "Woody Allen" and be nothing but 90 minutes of awkward stammering, right?

Better hope he's on his best game now that the Patriots have a secondary made up of spitballs and toothpicks!

Yeah, I'm not that excited either.

The Bucks got further along this season than I could have hoped and I truly hate the Bulls and especially Mike Dunleavy.