New England Patriots

Report: unnamed NFL long snapper, backup QB deflated footballs last season

As Patriots quarterback Tom Brady made his case at his Deflategate appeal hearing Tuesday, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter dropped a bomb of a report on television by saying he knew of two NFL players who had deflated footballs last season.

“There was one punter I know, one long snapper, who took a paperclip with him into games and deflated footballs before he snapped them during the games,’’ Schefter said. “There’s another backup quarterback that would deflate footballs for his starting quarterback.’’

Pro Football Zone posted video of the segment onto its YouTube channel. You can check out the entire video above.

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