I got a good laugh when I read about this excuse. If this is the best defense Brady and the Pats have, they're in trouble:
In a text message sent to Jastremski, McNally referred to himself as the "deflator." Yet, according to the Patriots, there's a simple explanation for McNally's nickname. They claim it has nothing to do with deflating footballs, and instead, they claim it has everything to do with McNally wanting to lose weight.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-foo ... ose-weight
The only excuse funnier was Bill Belichick's explanation as to how the Patriots game balls lost 15% of their air pressure in under 2 hours.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/bill-be ... s-28464054