Deflategate 2? @jayglazer explains that the #Giants alerted the NFL on #Steelers deflated footballs last week. https://t.co/jcebCVMxMN
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 11, 2016
Remember how Deflategate was the worst thing, not from the sense that it was a horrible scandal but that it seemed to never end over something incredibly mundane? Well, good news! According to Jay Glazer, we may be on the verge of Deflategate, Part II.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants played one another last week. The Steelers won 24-14 in a rather forgettable football game. But this game could lead to the second chapter of the Deflategate scandal, as Glazer reports that the Giants had reason to believe that there were shenanigans afoot.
Giants tested 2 footballs they questioned PSI levels vs Steelers and then alerted league office they were deflated. Please noooooooooo!!!!!
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) December 11, 2016
Glazer said that the Giants were “suspicious” of the balls the Steelers were using, so they tested two balls that they got after takeaways on the sidelines. The balls were reportedly under where they needed to be, so they were sent into the NFL, which has not responded to the team’s inquiry yet.
The good news is that Glazer said he does not expect this to be the impossibly long saga that we had with Tom Brady and the NFL during the original Deflategate. Of course, because “Deflategate” makes everyone feel anxious, a bunch of people on Twitter had takes on the dumbest scandal in sports history.
Deflategate 2: The Air Apparent
— Brian McIntyre (@brian_mcintyre) December 11, 2016
DeflateGate 2: The Empirical Formula Strikes Back
— Rich Hill (@PP_Rich_Hill) December 11, 2016
Thank you, @Giants. I needed a hilarious pick-me-up today. You bunch of dorks. Thank you so much.
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) December 11, 2016
This is actually hilarious. Look at who the Steelers played the week before the Giants. LOL. pic.twitter.com/RUsdPKWlLL
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) December 11, 2016
The Giants accuse Steelers of deflating footballs: https://t.co/PP9pGMmca9 #DeflateGate pic.twitter.com/qod8siSHim
— NBC Sports Bet (@NBCSportsBet) December 11, 2016
We all know nothing is going to happen to Steelers. At most, 25k fine, that's about it. Why? Cause that what the rules are.
— Lil King Tra$hmouth (@HeelStCloud) December 11, 2016
Somewhere, Mark Brunell is weeping again.
— Kirk Minihane (@kirkmin) December 11, 2016
That feeling when you realize you have to put up with another 10 months of Deflategate stories pic.twitter.com/iPKe59ElKm
— Tyler Brooke (@TylerDBrooke) December 11, 2016
Just in time for Deflategate 2: Electric Boogaloo https://t.co/zUoKpskQyj
— Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) December 11, 2016
Considering how this is literally the last thing that any person on earth wants, hopefully we never hear of this again after today.