I think we can all agree on one thing. Regardless of if the Patriots did it, knew about it, or didn't do it at all and are completely innocent, someone at the NFL offices wants to make the Patriots look badly by selectively leaking information, some reportedly wrong, (or maybe not the NFL won't say,) that makes the Patriots look guilty. Someone is intentionally and willfully trying to hurt the franchise, Mr. Kraft, and the value of the Patriots in the League Offices. Let that sink in for a minute.
This is why I'd now question even the facts when they do come out. If the NFL came right out and said, hey ball #1 was inflated to X at halftime, ball #2 was Y, and so on and so on for all the balls on both the Colts and Patriots I'd have had no choice but to believe them. The Ref should have come out right away and said, "hey I inflated or deflated each ball to X, I used this gauge, the balls weren't noticeably warm or cold for either team," but now it seems like he is in the witness protection program. I don't trust anything the NFL says from here on out. This has been horribly mismanaged. Did the NFL let the Patriots play with under inflated footballs for the first half of the AFC Championship game? If they did, it can't be a big deal or the NFL has literally no credibility. If it isn't a big deal... what the heck is going on with a special investigator and a months long investigation planned.
I've been a big supporter of Goodell, but now whatever way this turns out, I think the NFL needs to be cleaned out, starting with a new commissioner.