Former Steelers QB Mark Malone: Deflated Footballs Can Give You An Advantage
PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) - Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mark Malone sat down with The Cook and Poni Show Live from radio row at the Super Bowl in Phoenix on Wednesday.
Malone told the guys that deflating footballs can give you an edge.
"Sure, of course there is," Malone said. "If you can compress that ball ever so slightly with your finger you can control it more."
Malone said that he never played in a time where quarterbacks were not able to fix footballs prior to a game to their liking.
He also doesn't know if there will ever be enough evidence to fully explain how those 11 balls supplied by the Patriots were deflated, but the Colts balls were not.
"I don't know if we will ever get to the bottom of it," Malone said.
However, he knows what should happen if they do find enough to prove the Patriots were involved.
"Even if you don't find a smoking gun as a league and as a commissioner, you've got to hand down some sort of sanctions given the history of this franchise," Malone said.