Not trying to excuse Brady or anything:


Listened to Kurt Warner talk about QBS preference for footballs yesterday.


1) He said he just liked brand new balls to be worn out slightly to get that "slick" film off of them,, he liked the nubs still there. He said he just played with what the refs gave him though.


2) He also said in a game vs Minnesota once,, that the footballs Minnesota used were a completely different color (like 3 shades darker) than what his team was using. He said he held one and it was like it had alot of stickem' on it like WRs use.


3) Then he talked about Steve Young wanting his equipment guys to throw dirt all over his footballs the whole week prior to the game.


4) He also mentioned hearing about guys wanting footballs put in ovens for some reason.


Seems to me there are alot of various ways that QBs want footballs tailored to their personal liking.


The NFL better take back over issuing the equipment prior to games to keep things "equal," IMO.

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