QBs each prefer a slightly different feel for the ball. The teams are given a set of footballs each week to use in practice and prep for the games. There are regulations they have to follow to keep them legal but each team's balls will be worn down slightly differently. MMQB did a series last season on a referee team and they discussed how the balls are prepped and handled during the week.
Somewhere there was a breakdown in the system and someone was deflating those balls
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