Technically, this isn't the offseason, but still, not worth another thread and no one want to read a thread about Brady anymore.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...om-basis-only/

Random testing with balls taken out of play and replaced with backups at halftime. What are the larger goal?

1. Obviously monitoring for tampering during the game (they League probably is not going to lose the balls pregame anymore (http://operations.nfl.com/updates/th...-for-nfl-games).

2. Measure enough and you could get very good data on natural deflation under game conditions.

3. Remove them from play and secure them. For later inspection?

Kinda curious why they don't take a few at the end of the game as well. Also, if they are trying to generate some actual results from inflation patterns, why not announce that?

But most importantly, what is the competitive advantage here? Why worry about this? Doubt its the QB's passing. Despite a previous paper on the subject of Patriots low fumble rates getting shredded by blogs for some simple errors, does the League believe the Patriots fumble less because of the PSI?