As Patriots fans take stock of the team’s newest addition, it’s worth remembering Dwayne Allen’s sole contribution to the Deflategate controversy.
Allen, who was reportedly traded to the Patriots on Wednesday, was a member of the Colts during the 2014 season. And he was on the field during the AFC Championship Game, which the Patriots won 45-7. In the aftermath of the lopsided contest, Deflategate was born.
After the now-infamous ESPN report claimed that anonymous sources confirmed 11 of 12 New England football were under-inflated by two pounds per square inch, Allen took to Twitter:
@NFLonFOX not a story.