Chris Mortensen sure has irked New England Patriots fans throughout Deflategate.
Mortensen acknowledged earlier this month he could have done a “better job vetting” his original report that 11 of the 12 footballs the Patriots used in their AFC Championship Game win over the Indianapolis Colts were found to be underinflated by 2 pounds per square inch.
The ESPN NFL insider continues to face backlash, though, and he shed more light on his Deflategate reporting Thursday during a radio appearance on Arizona Sports’ “Doug and Wolf Show.”
“The whole narrative that somebody from the league deliberately leaked false information to me is so much baloney,” Mortensen said.