sullivan, managing editor of the boston globe. is this real or piling on the patriots here? >> well it happened. we believe mike tomlin that it happened. but i do get a sense oaf of a little piling on here. there's been many accusations beyond the deflated footballs that have a accumulated this week with stories in sports illustrated and espn.com about other things the patriots may do to push the envelope or even outright cheat and this is one of them in the story in sports illustrated about how they are accused of sometimes interfering with the transmission between coaches on the head sets the coaches wear during the game. this has happened before here. i do think it is minor. it seems like it is piling on to me. i think that even know the steelers are back pedaling. they have told the league they are not going to file an