Patriots Owner Bob Kraft Takes Jab at Colts While Honoring Willie McGinest

If you thought there was a chance that Patriots owner Robert Kraft was over Deflategate and anyone who accused the team of deflating footballs, then you are dead wrong.

During halftime of the Patriots’ game against the Miami Dolphins Thursday night, Kraft took a jab at the Colts during a ceremony honoring Willie McGinest’s induction into the team’s hall of fame.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than saddling the Indianapolis Colts with a loss. Something Willie did 16 times in his career,” Kraft said.

Kraft went on to invoke memories of the infamous 2003 meeting between the two teams in Indianapolis, where McGinest stopped Edgerrin James from entering the end zone on a fourth and goal from the one-yard line near the end of the game, preserving a 38-34 win.

Kraft then said that he wondered what the stop would have sounded like if the game was played in Foxborough, asking the crowd to make noise as video of the play was shown.

Word of allegedly deflated footballs in Foxborough initially came from Colts general manager Ryan Grigson, who told the league to look out for underinflated footballs prior to the AFC Championship game.

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