Deflate Gate: Those Cheatriots are at it again?

If the NFL does in fact find evidence (and release it to the public) that the Patriots intentionally deflated footballs for the AFC Championship Game, where does that leave us Pats fans? 
I know even if the investigation comes back and there's no evidence to suggest that New England did this to gain an advantage, 90% of the rest of the league and non-Patriot fans will still think that the Patriots cheated. Just how it goes, unfortunately. 
So far, as of 11pm on January 20th, the league has found that 11 out of 12 balls were under-inflated by 2 pounds each. As of now, the NFL has no further comment and the Patriots have restated that they will fully cooperate with the investigation. 
Again, if they did do it, they deserve some type of punishment. I agree. But there is no way that anyone can honestly think that the amount of pressure in the football lead to the blowout. Nope. Not buying it. An under-inflated football wouldn't even be the difference between an interception and a touchdown. The ball is still going to go wherever it's thrown. The only real 'advantage' you could gain from an under-inflated ball, is getting a little bit of a better grip on it. That's really it.

Many NFL owners, coaches, staff, etc are talking like this is the worst thing ever, Spygate 2.0, essentially. Which is not surprising because the Patriots are powerhouse in the NFL right now, and of course, we're going to the Super Bowl. But the general census from former players/HOFers is that yeah, they broke a rule, but that's pretty much it. A lot of them don't believe it helped New England much at all. 

This is all still really odd to me, because the Patriots were clearly the better team Sunday night, so I don't understand why we would try to get an advantage against a team we've blown out the past 4 times we've met. Also, I still want to hear from the officiating crew.  If the refs had done their job, we wouldn't in the middle of this controversy. It's pretty well known that the refs are supposed to check EACH game ball 2 hours and 15 minutes before kick off. Wouldn't they have noticed *and fixed* the pressure? You would think...

Can't wait see what we find out over the next few days (please sense my sarcasm). But I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL kind of pins this one on us, anyway. 

As always, Go Pats!