Rules were broken, both were physically caught tampering with footballs to gain an advantage, that isn't even debatable. Again, not a single thing in those texts suggests cheating, nada. If so, show me ONE where it talks about deflating BELOW league minimum, because most talked about them being OVERinflated. It isn't…

Why would they have their title stripped?? They clearly proved that regardless of psi readings Brady was winning on sheer talent alone. Brady was ON RECORD stating he preferred them closer to the minimum...fine, now provide evidence that he went below it which is in violation of league rules. If not, they have no…

Care to show me a single text stating they were either requested to deflate balls BELOW league minimum...or confirmation they actually had? Because all I see are ones “threatening” to put that at 16 just to piss off...the guy they’re covering for? That is the entire basis of a case where investigators CLEARLY sifted…

No, that they were deflating them BELOW league minimum. What is the point of having footballs in a range then telling a QB “well, I don’t care if you like them at 12.5...we’re putting them up higher and you can’t do anything about it. AGAIN, not a single text requesting or stating they were below and the FACT that…

...and he shouldn’t as they had ZERO effect on the outcomes.

“Courage”? No, it was whining plain and simple because it just so happens that very same team was getting routinely SPANKED by the Patriots. Hence why the Colts guy backtracked on his entire story, yet it appeared in the investigation. The problem is other QBs want their balls a certain way so there was probably an…

There’s not a single text showing Brady instructing people to deflate balls BELOW league minimum, not a single one showed up on TWO employee phones.

And yet again the other teams and players will blame the Patriots for “ruining as good thing”, despite the league being the ones going all in on them. This wasn’t egregious to the point they were begging to be caught, and now guys like Aaron Rodgers and others will complain that what they’ve been freely doing for…

It was a personal phone, and secondly Brady had sat down at length with them. They got pissed when Kraft pulled his ball boy after FOUR interviews and they demanded a fifth. It was a powerplay pure and simple.

Because there really was no proof of wrongdoing beyond addl. tampering when balls were being brought out to refs, that is the issue. They have texts from that Jets game where they claimed refs had balls at 16psi, well above league limit, them removing air is only illegal if it went below league minimum and no texts…

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He may not have known him, Brady’s texts were all to John not Jim and Jim himself had to ask John to score him free stuff. Secondly, the phones were owned by the Patriots, Brady’s was his own personal one and I wouldn’t let anyone have free access to it regardless. The bottom line is that everyone only cares because…

Bending and breaking are two different things, so please don’t play stupid and think that ONLY New England does this because that isn’t even remotely true. Where is your outrage over two teams getting fined by the league for sideline texts and fake crowd noise? And no, I don’t find giving staff gifts suspicious,…

Because they have texts showing refs had them inflated to 16...”refs fucked us, a few of them almost at 16 yet the NFL rule states between 12.5-13.5. Brady was pissed during Jets game, why?

Because those 2 phones taken were Patriots equipment, Brady’s was his own and the investigators were asking to view only “certain” data which we both know couldn’t be guaranteed.

...and 3 of the 4 Colts balls were reported by those same officials as below, not to mention their Colts guy claiming they never said anything to officials which turned out to be a lie.

Deflating balls that the refs themselves (via these texts) put at 16, and doing the same when they are adjusted to below league minimum are two diff. things.

4 rings in the last 14 seasons or 4 in 29....which would you rather have? Not to mention a great shot at another next season?

And??? “crazy about balls” and “not good enough” show absolutely nothing considering there are also texts about balls being overinflated to 16 that refs ok’d. Both of those comments would make more sense in that context. Again, Brady was lights out against the Colts, Ravens then Seahawks....all after they became…

Can’t deny all of those championships though!