Tom Brady Had An Interesting Response When Asked If He Would Be Completely Exonerated For Deflategat

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Tom Brady Had An Interesting Response When Asked If He Would Be Completely Exonerated For Deflategate

By Cork Gaines11 hours ago


New England Patriots of deflating the footballs during their win in the AFC Championship game, Tom Brady flatly denied any knowledge of how it happened. But in an interview that will air on Super Bowl Sunday, Brady's tone seems to have changed.

On Tuesday, Brady sat down with Bob Costas of NBC for an interview that will air prior to the Super Bowl. On Wednesday, Costas was a guest on "The Dan Patrick Show" and spoke briefly about the conversation (emphasis ours).

"I asked [Brady] at one point, 'so you're telling me, when this investigation is complete, which the [NFL] is now saying will not be until after the Super Bowl, you will be — I don't think I used the word exonerated — but, be they fan or foe, no one will be able to pin anything on Tom Brady,'" Costas told Dan Patrick. "and he said something to the affect of 'well, let's just wait and see how it comes out.' Which I thought was an intriguing answer."

Patrick asked if Costas followed up to see what Brady meant by the answer and Costas simply responded, "I think [the answer] kind of spoke for itself."

The answer is intriguing because Brady originally said that he personally "didn't alter the balls in any way" and that he didn't know how the balls became deflated, suggesting he is completely innocent of any wrongdoing.

However, Brady's answer to Costas could be used to validate the growing belief of many that the Patriots' continued confidence that no rules were broken may be a sign that the team used a loophole or a way around the rules in order to use footballs that were underinflated.

One example is the theory that the footballs could have been inflated with hot air, something that would cause the pressure to drop without actually deflating the balls.

In other words, maybe the Patriots followed the letter of the law while ignoring the spirit of the law.

Either way, Brady suddenly sounds a lot less confident that he is going to escape this scandal unscathed.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tom-brady-had-interesting-response-215828546.html

 

[Stryker44]

Violating "the spirit of the rule." Feel like I have heard that before...

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Violating "the spirit of the rule." Feel like I have heard that before...

Im not sure where you may have heard that before, but maybe all the Patriots defenders here can help you out with that.

 

[Staubacher]

Brady also sounded unsure when asked if he was a cheater.

 

[khiladi]

You can't alter the balls in any artificial way per the Minnesota game. Heating the air up is and then pumping the balls with it is artificial.

"You can't do anything with the footballs in terms of any artificial, whether you're heating them up, whether it's a regular game ball or kicking ball, you can't do anything to the football," Blandino said. "So that was noticed during the game, both teams were made aware of it during the game and we will certainly remind the clubs as we get into more cold weather games that you can't do anything with the football in terms of heating them up with those sideline heaters."

http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-v...of-game-ball-incident-during-panthers-vikings

This was even made clear after the Minnesota incident.

 

[khiladi]

The most hilarious comment comes from this guy:

Typical reporting by the media. A useless Costas who showed just how bad he is at the Olympics at being a sports commentator. If I was Costas I would be more concerned with my own image after that bigoted, rude, and one sided interview of Putin. It was disgusting to watch his criticism of the opening ceremonies because of a tech error on a light. Those ceremonies were the best I had seen in my lifetime and out did anything that has come before them. Costas you proved you were a jerk then and nothing has changed much.

Putin? Must be a Pats fan...

 

[Rogah]

I'm amazed Costas was able to go 5 minutes before making sure we all know how holier-than-thou he is with his usual sanctimonious, self-righteous anti-Commanders-name rant.

That might be a personal record for him.

Nevertheless..... not sure I see how Brady's answer is all that intriguing. People seem blissfully unaware that New England happens to be playing a football game this weekend. They announced they were done taking about it this week so a cursory "let's see what happens" is all you should expect from any of them.

 

[Staubacher]

I'm amazed Costas was able to go 5 minutes before making sure we all know how holier-than-thou he is with his usual sanctimonious, self-righteous anti-Commanders-name rant.

That might be a personal record for him.

Nevertheless..... not sure I see how Brady's answer is all that intriguing. People seem blissfully unaware that New England happens to be playing a football game this weekend. They announced they were done taking about it this week so a cursory "let's see what happens" is all you should expect from any of them.

Brady sure wasn't done talking about it when he went on a friendly radio show and whined about how butthurt this all made him feel.

I'm not a Costas fan either, but once again the list grows of everyone who is a hater, corrupt, stupid, has an agenda etc., if they dare be skeptical of a bunch of cheaters.

Lance Armstrong all over again.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Liars cannot give honest answers, just confusing ones.

And that's the truth!

 

[Rogah]

Brady sure wasn't done talking about it when he went on a friendly radio show and whined about how butthurt this all made him feel.

It almost as sad as how butturt all the haters are, taking a speeding ticket and trying to turn it into murder-1.

 

[Staubacher]

It almost as sad as how butturt all the haters are, taking a speeding ticket and trying to turn it into murder-1.

Awww you got to say hater again. How cute.

 

[Nightman]

It almost as sad as how butturt all the haters are, taking a speeding ticket and trying to turn it into murder-1.

Why are you so obsessed with punishment if they did nothing wrong?

I guess guilt or innocence is not even in question any more.

Just trying to soften the blow for the sentencing stage.

Kind of like the Hernandez trial. Now is that murder 1, murder 2 or a speeding ticket?

 

[Rogah]

Why are you so obsessed with punishment if they did nothing wrong?

I guess guilt or innocence is not even in question any more.

Just trying to soften the blow for the sentencing stage.

Latest reports say the NFL does not record PSI when they check it. It is simply pass/fail. Sure looks like that whole (2 PSI underinflated) stat that the haters are so desperately clinging on to was completely made up and no one has any clue how they were before the game and how they were at halftime.

Kind of like the Hernandez trial. Now is that murder 1, murder 2 or a speeding ticket?

Hernandez is a scumbag who should spend the rest of his life in jail.

Great job comparing an allegedly (but not definitely) under-inflated football to a real world murder case. Excellent perspective you have there. Way to keep it classy.

 

[Deep_South]

I think Brady's response is appropriate. We recently found out that the NFL will rule on this incident with the "preponderance of evidence" standard. If one were to look at as motive, means, and opportunity, they could easily rule that the ref and the ball boy both had means and opportunity to let air out of the balls, but the potential motives for the ball boy were much more immediately apparent than the ref's, and rule against the Patriots. So, the Patriots could be found guilty with the people making the ruling really having no idea what actually happened, but believing that the balls were indeed deflated and it is more likely than not that the Patriots did it.

 

[DFWJC]

I notice it got a bit more quiet around here when at least some doubt was inserted into this thing.
The pitch forks and hangman nooses are at least on hold.

Now (3 days ago) the NFL has come out and said only 1 ball was 2 psi below standard, a few more were about 1 psi, and the rest were right at the mark or just a tick below standard.
Not remotely the same as 11 out of 12 balls being 2 psi below.
This does not prove innocence but it changes things greatly.

 

[khiladi]

So how did the Colts report deflated balls if you can't detect 1 PSI? And again, why did the Colts balls not deflate? So why make an official statement that things were deflated and the Patriots are being investigated, but stating that the balls were re-inflated at half-time and didn't change?

Of course the spin is in effect.