WEEI/Jerry Thornton: 8 ways Patriots defenders have been proven right
Nobody can sum it up better than Jerry Thornton, but the problem is that there’s a huge population of “fans” who checked out right after Mort’s 11 of 12 report. As far as they were consider Tom Brady was a cheater at that point and nothing he could say would change their opinion. Of course, they then poked their heads up when they heard he “destroyed” his cell phone and said “Yup, Mort was right, what a cheater”.
Now with each new bit of evidence that comes out, you know where the NFL is caught red-handed putting out false information to smear Brady’s credibility, those fans who already decided he was guilty are “tired of deflategate”. They wonder why Brady won’t just accept four games so they don’t have to hear about Deflategate anymore because it’s clogging their sports-watching enjoyment or something.
The problem for them is Deflategate is just getting started. I think it’s about 65-35 that Brady’s suspension gets thrown out by Judge Berman and then we’ll start in on the NFL’s appeals.
Those who are sick of Deflategate better start paying attention again because, as Jerry lays out, this hasn’t just been the same old stuff recycled over and over. It’s a near-constant barrage of new information and each new bit makes the NFL look vindictive, petty and agenda-driven.
That’s the real controversy of Deflategate.
