Is Brady Telling the Truth?

By Alex Eagle

Remember the ROCKY movie where after winning the Title and preparing to retire, the Italian Stallion learns that Clubber Lang’s subsequent Title win may have involved cheating?

Here’s how Roger Ebert characterized the plot:

“It's about heroism and realizing your potential, about taking your best shot and sticking by your girl.”

Contrast that with the current battle to keep private communications by a Superbowl MVP QB and his equipment guys when the League was looking into problems at a marquis game. 

By way of background, the Patriots owner had suspended two employees without pay on May 6.

Interestingly, one of the guys suspended referred to himself as the “Deflator” but it was explained this way in a rebuttal to the Well’s report:

 “The word ‘deflate’ simply means to reduce, and has many possible meanings and applications. A simple Internet search reveals a frequent use of the word “deflate” in the context of weight loss.”

Perhaps the guy who prepared Patriots footballs for inspection by NFL officials was a “weight loss” enthusiast.  And, maybe he simply wanted to share his enthusiasm for diet and fruit when he said, “F#@$ tom….make sure the pump is attached to the needle…..f#@$in watermelons coming.”

However, one definition for deflate, (the first one) is, “let air or gas out of (a tire, balloon, or similar object).”

Text messages to and from the Patriot’s suspended staff may have had exculpatory information.  But, we may never find out because… Tom Brady routinely destroys his broken android phone when switching to iPhone? 

Brady’s lawyers may use the Fine Print to reduce his sanctions, but on November 15, expect the Big Blue Wrecking Crew to be chasing Brady down like a Dentist chasing Cecil the Lion.