New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addressed deflate-gate on Thursday afternoon and doesn’t think the outcome would have been any different against the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game despite the air pressure in the balls.
The Super Bowl should be the biggest story in the NFL with the Patriots and Seattle Seahawks meeting in Glendale, AZ on Feb. 1 but that’s not the case with the latest cheating scandal involving the Patriots stealing the headlines.
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Bill Belichick addressed the media on Thursday afternoon to deny any knowledge whatsoever about the air pressure in the game balls in last week’s AFC Championship Game. A couple of hours later his quarterback, Tom Brady addressed a multitude of questions and denied any wrongdoing.
Brady said he would never do anything to break the rules and wants to know what happened to result in 11 of 12 balls being two pounds lighter than NFL rules mandate.
However, one thing Brady is sure about is the outcome would not have been any different whether they used lighter balls or if they played with bowling balls.
Tom Brady: "We won the game fair and square." https://t.co/Lxxof03ISL
— BuzzFeed Sports (@BuzzFeedSports) January 22, 2015
The Patriots won 45-7 so I don’t think the psi of the footballs had any influence on the outcome of the game and Colts tight end Dwayne Allen said as much on Monday when he said the Patriots would have beat the Colts with a bar of soap.
LeGarrette Blount ran the ball 30 times for just short of 150 yards and three touchdowns and the defense was dominant in shutting down Andrew Luck, allowing only seven points. However, this was the Patriots attempting to gain an unfair advantage by bending (breaking) the rules.
No matter what comes from a potential punishment and how sever or lenient it may be, this does put a bit of a stain on the win and cheats the game and the fans from what should be a celebration of the Patriots making a sixth Super Bowl with Belichick and Brady.
The greatest postseason coach and quarterback combination of all-time has a cloud hanging over their head and not matter how much they deny knowledge of the balls being tampered there will be the assumption of guilt from fans.
This is cheating, so how should the Patriots be punished and do you think the legacy of Belichick and/or Brady is tarnished as a result of this latest cheating scandal?
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