Patriot fans are blistering mad about this absurd attempted takedown of Brady and the Pats. The lack of any precedent for the penalties handed down; the flimsiest possible grounds for a ruling ("Brady was probably generally aware" that the balls were "probably" deflated); the leaking of false information that has tainted public perception and stained Brady's reputation; the by-now fully discredited science of the Wells report; the failure of officials to have taken measurements of the inflation level and frankly amazing decision of the Wells report to disbelieve the official's memory of which gauge he used (to provide more damaging level of deflation); the ignored violation of the Colts in sticking needle in the intercepted ball; the indifference of the league (until now) about ball inflation levels (countless cold weather games have been played with underinflated balls and no one cares. Balls were inflated to 16 pounds, probably 6X the violation of the alleged "deflation); and now the stalling leading up to the beginning of training camp--honestly, if this was happening to Flacco and the Ravens what would these comments be saying? I have no problem with the Ravens--they were the one team NE didn't want to meet in the playoffs. But this is at worst a minor infraction that should have gotten a warning, as with the teams that were caught illegally warming balls on the sidelines. Let the teams play. This is so stupid and the NFL looks like the Three Stooges, except not as smart.
