A jest from Cam Newton suggest that even if Tom Brady wins the battle, the "war" - aka his reputation - may suffer irreparable damage from Deflategate.
As Brady goes into a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to appeal his four-game suspension for his role in Deflategate, based on the Wells report, Newton was hosting his own Quarterback Skills Challenge before the 7-on-7 National Championship tournament at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
SB Nation recorded video of Newton looking to toss a football when he suddenly stops, looks at the football and implies that it is underinflated by saying, "What is that, Tom Brady?"
From Troy Aikman to Joe Montana, former quarterbacks have chimed in and suggested that Brady should be able to tell when balls are underinflated and believe he played some role in balls being deflated.
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"It is one of those things that is a rule, right?" Montana said earlier this month to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It might be a dumb rule, but it doesn't matter. He didn't deflate them himself, but you can pick up the ball and can tell if it is underinflated, overinflated or what you like. Everybody is afraid to say it, but if the guy did it, so what. Just pay up and move on. It's no big deal."
Despite a report from the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month saying that the Wells report came to the wrong conclusions about the AFC Championship Game, suggesting that the Indianapolis Colts' footballs may have even been overinflated.
Even if Brady manages to get his suspension overturned, enough experts have chimed in to saddle Brady with the deflator stigma.
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