Deflategate: 7th Grader Says Science Project Proves Tom Brady’s Innocence in 2014 AFC Playoff Scandal

If only the NFL had hired him.

Tom Brady of the New England Patriots was suspended four games by the NFL for his part in deflategate, but the sentence was overturned. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Ben Goodell, a 7th-grade student of Lynn, Massachusetts. who is no relation to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, said his science project proves that weather caused the now-infamous footballs to deflate during the Patriots-Colts playoff game in January of 2015.

Every single time I did this test the PSI dropped at least 2 PSI.

— Ben Goodell, science student