Clearly the biggest revelation in NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s 20-page statement, in which he upholds two-time MVP Tom Brady’s four-game suspension, is the fact that Brady had his cell phone destroyed on the day he was to meet with investigators.
This was the same cell phone that was allegedly used to communicate with Patriots employee James McNally—the one who took the Patriots’ game balls into the bathroom and locked himself there for approximately 100 seconds before the AFC Championship game—and assistant equipment employee John Jastremski.
Most reasonable people could conclude after the initial Wells Report was made available in May that it seemed likely that Brady was at least aware of the balls being deflated. Anyone who was still on the fence since then needs only to look at Brady’s actions to determine what he knew.
