Tom Brady denies everything about DeflateGate: do you believe him?

I’ll admit it, I was following #DeflateGate since Monday. All of my favorite MSNBC people were covering it like it was the most major sports story ever. The basics: when the Patriots played the Colts last Sunday, the Colts complained (for the second time) that the Patriots-provided footballs felt underinflated. The accusations really picked up steam on Monday, and Tom Brady literally laughed off the speculation in a Monday morning radio interview. But guess what? Eleven out of twelve footballs used by the Patriots were found to be underinflated. Now it’s a thing. There’s a formal investigation going on and the Patriots could be facing serious consequences, likes fines or losing a draft pick or something along those lines.

Yesterday, the whole thing got pretty epic with major players coming out to declare that they didn’t know nothing about no balls. Patriots coach Bill Belichick gave the first press conference, where he was the model of restrained denials. It also seemed like Belichick was throwing Tom Brady under the bus, which meant Brady had to come out later in the afternoon to defend his name. The result was… fascinating sports theater. After Brady’s press conference (it was more than 30 minutes long), Twitter blew up with #DeflateGate, #ShadyBrady, etc. Here’s a clip of his press conference:

I ended up watching the whole thing, and I just have to say… I don’t believe him. I don’t know Tom Brady, I’m only minimally interested in him on a gossip level (because he’s married to Gisele Bundchen), so maybe I don’t know all of Brady’s quirks or whatever. But it seemed to me like the dude was lying his ass off. And like he’s a really crap actor too. BALLS!!! Brady told reporters: “I didn’t alter the ball in any way…our equipment guys do a great job of breaking the balls in. When I pick those balls out, at that point, to me, they’re perfect. I don’t want anyone touching the balls after that. To me those balls are perfect. And that’s what I expect when I show up on the field.” When trying to put the controversy in perspective, Tom quipped, “This isn’t ISIS, no one is dying…”

I also love the fact that Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman was already calling Brady out ahead of his press conference. Sherman basically said that because Brady is a nice, clean-cut white guy, he can just come out and deny everything and people will believe him.

So, was Brady lying? Is the #DeflateGate henchman? Or is he the fall guy?

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