First The NY Times, Now The Washington Post Rip Roger Goodell And Ted Wells Apart For Deflategate

Washpost - Tom Brady is said to be seeking total exoneration, and it appears he’s entitled to it. The idea that Brady and the New England Patriots intentionally deflated footballs for a competitive advantage has been discredited by everyone from sidewalk chemists to Web physicists to unlicensed ceramicists, not to mention your own common sense. But most importantly, it is utterly shredded in a new scientific analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, which shows the only inflation problem is in NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s head. The NFL paid millions for a fundamentally flawed report by lawyer Ted Wells that made Brady and the Patriots out to be slam-dunk guilty, based on more than 100 pages of mathematical analysis of ball pressurization .?.?. that turns out to be erroneous Does Goodell stand by the conclusions of the Wells report, dig in and refuse to budge — thus establishing that he’s incapable of fairly considering evidence and is a serial abuser of his powers? Or does Goodell do the right thing and rescind Brady’s suspension on the basis of the new info in the AEI report — thus admitting that the league spent millions on a railroading farce? There is trouble for Goodell in this option too, because it suggests that the league office under Goodell’s leadership is either incapable of executing a proper investigation, or unwilling to. Brady may or may not win his appeal. But there is one sure loser here, trapped in a box of his own making: the commissioner.

Another great Jerry Thornton article! Oh wait this was written by the Washington Post? So you’re telling me this is yet another reputable and completely unbiased new organization ripping Roger Goodell and the Wells Report a new asshole. Earlier this week it was the NY Times. Today it’s the Post. Basically both saying what I’ve been saying from day 1. That this entire Deflategate thing was a witch hunt. That there was never any evidence that balls were even deflated in the first place. That this whole thing was a vendetta concocted by Mike Kensil and the Colts. That Roger Goodell is Hitler and Deflategate is black eye for democracy and America. That’s not Patriot homers talking. That’s mainstream America. That’s the educated elite. So it should be interesting to see how Brady’s appeal all unfolds. Again anything less than a complete and total reversal of his suspension will call for a drastic action and Goodell’s head on a platter.