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You mean the ...."protect himself from self incrimination" part? LOL...

Miami's a bigger media market...

Why couldn't Jastremski--who did travel to games--be the the road deflator? He's worked full-time for the Pats as an "equipment assistant" for 14 years--and odds are, he was the original guy to do it, before delegating the home games to McNally in recent years...

Where did Kelly say he knows what's on the phone?? All he said is if the NFL had actual possession of the phone, they would easily be able to tell what Brady communicated to Curly and Larry. And defendants who refuse to cooperate usually don't get the benefit of 'creating doubt.'

Well, it's the media consultant playbook as well. Since it's a near certainty that Brady's going to get suspended, media-types can now gravitate toward the "devils advocate" position in order to have something new to say...

He's more probably than not going by who has the best QB not named Brady...

Yeah, but how likely is it that Brady's attitude toward ball prep has changed since 2006? If anything, he's probably more anal now than he was back then--since he knows he has the absolute ability to set them up how he likes them every week. As to the number of people involved, it really would be the same guys--Jastremski, who probably stated the deal and his more recent protege McNally. That's a tight circle--and obviously McNally was the weak link. When it may have been just Jastremski, it was an even tighter circle... But the league also didn't have to spend seven figures to produce a 243 page report on those teams--who admitted they did it and cooperated with the NFL

Yeah, I was unaware of that as well and it does help the Pats cause. Where the difference lies, however, is in Brady not cooperating with the investigation. That will be the basis for any suspension, IMO, rather than the balls themselves...

The Pats equipment managers have been able to prep the balls since 2006. Jastremski, a full-time employee for 14 years, is listed in the media guide as one of the team’s three equipment assistants under head equipment manager, Dave Schoenfeld (he began working for the Pats in 1994 as a part-time ball boy--the same role McNally has now). Since the equipment staff is a team of just four, it's highly probable he travels to away games and had the motive, opportunity and experience to make sure Brady's balls were set up exactly how he wanted them. All the back-and-fourth texts from neddledee and neddledum suggest Brady was a real prick about how the balls were "conditioned" so there's no way I can see Tom being uncomfortable with his equipment 8-plus games a year since 2006...

Jastremski was tasked with conditioning the game balls provided to the Patriots each season. I'm sure he's very aware of how Brady likes his balls to feel and probably could set them up by feel even if a gauge wasn't available. This quote in today's MMQB is pretty telling: “Imagine if Derek Jeter were handed a brand-new glove just before the start of every game,” says Brady. “Baseball players break in their gloves until they feel perfect to them. It’s ridiculous to [be forced to] play with new footballs. I can tell you there’ve been nights before road games when I have had trouble sleeping because I’m thinking about what kind of footballs I’ll be throwing the next day.”

How hard is it to let air out of a ball...not like McNally went to MIT to learn how to do it. I have a hard time thinking that home games were the only time this happened. In any sport, success is a matter of consistency, repetition and confidence in your equipment. If Brady's balls were going up and down each week, depending on the venue, I can't see him being happy or confident in his equipment. BTW, each team supplies their own balls, even for road games. Ample opportunity for a Pats employee to monkey with them on the sideline during the game... http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/01/26/tom-brady-deflategate-peyton-manning-rule-change-nfl/22372835/

More probably than not, there's a road game deflater--the guy Brady communicated with, who was a little more senior and likely to travel with the team...

You just answered your own question. a.) He was not going to see the field in Baltimore b.) Ergo, he would never have the opportunity to get paid $7 million c.) In Buffalo he might get that opportunity d.) He was a UFA and made the decision to leave--it had nothing to do with how Ozzie perceived his value as a backup Easy peasy lemon squeezy....

Why wouldn't they be doing it on the road. In fact, I'd think there would be more incentive to do it as the away team, to help equalize the crowd advantage the home team gets. Since 2008, each team has limited control over their balls, regardless of whether they're home or away, right?

Thanks...

With the Pats PR firm whispering in his ear...

Hello, Mr. Florio? I'm calling from....

That's a very good idea. The fact that Brady continues to be uncooperative should have consequences...

LOL...he was so good that NFL.com didn't even list his position.

LOL. Joe Vitt's "fabricated the truth" line. Forgot about that one...

No problems. Reality means no airbrush, lipposuction, plastic surgery or other Hollywood magic...and that's mighty attractive for me.

He may not even be James Hardy...