1 00:00:18,268 --> 00:00:20,020 {\an8}[Rupert Murdoch] The story of the Patriots 2 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,939 {\an8}is success through great leadership. 3 00:00:23,106 --> 00:00:25,234 And that's Robert Kraft. 4 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:27,903 Robert is an example of the American Dream. 5 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:31,698 Started with very little and built a great business empire. 6 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:37,663 [announcer] The New England Patriots, solidifying their team as an NFL dynasty. 7 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:41,375 [Murdoch] He's known for his leadership of the Patriots, 8 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,668 and of the NFL. 9 00:00:42,668 --> 00:00:43,794 [flashbulb pops] 10 00:00:43,794 --> 00:00:45,921 And, I think, admired everywhere. 11 00:00:45,921 --> 00:00:47,923 [jet engine roars] 12 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:50,843 [Robert Kraft] After the third Super Bowl, 13 00:00:50,843 --> 00:00:53,387 there was a lot of public media attention... 14 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:56,473 ...and I was invited 15 00:00:56,473 --> 00:00:58,851 {\an8}on a trip to Russia. 16 00:01:09,278 --> 00:01:11,905 We got there, then Putin emerged. 17 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,786 {\an8}Little guy, but frightening figure. 18 00:01:19,121 --> 00:01:22,749 Putin was going out to speak to the media 19 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:25,169 and asked us to stand behind him. 20 00:01:25,169 --> 00:01:29,006 Rupert Murdoch was standing right beside me 21 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:30,674 and I was told, 22 00:01:30,674 --> 00:01:33,844 "Why don't you show the president your Super Bowl ring?" 23 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:38,473 [Murdoch] The Super Bowl ring, it's a very big, ostentatious thing. 24 00:01:38,473 --> 00:01:40,976 I wouldn't say it's in the best of taste. [chuckles] 25 00:01:40,976 --> 00:01:44,479 But... the recipients of it wouldn't agree with me. 26 00:01:45,022 --> 00:01:50,736 I pulled the ring out of my pocket and I gave it to him. 27 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:58,035 He put it on, and then he looked at me. 28 00:01:58,035 --> 00:02:01,955 And he said, "I could kill someone with this ring." 29 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:03,624 "I could kill a man with this." 30 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:06,043 And, you know, we knew he damn well could. 31 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:09,295 So I did a whiplash and I said, "Mr. President, 32 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:11,757 you could kill someone without it. 33 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:14,510 You know, you were head of the KGB." 34 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,971 He took the ring off, 35 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:21,433 and I had my hand out and he took the ring. 36 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:24,019 He put it in his side pocket. 37 00:02:24,019 --> 00:02:27,981 Three KGB guys come around him and he's off. 38 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:31,652 "He's still got my ring." I said, "Go and ask him. Get it back." 39 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:33,403 He said, "Oh, I couldn't do that." 40 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:38,659 And let's just say somehow the story wound up in the New York Post. 41 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:44,581 [Kraft] And it became a global, international story 42 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:47,209 that Putin stole my ring. 43 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,128 A call came in from the White House, 44 00:02:50,128 --> 00:02:53,799 and they said, "It would be good for US-Soviet relations 45 00:02:53,799 --> 00:02:56,593 if you meant to give them the ring as a gift." 46 00:02:57,135 --> 00:03:00,389 It was unbelievable, the attention it got. 47 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,017 But to tell you the truth, 48 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:08,272 we were used to all this attention at this point in our lives. 49 00:03:08,272 --> 00:03:10,399 [song continues] 50 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:11,900 - [announcer] Tom Brady... - [announcer 2] Tom Brady... 51 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,527 [announcer 3] He's the best of all time. 52 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,237 [announcer 4] Oh, caught. Touchdown! 53 00:03:15,237 --> 00:03:18,365 [analyst] Right now, the best team in the National Football League. 54 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:20,242 [hip-hop music playing] 55 00:03:20,242 --> 00:03:22,661 [announcer 5] Perfection personified by the Patriots. 56 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:26,582 - [Tedy Bruschi] NFL history! - [players] Oh, yeah! 57 00:03:26,582 --> 00:03:30,377 [analyst] What these guys have accomplished together is unbelievable. 58 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,757 {\an8}[Murdoch] The Patriots, after winning many games... 59 00:03:36,967 --> 00:03:40,179 {\an8}I think the people of America, they're just getting sick of it. 60 00:03:40,179 --> 00:03:41,680 Give me a chest bump. 61 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,058 There's a saying in Australia, the Tall Poppy Syndrome. 62 00:03:45,601 --> 00:03:49,938 If someone's very successful, people look up to it and want to tear it down. 63 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:51,857 That's a tall poppy situation. 64 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:57,738 [Kraft] Our team was performing at a level, 65 00:03:57,738 --> 00:03:59,907 no one could believe it. 66 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:05,537 And anyone who's fortunate to be in that position has to understand, 67 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:10,250 jealousy and envy are incurable diseases. 68 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,211 ["All Eyez on Me" by 2Pac playing] 69 00:04:12,211 --> 00:04:14,880 {\an8}[announcer] Tom Brady, the guy with the perfect life, 70 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,050 with the perfect wife that you could root against. 71 00:04:18,050 --> 00:04:20,427 [Kraft] When you become number one, 72 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:24,515 people are going to come after you every way they can. 73 00:04:24,515 --> 00:04:27,768 [song continues] 74 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:30,729 [crowd chanting] Brady, Brady, Brady. 75 00:04:30,729 --> 00:04:31,813 [song ends, echoing] 76 00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:41,907 [cheering] 77 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:46,161 [announcer] Playing for the AFC Championship here in New England, 78 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:49,206 as the Colts take on the Patriots. 79 00:04:49,206 --> 00:04:50,541 [fireworks pop] 80 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:54,294 And the winner to advance to Phoenix and Super Bowl 49 81 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,630 to take on the Seattle Seahawks. 82 00:04:59,258 --> 00:05:01,134 Brady hands it to Blount... 83 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:03,846 And he's got the touchdown. 84 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:06,098 - Touchdown, New England. - [whistle blows] 85 00:05:06,098 --> 00:05:09,518 And it's 7-0 New England, not even five minutes into the game. 86 00:05:11,395 --> 00:05:15,482 The former Patriot Adam Vinatieri back at New England. 87 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:19,903 [Adam Vinatieri] I was on the Indianapolis Colts since 2006. 88 00:05:20,988 --> 00:05:25,033 {\an8}The Colts were probably New England's biggest rival in the AFC. 89 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:29,246 We had a huge hatred for the Patriots, to say the least. 90 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:32,583 The one thing that was stopping us from going to the Super Bowl 91 00:05:32,583 --> 00:05:34,084 were the New England Patriots. 92 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:38,297 [announcer] Develin, who is able to bounce off the hit. 93 00:05:38,297 --> 00:05:40,424 Touchdown, New England. 94 00:05:40,424 --> 00:05:43,552 And it's 14-0 here in the first quarter. 95 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:46,930 We always felt like, they can't be this successful. 96 00:05:47,973 --> 00:05:50,475 So, we spent a lot of extra time 97 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:54,271 trying to figure out or see if they were doing anything special. 98 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:58,817 [crowd chanting] Brady, Brady, Brady, Brady, Brady, Brady, Brady... 99 00:06:01,153 --> 00:06:05,073 [Tom Curran] That AFC championship game was, in many ways, a coronation. 100 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:07,784 Patriots heading to the Super Bowl. 101 00:06:09,161 --> 00:06:11,914 But unbeknownst to the media, 102 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:13,415 unbeknownst to the fans... 103 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:16,335 ...unbeknownst to the Patriots... 104 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:19,421 ...the Colts had been tipped off 105 00:06:19,421 --> 00:06:21,882 {\an8}by the Patriots' previous opponent, Baltimore Ravens, 106 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:25,260 {\an8}that the Patriots had been tampering with footballs. 107 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:30,474 And then the Colts alerted the NFL by e-mail that the Patriots were cheating. 108 00:06:31,517 --> 00:06:33,393 So, the NFL was lying in wait. 109 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:36,355 And they were all looped in prior to the game. 110 00:06:37,773 --> 00:06:42,361 All the Colts needed was to get their hands on a football from the Patriots. 111 00:06:45,864 --> 00:06:48,325 [dramatic music] 112 00:07:08,887 --> 00:07:10,848 [announcer] Intercepted by D'Qwell Jackson. 113 00:07:11,807 --> 00:07:14,476 - [players grunt] - [whistle blows] 114 00:07:14,476 --> 00:07:16,728 [Curran] D'Qwell Jackson picked Brady off, 115 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:20,566 went to the sideline and all of a sudden, the Colts equipment managers 116 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:23,902 are poking the football, trying to find some kind of smoking gun. 117 00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:29,366 This started the beginning of one of the most bizarre controversies in NFL history. 118 00:07:36,248 --> 00:07:38,625 [host] It's as predictable as the sun coming up tomorrow. 119 00:07:38,625 --> 00:07:41,044 After every big win by the New England Patriots, 120 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:44,464 there are those who accuse Bill Belichick and his coaching staff 121 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,341 of breaking the rules to get the victory. 122 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:49,803 The latest headshaking theory, under-inflated footballs. 123 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:50,888 Deflategate. 124 00:07:50,888 --> 00:07:52,806 - Deflategate. - Deflategate. 125 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,725 - Deflategate. - Deflategate. 126 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:55,976 Deflategate. 127 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:57,060 [tweet alert] 128 00:07:57,060 --> 00:08:00,230 [Curran] A tweet from one of the most respected writers, 129 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:02,149 ESPN's Chris Mortensen, 130 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:06,820 alleged that 11 of the 12 balls were significantly under-inflated. 131 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:09,740 {\an8}Sometime in the last half hour leading up to kickoff, 132 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:12,659 {\an8}those balls are returned to the teams in the bench area, 133 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:15,370 {\an8}and then who had those... control of those footballs? 134 00:08:15,370 --> 00:08:18,123 {\an8}[analyst] The advantage of playing with an under-inflated ball? 135 00:08:18,123 --> 00:08:22,085 {\an8}It's easier to grip and catch, especially in foul weather. 136 00:08:22,085 --> 00:08:24,755 [reporter] That organization is willing to do quote unquote, 137 00:08:24,755 --> 00:08:27,424 "Whatever they need to do to try and win." 138 00:08:27,424 --> 00:08:29,927 It's not the first time they've skirted the rules. 139 00:08:29,927 --> 00:08:33,514 [Curran] We went through it with Spygate seven years earlier. 140 00:08:34,056 --> 00:08:37,267 And I said, if this shit's true, Bill Belichick's got to go. 141 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:38,769 You can't do this. 142 00:08:38,769 --> 00:08:41,355 It cuts to the heart of the integrity of the game. 143 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:43,982 [camera shutters click] 144 00:08:47,986 --> 00:08:51,532 All right, I'll, uh, start off by addressing the, uh... 145 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:54,034 the football issue here. Um... 146 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:57,746 When I came in Monday morning, uh, I was shocked to... 147 00:08:57,746 --> 00:09:01,500 learn of the news reports about the, uh, footballs. 148 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,379 {\an8}I could tell you that in my entire coaching career, 149 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:08,757 {\an8}I have never talked to any player 150 00:09:09,675 --> 00:09:12,261 about football air pressure. 151 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:17,558 I think we all know that quarterbacks, kickers, specialists, 152 00:09:17,558 --> 00:09:22,604 have certain preferences on footballs, 153 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:25,607 and Tom's personal preferences 154 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:30,195 on his footballs are something that he can talk about 155 00:09:30,195 --> 00:09:34,199 in much better detail than I could possibly provide. 156 00:09:34,199 --> 00:09:36,076 [reporters clamor] 157 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:40,038 [Michael Holley] Oh, wait a minute. Oh, boy, really? 158 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:43,750 {\an8}"Our quarterbacks? They can tell you more about that. Ask the quarterbacks." 159 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,127 "Ask Tom. Tom'd know." 160 00:09:45,127 --> 00:09:46,503 "You'll have to ask the quarterback." 161 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:49,506 - I've told you everything I know. - [reporters chatter] 162 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:51,675 [Curran] What Belichick perceived in this 163 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:54,428 was because of the shit that happened with Spygate, 164 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:56,221 I'm gonna be in the crosshairs for this. 165 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:58,599 I have no explanation for what happened. 166 00:09:58,599 --> 00:10:01,268 So, he wanted to make sure that he was... 167 00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:03,437 ...as best he could. 168 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:06,148 We will take steps in the future 169 00:10:06,148 --> 00:10:11,361 to make sure that we don't put ourselves in that type of potential situation again. 170 00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:13,822 - [reporters clamor] - [camera shutters click] 171 00:10:13,822 --> 00:10:16,575 {\an8}Did Coach Belichick just throw his quarterback under the bus? 172 00:10:16,575 --> 00:10:18,035 {\an8}Threw Brady over the side. 173 00:10:18,035 --> 00:10:20,037 {\an8}Star quarterback Tom Brady's fault. 174 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:22,080 [camera shutters click] 175 00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:26,126 Hi, guys, how you doing? 176 00:10:27,586 --> 00:10:31,965 {\an8}[reporter] Tom, when and how did you supposedly alter the balls? 177 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:38,013 {\an8}I didn't, you know, have any, uh... You know, I didn't alter the ball in any way. 178 00:10:38,931 --> 00:10:42,059 You know, obviously I woke up Monday morning and that was... 179 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:43,477 Well, the first I heard of it. 180 00:10:43,477 --> 00:10:46,063 [reporter 2] Tom, this has raised a lot of uncomfortable conversations 181 00:10:46,063 --> 00:10:49,900 for people around this country who view you as their idol. 182 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:53,362 The question they're asking themselves is, "What's up with our hero?" 183 00:10:53,362 --> 00:10:55,989 So, can you answer right now, is Tom Brady a cheater? 184 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,658 [laughs] 185 00:10:57,658 --> 00:10:58,825 I don't believe so. 186 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:01,328 I feel like I've always played within the rules. 187 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:03,163 I'd never do anything to break the rules. 188 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,207 You know, I believe in fair play, 189 00:11:05,207 --> 00:11:07,709 and I'll always believe in that as long as I'm playing. 190 00:11:07,709 --> 00:11:08,836 [overlapping questions] 191 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:11,588 [Brady] Early on, I kind of laughed it off. 192 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:14,842 But there was a lot of built-up tension and hate from a lot of people 193 00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:18,470 that was part of, I think, our success of the Patriots, you know? 194 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:22,182 I wish I could give you more answers or the answers you guys were looking for, 195 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,809 but I don't have some of those answers. 196 00:11:23,809 --> 00:11:25,018 Your fans are watching. 197 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,770 So if they're looking in that camera, 198 00:11:26,770 --> 00:11:30,274 what do you say to the fans of the Patriot Nation? 199 00:11:30,274 --> 00:11:32,442 What would you like me to say? I'm not quite sure. 200 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:34,361 You say whatever you like, guy. 201 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:35,654 You're the guy. 202 00:11:35,654 --> 00:11:38,156 [reporters clamor] 203 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:41,493 {\an8}Everybody's bombarding him with questions. I think it caught him off-guard. 204 00:11:41,493 --> 00:11:43,745 [reporters clamor] 205 00:11:45,163 --> 00:11:46,582 [Holley] He was stung. 206 00:11:46,582 --> 00:11:48,083 Brady did not handle it well. 207 00:11:48,083 --> 00:11:50,169 He was not at his best. 208 00:11:50,169 --> 00:11:53,755 I think if there was a hornets' nest, I mean, man, was I in it. 209 00:11:54,673 --> 00:11:57,259 [reporter] Tom Brady hit the podium for 31 minutes. 210 00:11:57,259 --> 00:11:59,052 [reporter 2] Taking the hits from reporters, 211 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:01,096 but insisting he knew and noticed nothing. 212 00:12:01,096 --> 00:12:04,641 [Tony Kornheiser] Tom Brady said, "I didn't alter the ball in any way." 213 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:05,934 - Okay, so who did? - Who did? 214 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:07,019 [both] Who did? 215 00:12:07,019 --> 00:12:09,146 {\an8}Well, I think really what it comes down to now 216 00:12:09,146 --> 00:12:12,191 {\an8}is trying to determine why were those footballs deflated? 217 00:12:12,191 --> 00:12:13,525 And how did they get to that? 218 00:12:13,525 --> 00:12:15,360 Thank you, guys. Goodbye. 219 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,531 [Curran] After Brady's press conference, there were even more questions. 220 00:12:20,616 --> 00:12:25,662 And a few days later, the NFL says, "We're gonna get to the bottom of this." 221 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:28,916 {\an8}We are conducting a thorough and objective investigation. 222 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:32,878 We are focusing principally on two questions. 223 00:12:34,129 --> 00:12:36,673 Why were some footballs used in the game 224 00:12:36,673 --> 00:12:38,967 that were not in compliance with the rules? 225 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:43,263 And was this the result of deliberate action? 226 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:47,309 The NFL is going to begin its independent investigation with Ted Wells. 227 00:12:47,893 --> 00:12:51,813 {\an8}[reporter] The NFL has hired Ted Wells, getting a truly independent person. 228 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:54,525 {\an8}Wells is the key here, because he will get to the bottom of it. 229 00:12:54,525 --> 00:12:57,444 - [shutter clicks] - [Curran] Ted Wells was a big gun. 230 00:12:57,444 --> 00:13:02,157 I mean, his law firm had been involved in defending tobacco companies. 231 00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:07,287 So, for Roger Goodell to get a guy like Ted Wells to run an investigation 232 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:10,457 added to the notion that maybe something had happened. 233 00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:15,629 And all of a sudden, in the week leading up to the Super Bowl, 234 00:13:15,629 --> 00:13:19,967 this pissant little conversation about deflated footballs 235 00:13:19,967 --> 00:13:22,553 kind of overshadowed everything. 236 00:13:22,553 --> 00:13:25,347 [engine roars] 237 00:13:28,851 --> 00:13:31,812 [reporter] Boy, the New England Patriots better win this Super Bowl. 238 00:13:32,688 --> 00:13:34,857 [Michael Wilbon] If they lose this Super Bowl, 239 00:13:34,857 --> 00:13:36,733 everybody's going to be talking about, 240 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:39,736 "And that's what happens when you're forced to play fair!" 241 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:43,949 The New England Patriots' legacy is officially on the line. 242 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:49,371 [reporter] I think that Tom Brady has some questions to answer. 243 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:53,417 America is looking at him with a jaundiced eye. 244 00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:56,545 That "Tommy Perfect" is not perfect. 245 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:02,676 The two weeks were very difficult on Tommy. 246 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:04,303 He was taking it... 247 00:14:05,387 --> 00:14:06,555 ...very hard. 248 00:14:10,601 --> 00:14:12,644 [Darrelle Revis] When the Deflategate happened, 249 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:16,899 {\an8}and Tom was the headliner of... of, uh, the whole situation. 250 00:14:18,442 --> 00:14:24,239 He addressed us as a team. You can tell that he was distraught. 251 00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:28,327 He said, "This is something I wouldn't do. 252 00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:32,289 I would not ruin this season for us. 253 00:14:33,415 --> 00:14:35,250 The allegations are false." 254 00:14:36,502 --> 00:14:39,421 He was actually bawling his eyes out in front of us. 255 00:14:45,177 --> 00:14:47,346 {\an8}Tom can be a very fiery person. 256 00:14:47,346 --> 00:14:49,890 {\an8}But he can also be a very soft person, very emotional. 257 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:54,394 It took a massive toll on him because of his kids. 258 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:57,564 Just having to listen to his kids come home from school 259 00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:00,400 and talk about the things they heard from their friends 260 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,236 or their teachers or whoever. 261 00:15:02,236 --> 00:15:03,487 I felt for him. 262 00:15:05,614 --> 00:15:08,408 When the shots are being fired at you, you can handle it. 263 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:12,412 When they're being fired at people you care about, that's when it gets hard. 264 00:15:13,664 --> 00:15:20,337 [crowd] Cheater! Cheater! Cheater! 265 00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:24,091 [Nancy Brady] We've been to many games where people didn't like my brother, 266 00:15:24,091 --> 00:15:26,093 yelling obscene things, 267 00:15:26,093 --> 00:15:31,098 {\an8}but this was different, because they were going after his character. 268 00:15:31,807 --> 00:15:33,433 They didn't believe him. 269 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,894 [man] Cheater! You cheat! 270 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:39,189 [announcer] The AFC Champion, the New England Patriots. 271 00:15:43,485 --> 00:15:46,071 [Tom Brady Sr] It was extraordinarily difficult 272 00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:48,740 in the life of the Brady family. 273 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:52,327 {\an8}Not only did I suffer from it, but my wife... 274 00:15:52,327 --> 00:15:53,996 {\an8}It crushed her. 275 00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:56,415 Because he's not a liar. 276 00:15:56,415 --> 00:15:58,917 {\an8}I felt very helpless as a mom. 277 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:00,919 {\an8}I mean, usually when your kids are little, 278 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:03,672 you can hold them or you can fix their problems. 279 00:16:05,174 --> 00:16:09,219 And watching Tommy having to go through this, 280 00:16:09,219 --> 00:16:11,388 you know, there's nothing we could do about it. 281 00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:16,059 But for Tommy on the football field, 282 00:16:16,059 --> 00:16:20,480 that's when he could prove to the world that he was calling the shots. 283 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,565 [crowd cheers] 284 00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:23,734 [Brady] All right. Let's go, boys. 285 00:16:23,734 --> 00:16:24,943 Let's go whoop their ass. 286 00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:26,445 One. Two. Three. Super Bowl champs. 287 00:16:32,868 --> 00:16:35,579 [Al Michaels] Brady throws. Caught. LaFell, touchdown. 288 00:16:37,539 --> 00:16:39,166 {\an8}We wanted to beat the Seahawks. 289 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,043 {\an8}They were a little bit cocky, I would say. 290 00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:42,836 [Michaels] Wilson. 291 00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:44,379 To Lynch. 292 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,466 Touchdown! 293 00:16:47,466 --> 00:16:49,885 {\an8}It was so back and forth of we'd score... 294 00:16:49,885 --> 00:16:52,429 [Michaels] And Brady's gonna throw deep down the right side 295 00:16:52,429 --> 00:16:54,556 for Gronkowski and a touchdown. 296 00:16:54,556 --> 00:16:55,974 [McCourty] ...they'd score. 297 00:16:55,974 --> 00:16:58,018 [Michaels] And it's caught! Touchdown. 298 00:16:58,018 --> 00:16:59,603 That was a clash of the titans. 299 00:17:00,312 --> 00:17:02,898 [Michaels] Play fake. The lob, wide open. 300 00:17:02,898 --> 00:17:05,483 Touchdown, Doug Baldwin. 301 00:17:06,568 --> 00:17:09,655 [Cris Collinsworth] This game is turning into something here. 302 00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:12,491 We could be playing football all night tonight. 303 00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:16,954 [Michaels] Tom Brady, he said to us yesterday, 304 00:17:16,954 --> 00:17:22,041 he said, "There would not be a game I would want to win more than this one." 305 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,963 Under five minutes, a three-point game. 306 00:17:26,922 --> 00:17:29,341 [Brady] Hey, we need a big fucking championship drive. 307 00:17:29,341 --> 00:17:31,760 - That's what we need. Ready? - [players] Break! 308 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,054 [Brady] Fifty-four. Hike-hike! 309 00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:36,098 [Michaels] Second and 11. 310 00:17:36,807 --> 00:17:39,017 Brady, and as he throws, 311 00:17:39,017 --> 00:17:40,602 caught by Gronkowski. 312 00:17:42,187 --> 00:17:43,355 Second and goal. 313 00:17:44,565 --> 00:17:46,066 Hey, 50! 314 00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:50,487 [Michaels] Tom looks left. 315 00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:51,822 Throws for Edelman. 316 00:17:51,822 --> 00:17:53,949 Touchdown, Patriots! 317 00:17:53,949 --> 00:17:56,076 They're back in the lead! 318 00:17:57,911 --> 00:18:00,581 {\an8}Touchdown. We're back in the game. 319 00:18:01,415 --> 00:18:03,375 There's a light at the end of the tunnel. 320 00:18:03,375 --> 00:18:05,919 [Michaels] And that makes it a 4-point lead. 321 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:10,132 [Josh McDaniels] We're up by 4 in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl. 322 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:13,218 {\an8}You love the part, 6 minutes to go and you have the ball. 323 00:18:14,428 --> 00:18:16,805 {\an8}You hate the part with 2 minutes to go and you don't. 324 00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:19,266 [Michaels] Under a minute and a half to go. 325 00:18:20,058 --> 00:18:22,019 [Collinsworth] Good snap to the quarterback. 326 00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:25,606 [Michaels] Russell fires down the right side. 327 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:31,528 He's got Kearse, and the ball is knocked incomplete. 328 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,572 Good play again by Malcolm Butler. 329 00:18:33,572 --> 00:18:37,242 But did Kearse catch it? He caught it on the carom! Unreal! 330 00:18:38,202 --> 00:18:39,077 [Collinsworth] Huge play. 331 00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:41,705 They had the rookie Malcolm Butler. 332 00:18:41,705 --> 00:18:44,416 {\an8}You know, in preparing for the game, I studied everybody. 333 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:47,044 {\an8}But I didn't spend a ton of time on Malcolm Butler, 334 00:18:47,044 --> 00:18:48,504 {\an8}because he wasn't going to play very much. 335 00:18:48,504 --> 00:18:50,881 [Michaels] 1:06 to play. 336 00:18:50,881 --> 00:18:54,426 [Malcolm Butler] After the tip ball, I come to the sideline. 337 00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:56,803 Nobody really saying anything. 338 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,972 {\an8}But you could feel it. 339 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,557 {\an8}It got... 340 00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:02,601 {\an8}kind of quiet and... 341 00:19:02,601 --> 00:19:04,394 {\an8}it felt like everybody... 342 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,814 ...everybody hope was, like, gone. 343 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,779 Last year I worked at Popeyes in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 344 00:19:14,404 --> 00:19:18,617 As a rookie, my first year in the NFL, I go to the Super Bowl. 345 00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:23,372 I know I did the best I could do, but, like, goddamn, I'mma feel, like, 346 00:19:23,372 --> 00:19:25,207 if we lose, it's my fault. 347 00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:26,750 [Collinsworth] Seattle huddling up, 348 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:29,336 down 4, but on the verge of the lead. 349 00:19:30,087 --> 00:19:32,422 With 33 seconds and counting. 350 00:19:34,258 --> 00:19:36,885 [Butler] I'm thinking I'm not gonna get another opportunity 351 00:19:36,885 --> 00:19:38,136 to go back in the game. 352 00:19:38,136 --> 00:19:42,850 But all of a sudden, they say, "Goal line 3 corner." 353 00:19:42,850 --> 00:19:45,769 And it was, like, "Malc. Malcolm, go." 354 00:19:45,769 --> 00:19:47,771 Three corners, three! 355 00:19:48,105 --> 00:19:49,690 Malcolm, go! 356 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,316 [Michaels] Second and goal. 357 00:19:51,316 --> 00:19:53,652 Play clock at 5. 358 00:19:54,611 --> 00:19:57,489 [Butler] I was looking at Russ. I was like... 359 00:19:58,824 --> 00:20:00,659 "He's looking over here too much. 360 00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:04,288 He's looking too much." 361 00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:07,708 [Wilson grunts] 362 00:20:08,834 --> 00:20:10,544 [Collinsworth] Wilson, quick throw. 363 00:20:13,297 --> 00:20:14,423 - And it's... - [Michaels] It's good! 364 00:20:14,423 --> 00:20:17,551 [Collinsworth] Intercepted! Intercepted by Malcolm Butler! 365 00:20:17,551 --> 00:20:20,679 Malcolm Butler stepped in front of the throw! 366 00:20:20,679 --> 00:20:22,222 [Michaels] No way! 367 00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:24,558 [players cheer] 368 00:20:25,976 --> 00:20:29,062 {\an8}I lost my mind. I mean, I was jumping all six inches I can jump. 369 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:30,606 [screams with delight] 370 00:20:31,982 --> 00:20:34,276 [screams with delight] 371 00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:37,779 [Michaels] Malcolm Butler, unreal! 372 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:42,201 The New England Patriots are the NFL champions. 373 00:20:42,201 --> 00:20:45,454 Butler, this kid is a Super Bowl hero. 374 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:48,749 [Butler] I started crying. 375 00:20:51,418 --> 00:20:54,046 It was meant to be. It was meant to be. 376 00:20:55,547 --> 00:20:58,509 We have to say hi to my guys. Wanna say hi to my guys. 377 00:20:58,509 --> 00:21:01,136 [Brady] We had gone ten years before winning the Super Bowl. 378 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:04,389 We lost two in between. Without him, man, we don't win that Super Bowl. 379 00:21:04,389 --> 00:21:08,268 Malcolm! Are you fucking kidding me? 380 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:10,229 What a fucking play! 381 00:21:10,979 --> 00:21:12,898 - You're unbelievable, man. - Thank you. 382 00:21:12,898 --> 00:21:14,024 Way to go! 383 00:21:14,024 --> 00:21:16,443 That was, in my view, one of the greatest plays 384 00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:19,488 in the history of any Super Bowl. It was so spectacular. 385 00:21:19,488 --> 00:21:22,449 [Butler] I think that's one of the best things I heard in my life, 386 00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:24,201 Tom Brady telling me that. 387 00:21:25,494 --> 00:21:28,914 [Kraft] This is our fourth Super Bowl championship 388 00:21:28,914 --> 00:21:31,041 in the last 14 years. 389 00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:32,376 Yeah, baby! 390 00:21:32,376 --> 00:21:37,339 Tonight, once again, the Patriots are world champions. 391 00:21:37,339 --> 00:21:39,508 [crowd cheers] 392 00:21:39,508 --> 00:21:41,385 [Michaels] The New England Patriots... 393 00:21:42,261 --> 00:21:43,762 ...are the NFL champions. 394 00:21:50,102 --> 00:21:52,646 [reporter] Obviously, in the aftermath of Deflategate, 395 00:21:52,646 --> 00:21:56,608 now comes the parsing of a very complicated legacy for New England. 396 00:21:56,608 --> 00:21:58,944 [reporter 2] Instead of talking about the Super Bowl, 397 00:21:58,944 --> 00:22:01,405 all eyes are on Deflategate. 398 00:22:01,405 --> 00:22:04,491 [Curran] Tom Brady won his fourth championship 399 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:07,619 despite the fact that the league had checked the footballs. 400 00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:13,458 To me, everything was validated by Brady with that one Super Bowl win. 401 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,419 [fans chanting] Brady! Brady! 402 00:22:15,419 --> 00:22:17,838 {\an8}But you can't have that forever, 403 00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:21,925 {\an8}especially when the NFL's wheels of justice are still churning. 404 00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:24,761 [horns blare] 405 00:22:29,725 --> 00:22:33,478 [reporter] Breaking right now, the Deflategate report released. 406 00:22:33,478 --> 00:22:35,272 {\an8}The NFL has just released this. 407 00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:39,860 So, here's your lengthy Wells report, 243 pages in all. 408 00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:44,072 [reporter 2] The much anticipated report finding it's more probable than not 409 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:46,241 that New England Patriots' staffers 410 00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:49,620 took air out of footballs in the AFC championship game, 411 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:53,248 and that Tom Brady knew something about the practice. 412 00:22:53,248 --> 00:22:55,167 [reporter 3] Tom Brady was, and this is a quote, 413 00:22:55,167 --> 00:22:59,296 "At least generally aware of the deflated balls." 414 00:22:59,296 --> 00:23:01,757 [Curran] So, when the Wells report is released, 415 00:23:01,757 --> 00:23:05,969 it's hard to not conclude that there was a high interest on Brady's part 416 00:23:05,969 --> 00:23:09,389 to make sure the balls... were soft enough. 417 00:23:10,682 --> 00:23:13,018 Really, the first thing the Wells report did 418 00:23:13,018 --> 00:23:15,729 was prove the Patriots' ball boy had an opportunity 419 00:23:15,729 --> 00:23:17,773 to take air pressure out of the balls. 420 00:23:18,524 --> 00:23:21,944 The investigation said that they had surveillance tape from within the stadium 421 00:23:21,944 --> 00:23:23,028 that showed that. 422 00:23:23,028 --> 00:23:25,572 Video evidence being examined by the league, 423 00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:28,158 and a so-called "person of interest" identified 424 00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:31,119 who took the footballs in question behind closed doors. 425 00:23:31,578 --> 00:23:33,914 [reporter] The Deflategate investigation is now centered 426 00:23:33,914 --> 00:23:35,624 on a 90-second bathroom break 427 00:23:35,624 --> 00:23:37,793 taken by a Patriots locker room attendant 428 00:23:37,793 --> 00:23:39,795 before the AFC championship game. 429 00:23:41,672 --> 00:23:45,217 [Curran] The tape showed the ball boy carrying the footballs into the bathroom. 430 00:23:46,218 --> 00:23:50,138 The fact that he made that stop creates a level of suspicion. 431 00:23:51,265 --> 00:23:53,350 Well, why didn't he just leave the balls outside? 432 00:23:53,350 --> 00:23:55,185 What did he do for 90 seconds? 433 00:23:55,185 --> 00:23:57,104 Is he emptying his bladder? 434 00:23:58,021 --> 00:24:00,023 Is he emptying the bladders of the footballs? 435 00:24:01,525 --> 00:24:05,320 The Wells report alleged that in that period of time 436 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,949 he more probably than not removed air from the footballs. 437 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,454 Contributing to the circumstantial evidence of that perhaps happening 438 00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:15,664 were the texts. 439 00:24:15,664 --> 00:24:18,500 Text messages between the Patriots' locker room attendant 440 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:21,044 and the equipment assistant seem to implicate Brady. 441 00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:22,754 [reporter] A lot of shady stuff going on. 442 00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:25,382 Text messages back and forth about using the needle. 443 00:24:25,382 --> 00:24:27,634 They had text messages, they had phone records. 444 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:33,432 They found that the equipment assistant was joking about being "the deflator." 445 00:24:33,432 --> 00:24:35,767 I find a guy who's called the deflator 446 00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:37,561 deflating footballs... 447 00:24:38,937 --> 00:24:40,147 ...plausible. 448 00:24:40,147 --> 00:24:43,233 It is not hard and fast evidence, 449 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:47,070 but it is a very damning circumstantial case. 450 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:48,864 But that's the thing about the Wells report. 451 00:24:48,864 --> 00:24:53,702 Everything is inferred. There's nothing conclusive that really nails him. 452 00:24:53,702 --> 00:24:54,912 [camera shutter clicks] 453 00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:57,915 [Curran] Ted Wells needed something that hung Brady... 454 00:24:57,915 --> 00:24:59,374 [shutter clicks] 455 00:24:59,374 --> 00:25:02,836 ...that said the ball boys were not working on their own 456 00:25:02,836 --> 00:25:04,838 and just randomly deflating footballs. 457 00:25:04,838 --> 00:25:07,090 Can we find something where Tom tells them to do this? 458 00:25:07,090 --> 00:25:08,425 [shutter clicks] 459 00:25:08,425 --> 00:25:13,639 [Curran] So, the investigation was dying to get its hands on Tom Brady's phone. 460 00:25:13,639 --> 00:25:17,100 Big new developments tonight in the Deflategate cheating scandal, 461 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:20,562 as the league reveals Brady had his cell phone destroyed 462 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:22,689 right as investigators wanted to see it. 463 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:25,609 {\an8}He said that was something that he just did ordinarily. 464 00:25:25,609 --> 00:25:27,986 {\an8}Every so often, he would get a new cell phone, 465 00:25:27,986 --> 00:25:30,197 and he'd tell his assistant to destroy it 466 00:25:30,197 --> 00:25:33,408 so nobody could extract information or use it. 467 00:25:33,408 --> 00:25:35,369 Brady had destroyed his phone. 468 00:25:35,369 --> 00:25:37,579 And that touched off a shitstorm. 469 00:25:39,498 --> 00:25:41,583 {\an8}[reporter] Now, critics are imagining the moment 470 00:25:41,583 --> 00:25:44,878 {\an8}when the NFL asked to see Tom Brady's phone. 471 00:25:45,838 --> 00:25:47,464 {\an8}[reporter 2] Any reasonable person 472 00:25:47,464 --> 00:25:50,717 {\an8}would read this and say, "They did cheat, they did lie." 473 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,678 {\an8}- May have been caught cheating... - Cheating. 474 00:25:52,678 --> 00:25:53,804 {\an8}It would be cheating. 475 00:25:53,804 --> 00:25:55,472 {\an8}He **** knew! 476 00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:56,890 {\an8}[audience laughs] 477 00:25:56,890 --> 00:25:59,643 {\an8}He knew that the balls were being deflated. 478 00:25:59,643 --> 00:26:02,604 {\an8}- You cheating ****. - [audience laughs] 479 00:26:02,604 --> 00:26:03,689 {\an8}[Holley] Everyone was saying, 480 00:26:03,689 --> 00:26:07,609 {\an8}"You're cheaters. You have been. You have been for a long time, 481 00:26:07,609 --> 00:26:10,195 {\an8}and here you are at it again. We're sick of it." 482 00:26:18,453 --> 00:26:21,373 [reporter] Major news. The NFL, we are now told, 483 00:26:21,373 --> 00:26:26,170 has suspended Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for four games without pay. 484 00:26:26,170 --> 00:26:29,423 [reporter 2] For the first four games of the next season. 485 00:26:29,423 --> 00:26:31,049 {\an8}They're really taking 486 00:26:31,049 --> 00:26:34,887 {\an8}their most high-profile star player out to the woodshed. 487 00:26:34,887 --> 00:26:38,307 {\an8}I have great admiration and respect for Tom Brady, uh, 488 00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:41,685 {\an8}but the rules have to be enforced 489 00:26:41,685 --> 00:26:44,563 and they apply to everybody, like... 490 00:26:44,563 --> 00:26:47,774 [Goodell] Anytime there's a violation of rules, 491 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:51,653 {\an8}my job is to approach these things without emotion 492 00:26:51,653 --> 00:26:53,572 {\an8}and without a view 493 00:26:53,572 --> 00:26:56,867 {\an8}of anything other than what truly transpired here, 494 00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:58,410 and deal with it. 495 00:26:59,161 --> 00:27:01,163 [producer] But on the outside world, it became... 496 00:27:01,163 --> 00:27:02,748 But I'm not living on the outside world. 497 00:27:02,748 --> 00:27:05,292 What I'm living on is what we have to do as a league 498 00:27:05,292 --> 00:27:06,877 to deal with this appropriately. 499 00:27:07,753 --> 00:27:08,754 [reporter] This is huge. 500 00:27:08,754 --> 00:27:11,632 There had been speculation that maybe Roger Goodell's relationship 501 00:27:11,632 --> 00:27:15,469 with, uh, Robert Kraft might have him go easy on the Patriots, 502 00:27:15,469 --> 00:27:18,972 but it doesn't appear that that has been the case here. 503 00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:22,684 This is certainly on the tougher side of any potential punishment that... 504 00:27:22,684 --> 00:27:26,647 [Kraft] Once the NFL came out with their very harsh ruling, 505 00:27:26,647 --> 00:27:30,901 I realized the league was not our ally here. 506 00:27:32,277 --> 00:27:38,033 Because of the solid relationship I had with Commissioner Goodell, 507 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:41,119 {\an8}he probably had to go overboard 508 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:47,626 to make sure no one could ever accuse him of equivocating or being soft. 509 00:27:49,336 --> 00:27:52,464 {\an8}This is a statement made against the owner, Robert Kraft. 510 00:27:52,464 --> 00:27:56,176 Goodell is saying, "Everybody thinks I'm buddy-buddy with Bob Kraft. 511 00:27:56,176 --> 00:27:57,761 Well, watch this!" 512 00:27:57,761 --> 00:28:00,514 Roger Goodell is probably saying, "Thank God, 513 00:28:00,514 --> 00:28:04,560 I get to show I'm tough. I get to be the iron fist." 514 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,104 [Jackie MacMullan] The Commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, 515 00:28:07,104 --> 00:28:09,273 {\an8}works for the owners. 516 00:28:09,273 --> 00:28:10,899 {\an8}Yes, that includes Robert Kraft, 517 00:28:10,899 --> 00:28:14,278 but it includes quite a few others who were decidedly unhappy 518 00:28:14,278 --> 00:28:17,322 with how Roger Goodell had handled Spygate. 519 00:28:19,032 --> 00:28:21,743 [Holley] There was a lot of anger and resentment 520 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:26,039 from the other owners who were chirping in Goodell's ear, 521 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:27,332 "You got to do something. 522 00:28:27,332 --> 00:28:30,711 They got away with Spygate. Gonna let them get away with this too?" 523 00:28:31,837 --> 00:28:35,174 [MacMullan] This time, instead of going easy, they're going hard. 524 00:28:35,174 --> 00:28:40,220 And it just became, in my opinion, a witch hunt. It was a witch hunt. 525 00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,599 And Tom Brady was the witch that was getting hung at Salem. 526 00:28:48,145 --> 00:28:50,647 [interviewer] When we decided to do this four months ago, 527 00:28:50,647 --> 00:28:53,358 there was a little bit of a different circumstance. 528 00:28:53,358 --> 00:28:55,861 However, there is an elephant in the room. 529 00:28:55,861 --> 00:28:58,071 - Where? - [laughter] 530 00:28:59,406 --> 00:29:01,283 You may be the only one who doesn't see it. 531 00:29:01,283 --> 00:29:03,076 [laughter] 532 00:29:04,286 --> 00:29:09,666 So, Tom, you're in the news here, uh, and the Ted Wells report was just released. 533 00:29:09,666 --> 00:29:13,879 - [audience boos and jeers] - [Brady laughs] 534 00:29:17,007 --> 00:29:19,760 Is the Super Bowl tainted? Should there be an asterisk? 535 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,762 - [audience jeers] - What do you guys think? 536 00:29:21,762 --> 00:29:24,306 [audience boos] 537 00:29:24,306 --> 00:29:25,766 Neither do I. 538 00:29:25,766 --> 00:29:28,268 [Curran] By the time the Wells report rolled around, 539 00:29:28,268 --> 00:29:31,438 New Englanders had basically been sharpening their knives, 540 00:29:31,438 --> 00:29:35,400 and taking to the streets and losing their minds over Deflategate. 541 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,903 [audience] MVP! MVP! 542 00:29:37,903 --> 00:29:41,532 Tom, it looks like you've picked a pretty friendly place to reappear. 543 00:29:41,532 --> 00:29:43,784 [audience chants] 544 00:29:43,784 --> 00:29:47,454 Thank you, guys, for being here. Thank you very much. 545 00:29:48,121 --> 00:29:52,543 [Curran] Patriots fans had galvanized and came to Tom's defense. 546 00:29:53,544 --> 00:29:59,007 {\an8}Deflategate is the ultimate bullshit fucking outrage of sports ever. 547 00:29:59,007 --> 00:30:01,593 What they did was suspend Tom Brady for four days 548 00:30:01,593 --> 00:30:03,804 for not giving them his fucking cell phone. 549 00:30:03,804 --> 00:30:06,598 And for having a friend who called himself the Deflator. 550 00:30:06,598 --> 00:30:09,935 If I got in trouble for all the things that my friends called themselves, 551 00:30:09,935 --> 00:30:11,728 I would be finished. 552 00:30:11,728 --> 00:30:16,900 I would never give an organization as leak-prone as the NFL 553 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:20,529 my fucking cell phone so you could just look through my emails. 554 00:30:20,529 --> 00:30:22,155 Ben Affleck. Did you see that? 555 00:30:22,155 --> 00:30:24,533 Yeah, I did. He got... he got a little animated. 556 00:30:24,533 --> 00:30:26,702 {\an8}- Look, Boston fans... - A little animated, yeah! 557 00:30:26,702 --> 00:30:29,621 {\an8}We're a little crazy. And, uh, we take this stuff very seriously. 558 00:30:29,621 --> 00:30:32,207 [Bill Burr] You weasels in the media 559 00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:35,002 couldn't handle that he had movie-star good looks, 560 00:30:35,002 --> 00:30:37,087 he had a supermodel girlfriend. 561 00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:40,424 And what it did was reminded all you out-of-shape sportswriters 562 00:30:40,424 --> 00:30:43,468 how many times you didn't get picked in gym class, 563 00:30:43,468 --> 00:30:45,012 and you went after him. 564 00:30:45,012 --> 00:30:47,723 {\an8}All these fans couldn't admit the fact you couldn't beat us. 565 00:30:47,723 --> 00:30:50,058 They became a bunch of little girls crying, 566 00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:54,813 [he blubs] "The... the... the football weighed a little bit less." Right? 567 00:30:54,813 --> 00:30:56,315 Get the fuck outta here. 568 00:30:56,315 --> 00:30:58,358 - Free Tom Brady! - [cheering] 569 00:31:00,194 --> 00:31:01,486 [Holley] The Patriots and their fans 570 00:31:01,486 --> 00:31:03,530 wanted to yell to anybody who would listen, 571 00:31:03,530 --> 00:31:06,158 "Hey, hey, hey. No, the story's not how it looks." 572 00:31:06,158 --> 00:31:09,912 {\an8}The proof is right here. Tom Brady is not a cheater. 573 00:31:09,912 --> 00:31:12,539 He wanted to prove that the weather had something to do with 574 00:31:12,539 --> 00:31:14,499 the pressure of the ball and not Tom Brady. 575 00:31:14,499 --> 00:31:17,586 [Holley] Some fans, they were talking about science 576 00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:19,588 {\an8}and the Ideal Gas Law. 577 00:31:19,588 --> 00:31:21,215 {\an8}[man] It's just basic laws of physics. 578 00:31:21,215 --> 00:31:23,300 {\an8}This is what happens to footballs in cold weather. 579 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:26,637 [Holley] And others pointed out there'd been bad reporting. 580 00:31:26,637 --> 00:31:28,347 {\an8}[reporter] Mortensen falsely reported 581 00:31:28,347 --> 00:31:30,641 {\an8}that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls 582 00:31:30,641 --> 00:31:32,309 {\an8}were two pounds underweight, 583 00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:35,312 {\an8}a story that pretty much burst Deflategate. 584 00:31:35,312 --> 00:31:38,190 {\an8}Others were saying, "Everybody's doing it." 585 00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:41,193 We do know that doctoring the football is a common practice. 586 00:31:41,193 --> 00:31:42,819 [MacMullan] I went back and did a story 587 00:31:42,819 --> 00:31:47,115 on all the things quarterbacks did to the footballs before games. 588 00:31:47,115 --> 00:31:49,535 People would put them through the washing machine. 589 00:31:49,535 --> 00:31:52,621 All these things more egregious than PSI. 590 00:31:53,539 --> 00:31:55,499 Did Tom Brady deflate footballs? 591 00:31:55,499 --> 00:31:58,043 He probably did, but what are we talking about here? 592 00:31:58,043 --> 00:32:01,338 It just makes me... All these years later, I just still can't believe it. 593 00:32:01,338 --> 00:32:05,384 [fans clapping] Free Tom Brady! 594 00:32:05,384 --> 00:32:06,760 Roger sucks! 595 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,595 [fan] It's just frustrating to sit as a fan, 596 00:32:08,595 --> 00:32:12,432 {\an8}and watch these morons in the front office get away with this type of crime. 597 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:13,517 [fans] Free Tom Brady! 598 00:32:13,517 --> 00:32:18,397 [David Portnoy] Once Brady was suspended, Patriot fans, we were furious. 599 00:32:19,356 --> 00:32:20,649 {\an8}Myself, we're a Boston company, 600 00:32:20,649 --> 00:32:23,610 {\an8}a bunch of our employees were like, "What are we gonna do? 601 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:25,237 We're not taking this laying down. 602 00:32:25,237 --> 00:32:27,739 We want to fight this, basically, to the death." 603 00:32:28,782 --> 00:32:30,617 [Portnoy] Today is May 12th. 604 00:32:30,617 --> 00:32:34,746 Getting ready to do a sit-in in the Commissioner's office. 605 00:32:35,455 --> 00:32:39,501 {\an8}We are gonna walk in and say, "We'd like to meet with Roger Goodell." 606 00:32:39,501 --> 00:32:42,796 {\an8}I assume they aren't gonna grant that meeting. 607 00:32:42,796 --> 00:32:47,050 {\an8}And then we're just gonna fall down onto the ground handcuffed to each other. 608 00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:49,178 {\an8}Something that people gotta understand about Barstool 609 00:32:49,178 --> 00:32:53,140 is we're not the most thought-out organization of all time. 610 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:55,142 It's like, "Hey, let's go to NFL headquarters." 611 00:32:55,142 --> 00:32:57,477 Like, "Everyone go home, get your shit, and we're going." 612 00:32:57,477 --> 00:32:59,479 [protestors] Free Brady, fire Goodell! 613 00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:01,523 Free Brady, fire Goodell! 614 00:33:01,523 --> 00:33:04,401 [Portnoy] We did that little circle march that you see 615 00:33:04,401 --> 00:33:08,405 when someone's picketing, and then we just walked right into NFL headquarters, 616 00:33:08,405 --> 00:33:11,658 we talked to the secretary, she's like, "Do you have an appointment?" 617 00:33:11,658 --> 00:33:13,785 We could tell we were not getting up there, 618 00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:17,581 and we handcuffed ourselves to each other, demanding to speak to the Commissioner. 619 00:33:17,581 --> 00:33:20,834 Give us five questions to Roger and we'll leave. 620 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:23,378 Why did you lie? Why do you hate Tom Brady? 621 00:33:23,378 --> 00:33:25,464 How can you convict somebody without proof? 622 00:33:25,464 --> 00:33:27,799 [guard] You guys wanna get arrested, right? 623 00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:29,468 [Portnoy] No, we wanna meet with Roger Goodell. 624 00:33:29,468 --> 00:33:31,428 OK, so you're going to wind up getting arrested. 625 00:33:31,428 --> 00:33:33,305 I mean, I've got the cops coming over now. 626 00:33:33,305 --> 00:33:37,392 [Portnoy] The police showed up and we got taken to jail. 627 00:33:37,392 --> 00:33:38,727 [protester] Free David Portnoy! 628 00:33:38,727 --> 00:33:40,729 [protester 2] Hate us 'cause they ain't us! 629 00:33:40,729 --> 00:33:42,189 Hate us 'cause they ain't us! 630 00:33:42,189 --> 00:33:43,524 [shutter clicks] 631 00:33:43,524 --> 00:33:46,652 [Portnoy] If you look back at it, for such a stupid thing, 632 00:33:46,652 --> 00:33:50,113 it was crazy. It was crazy. For a long time, it was crazy. 633 00:33:50,113 --> 00:33:52,157 The potential cheating scandal 634 00:33:52,157 --> 00:33:54,493 involving one of the great teams and great quarterbacks 635 00:33:54,493 --> 00:33:55,744 in the history of the game 636 00:33:55,744 --> 00:33:58,664 continues to consume a colossal amount of time and attention. 637 00:33:58,664 --> 00:34:00,082 {\an8}[reporter] The Deflategate scandal 638 00:34:00,082 --> 00:34:02,459 {\an8}has moved from the football field to the courtroom. 639 00:34:02,459 --> 00:34:04,837 {\an8}[reporter 2] Brady is appealing his four-game suspension. 640 00:34:04,837 --> 00:34:06,797 {\an8}[host] I've gotta talk about the court sketches. 641 00:34:06,797 --> 00:34:11,426 {\an8}Here's the thing, Tom Brady is a really, really handsome man. 642 00:34:11,426 --> 00:34:12,886 {\an8}But this? 643 00:34:12,886 --> 00:34:15,472 {\an8}Do you think it should be a huge story? 644 00:34:15,472 --> 00:34:17,975 Well, let's see. The government of Yemen has collapsed. 645 00:34:17,975 --> 00:34:20,101 You have terror cells in France. 646 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:25,940 And all three network news, uh, broadcasts tonight were led with Deflategate. 647 00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:27,442 Oh, my goodness, yeah! 648 00:34:27,442 --> 00:34:30,904 {\an8}This is a story that should have been a speck. 649 00:34:31,530 --> 00:34:32,781 {\an8}But it's the Patriots. 650 00:34:32,781 --> 00:34:35,659 It's the biggest story in town. 651 00:34:35,659 --> 00:34:38,245 It's our top story. It's the ongoing Deflategate scandal. 652 00:34:38,245 --> 00:34:43,625 In other news, the fate of two Japanese men held hostage by ISIS is uncertain. 653 00:34:43,625 --> 00:34:45,710 I mean, it was insane. 654 00:34:46,879 --> 00:34:49,840 But you look at the ratings, it's so big 655 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,092 that it just builds on itself over and over and over and over. 656 00:34:53,092 --> 00:34:55,012 [Lenny Leonard] Boston wins because they cheat. 657 00:34:55,012 --> 00:34:58,056 {\an8}You know, for three games, Boston used a volleyball painted brown? 658 00:34:58,056 --> 00:35:00,767 {\an8}There's only one thing you can deflate. 659 00:35:00,767 --> 00:35:02,644 {\an8}These nuts! 660 00:35:02,644 --> 00:35:04,146 [laughter] 661 00:35:05,439 --> 00:35:08,025 [MacMullan] The NFL, the media, 662 00:35:08,025 --> 00:35:10,068 fans across the world, 663 00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:13,739 we all took this nothing event 664 00:35:13,739 --> 00:35:18,285 and turned it into one of the most ridiculous controversies 665 00:35:18,285 --> 00:35:20,370 I can ever remember in my lifetime. 666 00:35:26,126 --> 00:35:27,836 [reporter] This scandal over footballs 667 00:35:27,836 --> 00:35:30,047 in professional football will not go away. 668 00:35:31,381 --> 00:35:35,427 [reporter 2] The NFL's Deflategate scandal appears headed to federal court. 669 00:35:35,427 --> 00:35:36,637 [shutters clicking] 670 00:35:36,637 --> 00:35:39,973 {\an8}It was like the crime of the century had occurred 671 00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:42,351 for the NFL's lawyers. 672 00:35:43,685 --> 00:35:47,523 For whatever reason, they chose to drag out everything 673 00:35:47,523 --> 00:35:49,816 and create a huge distraction. 674 00:35:50,484 --> 00:35:52,569 I think it hurt the NFL. 675 00:35:52,569 --> 00:35:54,071 It didn't help it. 676 00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:58,033 [Howard Bryant] I remember watching this and wondering, 677 00:35:58,033 --> 00:36:02,454 "Why are you spending so much time and so much money on this?" 678 00:36:03,455 --> 00:36:07,000 {\an8}And I think that at that same time... 679 00:36:07,709 --> 00:36:10,921 {\an8}...the NFL's got these domestic violence issues. 680 00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:13,507 The NFL has got labor issues. 681 00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:19,388 And those things got pushed to the side to concentrate on this, 682 00:36:19,388 --> 00:36:22,558 because it was the Patriots. 683 00:36:27,479 --> 00:36:29,481 [reporter] The big news coming out from the NFL, 684 00:36:29,481 --> 00:36:33,110 NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is upholding the four-game suspension 685 00:36:33,110 --> 00:36:35,404 against New England's QB Tom Brady, 686 00:36:35,404 --> 00:36:37,656 by many accounts, the face of the NFL right now, 687 00:36:37,656 --> 00:36:39,867 one of the most popular quarterbacks out there. 688 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:44,538 [Robert Kraft] I felt it was important to make a statement today 689 00:36:44,538 --> 00:36:46,748 prior to the start of training camp. 690 00:36:46,748 --> 00:36:50,586 I had hopes that Tom Brady's appeal to the league 691 00:36:50,586 --> 00:36:54,923 would provide Roger Goodell the necessary explanation 692 00:36:54,923 --> 00:36:57,593 to overturn his suspension. 693 00:36:58,135 --> 00:37:01,805 I was wrong to put my faith in the league. 694 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,436 When we have a fight, we like to win, 695 00:37:07,436 --> 00:37:09,354 and win every battle. 696 00:37:10,898 --> 00:37:15,694 But, in the end, you know, Goodell has the ultimate authority. 697 00:37:16,695 --> 00:37:18,989 We weren't gonna win the battle. 698 00:37:18,989 --> 00:37:21,575 And I wanted to get it over. 699 00:37:22,159 --> 00:37:26,163 After this, I will not be talking about this matter, 700 00:37:26,163 --> 00:37:30,918 and I would advise everyone in the organization to do the same. 701 00:37:31,877 --> 00:37:34,838 [producer] Okay, so, Tom, sitting here today, 702 00:37:34,838 --> 00:37:38,842 would you like to respond to any of the allegations from the Wells report, 703 00:37:38,842 --> 00:37:41,303 and the months-long NFL investigation? 704 00:37:41,303 --> 00:37:42,429 [laughs] 705 00:37:42,429 --> 00:37:43,514 No. 706 00:37:45,933 --> 00:37:49,603 You know, obviously, I have a lot of personal feelings and, um... 707 00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:52,105 But I really don't care to share many of those. 708 00:37:52,105 --> 00:37:55,526 I really care to think about what I need to do going forward. 709 00:37:55,526 --> 00:37:57,277 Thanks, guys. Nice to see you. 710 00:37:57,277 --> 00:38:00,364 [Brady] I mean, look, I saw, like, venom from people 711 00:38:00,364 --> 00:38:03,951 that was so far beyond comprehension. 712 00:38:03,951 --> 00:38:07,120 But it was more than about under-inflated footballs in the end. 713 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,164 Now it's probably football lore. 714 00:38:10,374 --> 00:38:12,584 But at that time, it was exhausting. 715 00:38:14,211 --> 00:38:17,172 And at some point, you just drop the rope and you go, 716 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:19,633 "Okay, like, that's enough," you know? 717 00:38:20,926 --> 00:38:25,097 [reporter] Brady will not play the first four games of the 2016 season. He's out. 718 00:38:26,348 --> 00:38:29,810 {\an8}[chatter] 719 00:38:31,395 --> 00:38:34,690 [Amendola] Obviously, Tom, it took a massive toll on him. 720 00:38:34,690 --> 00:38:38,402 {\an8}All Tom wanted to do is be a good teammate and be out on that field. 721 00:38:39,069 --> 00:38:41,321 But after the training camp, 722 00:38:41,321 --> 00:38:43,448 he was gonna miss four games, 723 00:38:43,448 --> 00:38:46,076 and he was pissed. 724 00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:47,244 Hike! 725 00:38:48,662 --> 00:38:50,539 [Amendola] He was fucking angry. 726 00:38:50,539 --> 00:38:51,748 No! 727 00:38:51,748 --> 00:38:54,418 [Amendola] You know, there was definitely the feeling like, 728 00:38:54,418 --> 00:38:58,005 when he gets back after his suspension, 729 00:38:58,005 --> 00:39:00,966 he's gonna rain vengeance upon thee... 730 00:39:00,966 --> 00:39:02,801 [laughs] 731 00:39:03,468 --> 00:39:05,804 [Brady] Hey, go whoop their ass. 732 00:39:05,804 --> 00:39:09,558 [reporter] Tom Brady, he's going to come back and play possessed. 733 00:39:10,184 --> 00:39:12,269 [Stephen A. Smith] We have a reason to be scared. 734 00:39:12,269 --> 00:39:16,106 A lot of teams, if not every team, is simply saying... 735 00:39:17,065 --> 00:39:18,233 "Uh-oh."