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The general belief in the media is that Brady won't sue because the league would subpoena his cell phone. I don't know if that is a deal breaker for Brady. I think Brady didn't want to turn over his phone in large part because he saw how Wells just dumped all of Ritchie Incongnito's texts out of context in the Jonathan Martin case.
The flip side of a lawsuit is that Brady will get all the access to Wells' materials that didn't make it into the report and probably will be able to subpoena cell phones and email records from Kensil, Grigson, and others to see if they tried to trap him and then smear him afterwards.
The League has just as much to be worried about in the discovery phase of a defamation lawsuit as Brady. The difference is that Brady's image is already tarnished and probably won't be much more by anything discovered. If Brady can find that Wells covered up stuff, there clearly was a sting, and/or proof that the league was leaking damaging information about the Pats; it would be devastating for the League.
The flip side of a lawsuit is that Brady will get all the access to Wells' materials that didn't make it into the report and probably will be able to subpoena cell phones and email records from Kensil, Grigson, and others to see if they tried to trap him and then smear him afterwards.
The League has just as much to be worried about in the discovery phase of a defamation lawsuit as Brady. The difference is that Brady's image is already tarnished and probably won't be much more by anything discovered. If Brady can find that Wells covered up stuff, there clearly was a sting, and/or proof that the league was leaking damaging information about the Pats; it would be devastating for the League.