http://mmqb.si.com/2015/06/22/nfl-charleston-shooting-byron-maxwell-eagles/6/
and then this
Seriously ? Isnt it natural for the QB to call the equipment guy and ask what happened ? Isnt that explanation believable enough ?Here’s where I think the league will dig in its heels, potentially drawing out this mess deep into the summer and fall: Brady should have given up his cell phone correspondences. As the source acknowledged, employees of the NFL and its clubs have a basic obligation to cooperate with their employers in any investigation. As a counterpoint, Brady’s team plans to note the only other time an employee was punished for failure to cooperate and the subsequent penalty—Brett Favre was fined $50,000 for not providing full disclosure in the investigation into allegations he sent inappropriate photos and messages to former Jets employee Jenn Sterger.
My sense is that Brady’s camp believes the NFL already has all of the phone correspondence it sought from the quarterback, and a forensic investigation into Brady’s phone at this point would be redundant and unnecessary. Even if Goodell accepts that, though, Brady would still need to explain the increased correspondence between him and equipment assistant John Jastremski following the AFC Championship Game. Remember: Brady isn’t required to raise a reasonable doubt. He’s got to prove his own innocence. The American Enterprise Institute study raises significant doubts over the science of the Wells report, but it does nothing to explain a 55-minute phone conversation between an equipment manager and the quarterback days after the game in question
and then this
Brady wants full exoneration, but he runs the risk of delaying the suspension into the late fall or early winter if he pursues a lawsuit, a tougher pill to swallow than several games in September. Here’s my not-so-bold prediction: Goodell will reduce the suspension to one game and Brady will forgo any legal action in the interest of the team.