This is good news for NE!
This can only mean Goodell is setting up the Wells Report as the fall guy. His twisted genius knows no bounds. Not Wells as the fall guy, nor the report in whole, nor the bogus out-of-context text messages. Specifically, the science section by Exponent. Goodell has found a way out that solves many of the problems we've discussed here. He can save face, not tarnish Wells esq., not look like he wasted 5M on crap, plausibly reduce TB to 1 or 2 g, reduce his exposure on defamation, show good faith keeping it out of court, still get to punish him for non-coop, or a myriad of combinations with these and others resulting from this move. This is assuming of course the report comes bag inconclusive, which it should. Cuz it is. Which is also exactly what Goodell wants. No conclusive evidence the balls were deflated. He surely doesn't want a 'no evidence of any deflation ' result. I'm sure he'll word the directive to any new investigator to get it.
Hmmm, now that I read all that, maybe it isn't so much good news for NE. But c'mon it can't be worse right. So I'll go with its more probable than not good news for NE.