I thought it would be released the week after the Owners' meetings, but didn't realize there was a "100 day minimum" on Wells' billing days...oops, I meant to say, "thoroughness."
There's no way the report will come out this week, because it would distract from the Draft story line. My amateur guess would be that if Wells needed 100 days to talk to everybody and, presumably, gather all the electronic and other "forensic" evidence he felt he needed, he'll need another couple of weeks to prepare his report, assuming that they have been assessing the interviews on an ongoing basis and running parallel tracks evaluating that evidence.
The League Spring Meetings begin on May 18 in San Francisco. I'd bet a buck or two that the report will be released sometime in the week of May 11.
Cynicism aside, I think the longer this has dragged on, the better it has been for the Patriots. The fact that rumors suggest he's interviewed QB's going back several years suggests that he wants to know how the preparation of game day balls "really" worked for all teams. The fact that other rumors suggest that he's focused on the League and the pejorative leaks about the Patriots suggests that he's looked seriously into whatever conspiracy may have existed among the Ravens, Colts and NFL staff. The fact that pundits from Aikman to Florio have shut the **** up suggests that the report is going to embarrass a lot of people.
