During an appearance on
Tiki and Tierney on CBS Sports Radio, Simms said that Brady was the only NFL quarterback "I know that goes below the legal limit. ... The one thing I'll say -- I played in the NFL eight years, my dad (Phil Simms) played 15 -- never have I heard the conversation, 'Let's go below 12.5 (psi).'"
Back in January, days after Deflategate broke,
Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers said that
he likes to throw footballs above the maximum allowable limit.
More from Simms: "Every game that I was ever on the sideline for -- whether it be Brett Favre,
Peyton Manning,
Tom Brady -- the opposing team's ball boys are always over there. I always would ask (about) the footballs. How does Peyton like his footballs broken in? ... Never at one point did i say, 'Hm, that's questionable air.' So, to me, do (quarterbacks) probably take it to the minimum? Sure, (but) I have never heard of it going below."
So is Brady guilty of cheating?
"Of us being able to pin that to Tom and saying, 'Did we hear the quotes out of Tom's mouth, let's go below 12.5 (psi)'? You and I both know that equipment guys do not do anything without getting the green flag from the quarterback or the head coach," Simm said. ... "Listen, we don't have anything definitive right now but to me, all signs point towards guilty."
