Interestingly, the text exchanges between McNally and Jastremski almost certainly disprove Wells’ entire case, and here’s why. Consider that they rip on Tom Brady pretty openly together. Brady is the fourth-most important person in the Patriots’ organization, behind owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft, and the head coach Bill Belichick. There is zero chance that McNally and Jastremski ever dreamed their text exchanges would ever be made public, or they would never in a million years have spoken of Brady in such disparaging terms – that is, if they valued their jobs. The fact that they did speak about Brady like this tells us that they spoke very openly and freely in their text conversations, about things that would have been taboo subjects. If that’s the case, where are the references to illegally tampering with footballs? They simply aren’t there. There is no indication at all of any scheme to illegally deflate footballs, to any level, never mind below 12.5 psi. None. This is, given their propensity to say things that would quickly get them fired if those messages were ever made public, a glaring omission, and strong evidence damaging Wells’ contention.