I'm so technologically dumb that I thought text and other such records went to the great big cloud in the sky where they were never lost so that the geeky guy on NCIS can retrieve them with five minutes left in the show to nail the bad guys and save the universe from destruction. But, what do I know?
Anyway, I'm still waiting to hear Brady's version of this. I'm not inclined to believe the NFL's version of anything.
Otherwise, I fully understand that he wasn't required to turn the cell phone over under the CBA, and I fully understand that whatever happened to Brady's cell phone fails to change the facts on the ground about the disciplinary process in general and the Wells investigation in particular AND I also fully understand that lots of folks destroy their phones when they get a new one (I don't because I'm afraid it will explode or release harmful radiation that will leave my home uninhabitable for decades if I try to destroy it, so I just throw it in a drawer).
But, assuming the unlikely circumstance that the NFL is right about the date of Brady's sending his cell phone to cell phone heaven, I do think that his timing in this regard could have been just the teensy-weensy--tiniest little bit better when it comes to the court of public opinion.