Wrong, that’s way different.
Pulling a non-football related stunt off the field that cannot be tied directly or even indirectly with any Patriots personnel is not the same as your future HOF QB potentially orchestrating football deflations, which might have a direct implication on the game’s outcome.
Not that I think Deflategate had any merits, but comparing an off the field stunt, performed by some random non-team affiliated stranger, and deliberate act by the team’s QB himself to circumvent the rules, are two totally different things.