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Kraft's mistake wasn't his not suing it was his lack of appeal and lack public support for the team or Brady after he decided to stop fighting.

Bruce Allen with the best summary of the action of the only institution that has demonstrated a clear lack of "integrity" during this mess: http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2015/07/lies-damn-lies-and-nfl-leaks

I am wondering if the reason there are reports now that the owners are pushing to uphold the suspension is because Goodell was already leaning toward no games and a fine only with some kind of vindication on the integrity aspects, leaving only the "non cooperation" charge with a fine. The...

Here's a good reddit discussion on the discovery issues: https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/3ec7rs/an_attorneys_perspective_on_the_potential_brady/ A lawyer presents his version of what discovery would involve and it does indicate that the NFL's communication on the investigation and...

Would Brady be able to reach discovery in a defamation lawsuit even if he weren't likely to win it? If so, could that be used as leverage in negotiations?

I have to think that one of the reasons for the delay is the appeal ruling is behinds the scenes negotiating to avoid a lawsuit. I think that the NFL does not want to get into a situation where they have to reveal communications during the entire saga, particularly pre-AFCG, the first week...

If Goodell wants an out, this is it: "Tom Brady gave me new information, and allowed me to review all relevant phone, text and email conversations that he did not provide to the investigators. I do not find that he was aware that a scheme to deflate footballs was going on or that he violated the...

I think that despite the disappointing tone the lack of detail and sole focus on "league above all" indicates that something is in the works. My guess is: Brady's suspension eliminated (NFL know they were going to lose anyway), 2nd in 2016, 4th in 2017.

I hope Kraft is considering precedent in his calculation. He let the Patriots get steamrolled during Spygate with "full cooperation". This time he fights only to see the team get mistreated again. If leaks and media frenzy guides NFL policy, the slightest suggestion of wrongdoing will...

One of the problems with this potential deal is that one of two things needs to happen: a) Patriots admit guilt, or b) NFL reduces penalties for no reason. I don't see either of those things happening without "new evidence".

It's face-mitigating. The NFL will never capitulate completely. Dropping the actual violation will mean less reference to cheating in the more distant future. Nothing that happens will pacify the haters.

The facesaving solution for everyone involved is for the Patriots to make a formal appeal, provide "new information" unavailable to the investigation which Goodell uses to state that there is no evidence the Patriots deflated the footballs. The removes the first round pick and 500k and sustains...

Kraft should be hammering two things in these discussions: 1. A careful review of the scientific evidence is going to show that it is likely the Patriots footballs were not deflated by anything but natural causes. This has been documented throroughly here and this is thinking is beginning to...

One possibility: Roger Goodell says he reviewed the Patriots response and received additional information from JM, JJ, and Brady via the appeals process. Based on this information, he cannot reach the conclusion that it is more likely than not that the Patriots deliberately tampered with the...

I think the biggest mistake the explanations for the texts made is trying to move it outside the context of football prep. It would have been easier to argue that deflating and inflating footballs is part of their job. The focus should be on the lack of evidence that there was intent to...

Based on the Patriots rebuttal, the likeliest explanation of the texts is that JJ and JM were engaged in a "scheme" to make sure the footballs were properly inflated to 12.5. Mentions of Brady's frustrations revolve around not meeting that standard. There is no evidence that anyone wanted to...

I hope someone asks about the gauges and why they assumed Anderson was wrong in which gauge he claimed he used.

Looking objectively, it's not clear why the Wells report rejects Walt Anderson's initial answer of using the gauge with the logo to take measurements and presses him whether he's certain, leading Anderson to say it's possible he not 100% certain. Wells then concludes that the non-logo gauge was...

The NFL isn't going to listen the Patriots, this forum, or sportwriters. They probably won't listen a well respected institution in the field of engineering either. But other people might and it would damage the league credibility for the entire investigation and punishment. Right now, the...