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Something doesn't quite add up with the story Mortensen is telling now. From the article:
Between January and July of 2015, Mortensen claims he tried to get more information out of the NFL, but no one would talk to him about that subject.
What's hard to reconcile with this story is that Mortensen backed out of an appearance on EEI in August of that year. He appeared on the Dan LeBetard show shortly after that and never mentioned anything about the league stonewalling him about the real PSI numbers. Now, he's saying that's what happened.
There are some other interesting quotes in that interview, like this one:
In his mind, the "11 of 12 balls" tweet had nothing to do with the Patriots. It's everyone else's fault for jumping to that conclusion. Maybe he believes Bryan Stork was going to be the target of the investigation.
This was also the interview where he also claimed that the Kraft's apologized to him, which they have denied:
Like Peter King, Mortensen seems to live in his own little world, where his opinion is the only way to look at things, nothing is ever really his fault, and there's no way that his sources in the league would ever use him to do their bidding.
But Mort’s January 20 tweet and ESPN.com story that contained the 2 pounds per square inch number remained uncorrected for more than six months — even as Rapoport offered contradictory reporting. Mort said he made more phone calls during that period but found the NFL had gone silent.
Between January and July of 2015, Mortensen claims he tried to get more information out of the NFL, but no one would talk to him about that subject.
What's hard to reconcile with this story is that Mortensen backed out of an appearance on EEI in August of that year. He appeared on the Dan LeBetard show shortly after that and never mentioned anything about the league stonewalling him about the real PSI numbers. Now, he's saying that's what happened.
There are some other interesting quotes in that interview, like this one:
And oh by the way, in my original reporting, (I) never implicated Tom Brady. Never implicated the Patriots. I did ask the question if Walt Anderson, the referee, followed the protocol and the league assured me he had. But the first person who really mentioned Tom Brady in this whole matter happened to be Bill Belichick in that Thursday press conference: 'If you want to ask about the footballs, ask Tom.'
Nobody from the NFL ever identified Brady as being the target of an investigation in that first week we're talking about, within three days of the game. Brady's never mentioned. The Patriots are never mentioned.
In his mind, the "11 of 12 balls" tweet had nothing to do with the Patriots. It's everyone else's fault for jumping to that conclusion. Maybe he believes Bryan Stork was going to be the target of the investigation.
This was also the interview where he also claimed that the Kraft's apologized to him, which they have denied:
And to be honest with you, Robert Kraft and I have had a conversation since then. It's going to remain confidential. But it's basic gist is: My fight, our fight, is not with you. It's with the NFL. We have no beef with you. We have a beef with the NFL."
Like Peter King, Mortensen seems to live in his own little world, where his opinion is the only way to look at things, nothing is ever really his fault, and there's no way that his sources in the league would ever use him to do their bidding.