You wouldn't expect Tom Brady's dad Tom Brady Sr. to be happy about the #DeflateGate report that was released by the NFL earlier this afternoon. But you also might not expect him to be as worked up as he is right now. USA TODAY Sports caught up with Brady Sr. a short time after the report was released, and he went in on the NFL.
"I don't have any doubt about my son's integrity," he said. "Not one bit. In this country, you're innocent until proven guilty. It just seems Tommy is now guilty until proven innocent. The thing is so convoluted…They say that possibly—possibly—he was aware of this. The reality is if you can't prove he did it, then he's innocent, and lay off him. That's the bottom line."
Brady Sr. didn't stop there, either. He also referred to #DeflateGate as "Framegate" and criticized the Ted Wells report for saying that it was "more probable than not" that Brady knew about the deflated footballs the Patriots played with during last season's AFC Championship Game.
"How can Tommy defend himself?" he said. "This is so distorted. To have something come out like this and say it's more probable than not? What does that mean? I'm watching the NFL Network saying he could be fined and suspended. Are you kidding me?"
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[via USA TODAY Sports]
