A week ago on his weekly radio appearance, Tom Brady laughed off the possibility of deflated balls aiding the New England Patriots in a victory over the Indianapolis Colts the AFC Championship. This week on WEEI's The Dennis & Callahan Show, Brady was a lot more solemn when discussing DeflateGate.
Super Bowl 2015: Tom Brady says DeflateGate hurt his feelings
Brady says the criticism he received from DeflateGate hurt his feelings, but he’s putting it behind him now to fully focus on the Super Bowl.
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Shortly after the AFC Championship, it was reported by Chris Mortensen of ESPN that 11 of the 12 game balls provided by the Patriots were found to be underinflated. By letting some air out, Brady would be able to better grip the footballs and his receivers would have an easier time catching them.
Brady drew criticism for his potential involvement in the incident and was thrown under the bus by everybody from Saturday Night Live to head coach Bill Belichick, to a degree. On Monday, Brady said the criticism didn’t sit too well with the nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback:
“I personalized a lot of things and thought this was all about me, and my feelings got hurt. Then I moved past it, because it’s not serving me. What’s serving me is try to prepare for the game ahead.”
With less than a week to go until Super Bowl XLIX, the NFL is ready to be done talking about DeflateGate and Brady says he's done thinking about it.
“I think it just is a lot of wasted energy for me to talk about it more and more and more. The more energy I have for this game coming up, the better I’ll be. I don’t plan on talking about it at all. I want to go out there and I want to play the best game I can possibly play.”
Sunday will be the sixth appearance in a Super Bowl for Brady, who is 3-2 in his previous five starts, including Super Bowl MVP honors in 2002 and 2004. Joe Montana is the only player in NFL history to earn the honor three times in a career and Brady is one of five players to earn it more than once.
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