Tom Brady Declines to Address Questions About Ted Wells' Deflategate Report

We've heard from Tom Brady's agent regarding Ted Wells' incriminating Deflategate report. We just won't be hearing from the New England Patriots quarterback himself—yet.

Brady, appearing at Salem State University in Massachusetts for a scheduled interview with Jim Gray, declined to answer any specific questions about Deflategate or Wells' report. 

"I don't have really any reaction," Brady said when asked to comment, per Walter C. Cicchetti of USA Today. "It's only been 30 hours, so I haven't had much time to digest it, but when I do I'll be sure to let you know how I feel about it—and everybody else."

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Asked when he would provide a response, Brady said, "Hopefully soon, hopefully soon. There's still a process that's going forth right now. Whenever it happens, it happens."

On Wednesday, the NFL released a 243-page document compiled by Wells, which implicated Brady as a co-conspirator with Patriots employees to deflate game balls below league regulations. Text-message exchanges between part-time employee Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski discussed Brady's preferences at length.

"Based on the evidence, we also have concluded that it is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls," the report said.

Brady's agent, Don Yee, released a statement Thursday condemning the report. 

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"The Wells report, with all due respect, is a significant and terrible disappointment," Yee said, per Mike Garafolo of Fox Sports. "Its omission of key facts and lines of inquiry suggest the investigators reached a conclusion first, and then determined so-called facts later."

The months-long investigation began when the Colts tipped off the NFL about game-ball discrepancies before the AFC Championship Game. After reviewing their weights, officials at the game determined some were below the legal limit and forced New England to exchange them for balls that were up to standards. The Patriots would go on to defeat Indianapolis, 45-7, before going on to win the Super Bowl—a win Brady still very much enjoys, per his interview with Gray:

With the NFL considering its next course of action, it'll be interesting to see if Brady becomes more pointed in his defense in the coming days. On one hand, a publicly defiant stance may open him to additional criticism or perhaps stoke the ire of the commissioner's office—an ill-advised decision, considering a suspension could loom.

On the other, with every noncommittal answer, the public sentiment will only continue to turn on the Pro Bowler.

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