05-14-2015, 07:53 PM
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id...lls-report
The Patriots' lawyer put up a site that offers a point by point rebuttal of the accusations:
http://wellsreportcontext.com/
In my opinion, while the rebuttal/placing the Wells report in context creates reasonable doubt as to whether the balls were intentionally deflated and whether Tom Brady was generally aware of what was going on, I still believe that "it is more probably than not" that the Patriots intentionally deflated the balls. Both the constructed scenarios are plausible, but only one of them is the simplest explanation for the evidence available. The other requires that the balls were underinflated due to weather changes AND that the text messages were jokes AND that the minute 40 seconds he was in the bathroom were to take a leak (ok, that one is very plausible)... Yeah, as a defense attorney he creates reasonable doubt, but, again, that's not the standard of proof in this matter.
BC
The Patriots' lawyer put up a site that offers a point by point rebuttal of the accusations:
http://wellsreportcontext.com/
In my opinion, while the rebuttal/placing the Wells report in context creates reasonable doubt as to whether the balls were intentionally deflated and whether Tom Brady was generally aware of what was going on, I still believe that "it is more probably than not" that the Patriots intentionally deflated the balls. Both the constructed scenarios are plausible, but only one of them is the simplest explanation for the evidence available. The other requires that the balls were underinflated due to weather changes AND that the text messages were jokes AND that the minute 40 seconds he was in the bathroom were to take a leak (ok, that one is very plausible)... Yeah, as a defense attorney he creates reasonable doubt, but, again, that's not the standard of proof in this matter.
BC