New England Patriots Deflategate
At its core deflategate suggested that the new england patriots used an illegal process for lowering the inflation of game footballs at the behest of quarterback tom brady who preferred the grip.
New england patriots deflategate. Deflategate is the term loosely used to describe the nfls investigation of the new england patriots and in particular star quarterback tom brady and all the drama surrounding the. They paid dearly for a far less consequential allegation in part because the nfl considered them repeat cheaters after the 2007 spygate affair. Deflategate was a national football league nfl controversy involving the allegation that new england patriots quarterback tom brady ordered the deliberate deflation of footballs used in the patriots victory against the indianapolis colts in the 2014 american football conference afc championship gamethe controversy resulted in brady being suspended for four games.