Outside of Boston, the whole “Deflategate” thing has long been a snoozer, a non-starter, a topic beaten into the ground so much that even “concussions” were jealous.
But one thing that became clear throughout Super Bowl week was that the New England Patriots and their fans have not forgotten. Not after their star quarterback, Tom Brady, was forced to sit out the first four games of 2016 as punishment, despite an absence of concrete proof.
That was obvious on Wednesday, when commissioner Roger Goodell fielded three contentious questions from Boston media over the topic during his annual pre-Super Bowl presser.