Seven years later, Deflategate is in the news again. Following a report from earlier this week that suggested the NFL destroyed evidence that might have hurt its case against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, Roger Goodell was asked about it during his Super Bowl press conference.
Goodell pleaded ignorance about the claim that data has reportedly been expunged on behalf of NFL general counsel Jeff Pash. That data, collected via spot checks to control ball inflation levels during the 2015 regular season, would likely have shown that Brady and the Patriots did nothing wrong.