Lawyers for the New England Patriots have issued a lengthy, impassioned response to the Deflategate investigation that determined it was "more probable than not" that the team, notably quarterback Tom Brady, played with under-inflated footballs in January's AFC Championship Game.
In bold, capitalized letters, the rebuttal written by attorney Daniel Goldberg, whose firm represents the Patriots, addressed many of the more damning pieces of the report issued last week by Ted Wells and his investigators, who were hired by the NFL to probe the matter. On Monday, the NFL slapped Brady with a four-game suspension, docked the team two future draft picks, including next year's first rounder, and fined the franchise $1 million.