“Deflategate” was born in 2015 and has been lifeless for years, however a member of the Chicago Bears has revived it.
Nearly eight years after Tom Brady and the New England Patriots had been alleged to have purposely deflated footballs in video games, Justin Jones claims the Pats are nonetheless doing it.
Patriots coach Invoice Belichick walks on the sphere at coaching camp.
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“I heard it’s nonetheless happening, so I’ll be checking issues once we go,” Jones stated Thursday. The Bears tackle the Pats Monday evening.
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The controversy began within the 2015 AFC Championship between the Pats and the Indianapolis Colts. New England beat the Colts 45-7 at Gillette Stadium, however Indianapolis suspected the Patriots deflated the footballs.
The NFL suspended Brady 4 video games within the 2016 season, fined the crew $1 million and stripped the Pats of two 2016 draft picks, however the Pats nonetheless managed to win that season’s Tremendous Bowl.
Tom Brady with the New England Patriots.
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The Patriots additionally had been discovered responsible of videotaping New York Jets’ defensive coaches’ indicators in 2007 in a controversy generally known as “Spygate.” Invoice Belichick was fined $500,000 for that violation, whereas the crew was fined $250,000 and needed to forfeit a first-round decide.
