The New England Patriots have been the most successful NFL Franchise of this century. Since the arrival of Tom Brady in the NFL, they had won six Super Bowls. No team has matched their greatness or consistency for the past two decades.

However, with success comes controversies. The Patriots themselves were involved in one of the biggest controversies in NFL history.

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A player who was close to the situation was Julian Edelman. Edelman, the former Patriots receiver, won three Super Bowls with the team. He recently appeared on the All the Smoke podcast. He was asked about the Deflategate scandal, and his response was rather expected.

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Julian Edelman said, “If you look into the facts of this whole thing, like both teams’ balls were deflated, I mean like there is a witch hunt, full witch hunt. That was ridiculous. Not to the point where they went like you know what I mean with all the facts on both sides with this that, as much everyone wants to bit*h  and complain, that pi**ed me off…”

What was the Deflategate Scandal, and how was Tom Brady involved in it?

There was an alleged story that the Patriots used to Deflategate their balls prior to the start of the games. This was done to help Tom Brady, as he would be able to have a better grip on smaller and lighter balls.

This came to light in 2014 after the Indianapolis Colts assistant equipment manager Brian Seabrooks and equipment manager Sean Sullivan got the hold of the balls that Brady used to throw.

After getting the intercepted balls in the dugout, they examined them and came to the conclusion that the Patriots were causing serious change to the balls to help their team.

Prior to facing the Seahawks in Super Bowl 2015, Brady was asked various questions related to the Deflategate scandal. Brady responded and said, “I have no reaction to that, I don’t have any speculation on anything that’s happened. That will all play itself out after the season.”

The league didn’t instantly take an action on it. However, they reacted afterward and banned Brady for the first four games of the 2015-2016 NFL season. Moreover, the Patriots were fined $1 million and were doxed of their draft picks.

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