Why would Belichick or anybody else for that matter, believe Tom Brady’s story of not knowing that his footballs were tampered with.
How many rogue ball boys have we had in he history of the NFL or sports for that matter? Ron Borges of the Boston Herald believes the Patriots dropped their battle with the NFL because it was bad for business, and they had no leg to stand on as a franchise.
How you can battle the league when the head coach doesn’t even believe the quarterback.
“Belichick never believed his story, from what I was told,” said Borges. “Because they all know. Why do you think all those retired quarterbacks, the Troy Aikmans of the world — Troy Aikman is about as nice a guy as I’ve ever met in football — nobody’s backed [Brady]. Nobody, not a single guy. Why do you think that is? Because they hate Brady? No. Because they’re not stupid. They know nothing’s done with those balls that the quarterback doesn’t want done.”
That could explain Belichick instructing reporters to “talk to Tom” about the air pressure when the issue first surfaced.