Patriots Fight Back Against Wells Report

• Legal representatives for the New England Patriots are now disputing the findings of the Wells Report.

In a report called the Wells Report in Context, the report that accuses the Patriots of deflating gameday footballs is called at best, “incomplete, incorrect and lack context.”

The report was written by Daniel Goldberg, a senior partner in the Boston office of Morgan Lewis. He was also present during all of the interviews of Patriots personnel conducted at Gillette Stadium

The report from the team dismisses the scientific explanation for the natural loss of psi of the Patriots footballs by inexplicably rejecting the Referee’s recollection of what gauge he used in his pregame inspection. Texts acknowledged to be attempts at humor and exaggeration are nevertheless interpreted as a plot to improperly deflate footballs, even though none of them refer to any such plot,” the website reads.

The team counsel adds that there is no evidence that Brady preferred footballs under 12.5 psi or that anyone thought he did.

Other excerpts include:

• The use of the term, “the deflator” was in reference to weight loss and not deflating footballs.
• Three out of four football used by the Indianapolis Colts during the 2014 AFC Championship were below regulation size when they were measured during halftime with the non-logo gauge.
• Rejecting the science used in the report, arguing that basic science like the Ideal Gas Law can explain any deflation.

To read the annotations from the team’s counsel, click here.

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