SERIOUSLY? NFL Network Hosts Says Brady Shouldn't Appeal Deflategate Ruling Because of Dallas Shooting

Originally published July 13, 2016

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Foxborough, MA—Just when you think Deflategate takes couldn't get any dumber, three men on the NFL Network prove you wrong.

NFL Network hosts Chris Canty, Jamie Dukes, and Elliot Harrison took the discussion to an unexpected, if not inappropriate place, calling on Brady to not appeal to the Supreme Court because of the recent shooting in Dallas.

Here's Canty's take via a transcript from CBS Boston:

"I think he’s just got to understand the landscape of where we are as a country and where our game is at, and the importance of it and what it means to people. We’re trying to bring people together, we’re trying to heal as a country, and this game goes a long ways in being able to do that.”

Dukes, while stating he believes that Brady is innocent, also said the quarterback should consider what else is going on in the country before considering a final appeal.

"I believe that personally he didn’t do anything wrong, but beyond that, this is to me much bigger than that. Because to me, like, you’re tone-deaf. There’s some serious stuff that’s going on right now in this country across the country.”

Dukes later appeared on WEEI to defend his comments.

Finally, there was Harrison, who used the death of five police officers to justify his recommendation that Brady ends his legal campaign.

We just commemorated five officers who lost their lives in duty, and I just, for me, I feel the way you do, Jamie. I think you have to know what’s going on in the country, I certainly know what’s going on in my hometown. And you know what, yes, if I were Tom Brady — which I’m not, which I’m not — I would take a step back and say, ‘Hey, is this really something I need to be doing right now?'”

So there you have it. Brady shouldn't appeal to the country's highest court because it would be disrespectful to an event that while tragic and should be part of a national conversation, is unrelated to what has become work-related litigation for the Patriots quarterback.

No word on if Brady will appeal, but he has 90 days to do so.