Deflategate has taken another twist.
It turns out that in 2011, Tom Brady admitted during a radio interview that he likes using deflated footballs.
The subject came up when Brady was asked about an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that was given to tight end Rob Gronkowksi after Gronk spiked the ball following a touchdown against the Jets in 2011.
"I didn't see it. I mean, he spikes it every time he scores, so I don't know if that’s flagrant or what," Brady told WEEI-AM on Nov. 14, 2011, via ESPN.com. "When Gronk scores -- it was like his eighth touchdown of the year -- he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball. I love that, because I like the deflated ball. But I feel bad for that football, because he puts everything he can into those spikes."
All of the sudden, Gronk's tweet from Monday night doesn't seem so ridiculous.
Whoops lol pic.twitter.com/uLxN7A5cpq
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) January 20, 2015
As for deflategate, the league announced on Monday that it's investigating the incident. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has assured everyone that his team will cooperate with the investigation.
So when will that investigation be completed?
Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, said it should be done by the end of the week.
"We're hoping to wrap that up in the next two or three days," Vincent said on Tuesday. "The team is in place in New England now interviewing staff members."
