The Deflategate saga continues to dominate headlines into training camp.
John Feinstein joined SportsNet Central to explain why he believes the situation was a "debacle" from the start for both sides.
"I don't think Tom Brady handled it well," said Feinstein. "If I were innocent I would stand up and say, 'I'm innocent, I didn't do it. Here's my cell phone, do whatever you want with it and the heck with you guys.' He didn't do that. He acted as if he'd done something wrong.
"The NFL has completely blown this from stem to stern. They've handled it poorly from day one, they made it bigger than they did. The low moment to me was Roger Goodell somehow trying to compare what Tom Brady allegedly did to PED use. That's utterly ridiculous. He's trying to justify the four games versus a first time user of PEDs getting four games. That is utterly, completely ridiculous. The longer this goes on, the less sympathetic I have become to the NFL's position."
Chris Mortensen's infamous Deflategate tweet (now taken down) erroneously said that 11 of the 12 Patriots footballs used in the AFC title game were under-inflated and ignited a bigger fire in the controversy.
But what if he was intentionally handed bad information from the league?
"I've been in situations where somebody has given me misinformation - usually it's been unintentional," explained Feinstein. "If I believe the source gave me bad information intentionally, I would reveal who that source was. Because when you're dealing with somebody and accept confidentiality, you do that with the understanding that you're being given correct information. Once that goes away, then you have to feel like you're being used and you absolutely have the right to reveal your source. If Chris feels that he was given bad information intentionally, he should tell people who that source was."