Deflategate was a sting hatched against the New England Patriots, right?
Not so fast. After testimony was released of Tom Brady's appeal hearing, there are some inconsistencies between the transcripts and the Wells Report.
"When we look at the notion of a sting, one glaring aspect of the testimony and that’s Troy Vincent, the NFL's vice president of operations, saying he had no awareness of a scheme to deflate footballs or an alert to check for deflated footballs until Ryan Grigson, the Colts GM, knocked on the door," Tom E. Curran said. "In the Wells Report, that was established long prior to that. Both Troy Vincent and Mike Kensil had mobilized prior to Ryan Grigson knocking on the door. These little inconsistencies hint at the NFL trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube."