Despite a messy departure, who wouldn’t want to return to the Super Bowl winning team? Free-agent wide receiver Wes Welker hopes to play in 2015 and said Tuesday he would be open to a return to the New England Patriots despite a messy divorce after the 2012 season.
(Photos) NFL: Jets Fans Pay For 12 ‘#TomShady’ Billboards After Tom Brady’s 4-Game Suspension
The DeflateGate investigation is over and the New England Patriots were given a hefty punishment by the NFL. Their 2016 1st round draft pick and 2017 4th round draft pick were both taken, the team was given a $1 million fine and quarterback Tom Brady is suspended for the first four games. Many New York Jets fans are happy to see the sanctions against their division rival and some decided to celebrate by putting up special billboards.
(Photos&Videos) NFL: Patriots Fans Get Arrested After Protesting Deflategate In Front Of The NFL Offices
After the NFL revealed their finding on the deflategate investigation, they suspended New England Patriots golden child Tom Brady for 4 games without pay and docked the Patriots an NFL record One million dollars and also stripped them of 2 draft picks. Seems as a group of Patriots fans didn’t take the punishment as fair and decided to protest. Well, it looks like all their protesting just landed them a night in jail, Yikes!
NFL: Patriots’ Fans Start GoFundMe to Pay $1 Million DeflateGate Fine
The NFL handed the New England Patriots a hefty $1 million fine after the DeflateGate investigation. The fine is the most handed to a team in NFL history. Many Patriots fans were upset about the punishment which includes losing their 1st round pick in the 2016 draft, 4th round pick in the 2017 draft, and a four-game suspension for quarterback Tom Brady in addition to the team fine of $1 million. Citing that the fine is BS because it’s based on “circumstantial evidence”, fans decided to raise money to help pay it off.
NFL Owner on Robert Kraft & Roger Goodell’s Close Relationship: “Pretty Much Dead”
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been a big supporter of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. In fact, their relationship was cause for worry that the investigation and subsequent punishment for DeflateGate would be in the Patriots favor but the opposite happened. Goodell came down hard and swift on the Patriots, fining the team $1 million, a first round draft pick in 2016, a fourth round draft pick in 2017 and star quarterback Tom Brady is suspended for the first four games. Kraft said the punishment “exceeded any reasonable expectation” and was based completely on circumstantial evidence. Now Kraft and Goodell’s relationship is reportedly inextricably broken.
(Video) NFL: Rob Gronkowski Responds To Deflategate By Referring To His Private Parts
Rob Grownkowski, is unarguably, the party boy of the New England Patriots. And the Pro-bowl Tight-end is never afraid to give his true feelings on any topic that refers to his team. Well, we saw what Gronk thought of the deflate gate accusations when he spiked a deflated football during the Superbowl parade, but now he’s responding after the news that the NFL has come to a conclusion on defategate. Check out Gronk’s response after the jump.
