I think the main takeaway is that the NFL bungled this whole issue. There is no doubt in my mind that Brady had the balls deflated. No equipment guy for the Pats decided to do that on his own. However, the NFL had no concrete proof, and tried to punish Brady to an extreme level. It became a...
It's not about what he reported. It's about him calling out the kid as a liar for simply trying to keep things under wraps until he was ready to announce.
It didn't work out that bad for him. He still gets the $4M from Buffalo and his new salary. He thought he'd really double dip and get another HC salary but it didn't happen.
It's hard to take much from that game last night. Like Gruden said, if Warren was playing the Bears every week, he'd be All Pro. The Bears are terrible.
They gave him all of their money because they thought they were going to be sued, and wanted to hide/protect their assets. Everyone in the story sounds a little shady.