ALAMEDA, Calif. -- What’s past is prologue, right?
Particularly when it comes to the apparent tempest brewing in Houston, with tension mounting around the possibility of Roger Goodell having to present Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft a Lombardi Trophy if the New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5.
It's a growing storyline in the wake of the Deflategate scandal and Goodell slapping Brady with a four-game suspension, which the quarterback fought at length before serving this season.
Except ...
“That’s nothing new,” former Oakland Raiders coach Tom Flores said this week.