The New England Patriots were seemingly ready to go through with #NoBradyNoBanner if Tom Brady remained suspended for Week 1, but they had other plans for the night. They were going to unveil a Brady banner instead of the normal Super Bowl champions banner.
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We had heard that story from Patriots president Jonathan Kraft after Brady's four-game deflate-gate suspension was overturned in federal court. Not long before the Patriots kicked off the NFL season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers and unveiled their actual Super Bowl banner, NFL Network's Melissa Stark tweeted out what appeared to be a replica of the Brady banner that would have come down and thumbed a nose at the NFL on opening night.