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Matt Light feels Goodell fumbled job away

Former Patriots tackle Matt Light believes that fumbling Tom Brady’s appeal might be the final nail in the coffin for Roger Goodell.

In an appearance on Herald Radio yesterday, the three-time Super Bowl champion ripped into the commissioner and condemned his handling of the entire Deflategate process.

“There are rules that (Goodell) wrote, he and his team wrote, to deal with any tampering of the footballs,” Light said. “He chose to ignore them completely and started a witch hunt that has now resulted in Deflategate. He obviously can’t follow his own rules.

“He can’t be consistent with the manner in which he disciplines people.