And the rumor mill keeps on grinding.
According to Dennis and Callahan, on-air personalities at WEEI, NFL Executive (and former Jets employee) Mike Kensil is the man responsible for giving Chris Mortensen the false information that 11 of the 12 footballs the Patriots used in the AFC Championship game were two full pounds under the legal limit:
— Dennis and Callahan (@DandCShow) July 31, 2015
There is also initial belief that a high-ranking NFL official told Stephen A. Smith that Brady destroyed his phone, thus allowing Smith to introduce that notion before the ruling was even made public.