If you’re New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, just three weeks removed from a four-game suspension at the end of a 630-day saga surrounding whether or not someone removed a fraction of a pound per square inch of air in some footballs, the NFL’s bungling of another domestic violence incident — this one involving New York Giants kicker Josh Brown — must be maddening.
Actually, this wasn’t just one domestic violence incident. It was more than 20, at least according to Molly Brown’s account of her ex-husband’s abuse to the King County (Wash.) Sheriff’s Office. The veteran kicker’s own journals, in which he wrote, “I have abused my wife,” and, “I viewed myself as God basically and she was my slave,” do not appear to conflict with his ex-wife’s testimony.