As the NFL and NFLPA continue to stick to their #DeflateGate guns, many think that both sides prefer rolling the dice on a win — and accepting the risk of losing — over voluntarily taking a deal that would include no easy way to save face. For Brady, neither a suspension of any duration nor an admission of guilt would be acceptable; for the NFL, either becomes critical if the goal is to avoid undermining the investigation and the proceedings that culminated in the four-game suspension.
At a time when most think that the outcome in court would be one side clearly wins and the other side clearly loses, Judge Richard M.