Just as the Pats organization has been, Smith was extremely critical of Ted Wells' report on Deflategate and suggested it wasn't truly unbiased due to Wells' previous relationship with the NFL, according to Christopher Price of WEEI.com:
Smith on Wells Report: "You can't really have credibility just because you slap the word independent on a piece of paper."
— Christopher Price (@cpriceNFL) May 22, 2015
In addition, Smith believes the NFL higher-ups wanted the Wells report to incriminate Brady and the Patriots as a whole, per Ben Volin of the Boston Globe:
DeMaurice Smith on Wells Report: "I think the Wells Report delivered exactly what the client wanted.