Regardless of whether the NFL and the Patriots find a way to resolve the #DeflateGate penalties, questions will linger regarding the 243-page Ted Wells report, which relies on an outside firm known as Exponent for the scientific analysis that supported the conclusion that tampering with air pressure happened prior to the AFC title game.
But with the overall circumstances suggesting that Wells at some point morphed from investigator to prosecutor, the question becomes whether Wells wanted from Exponent an honest, objective assessment of the situation or a scientific opinion that matched his subjective belief that tampering occurred.