FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A Patriots lawyer says the "deflator" nickname used by a ballboy and cited in the NFL's decision to suspend quarterback Tom Brady was about weight loss, not footballs.
Team attorney Daniel Goldberg said Thursday the two Patriots employees used the term jokingly to refer to locker room attendant Jim McNally, who was trying to lose weight.
In a 20,000-word rebuttal to the league's findings, Goldberg disputes the investigator hired by the NFL on matters of science, logic and law.
Goldberg represented the team and was present during all of interviews of team personnel.