The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has officially denied Tom Brady’s appeal on his DeflateGate suspension. A 3-judge panel of the Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of the NFL, and Brady was appealing for an en banc hearing. That would have brought out the entire panel of Second Circuit to hear the case. Brady could still appeal to the Supreme Court, but the odds of the Supreme Court accepting the case are very slim.
All of that means that he is all but assured of serving his four-game suspension to start the season. His suspension means Jimmy Garoppolo will start for the New England Patriots when they travel to face the Arizona Cardinals, and then host the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, and Buffalo Bills.