Bell: Brady boosted Goodell's image by destroying phone

USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay Jones discusses Roger Goodell's decision to uphold Tom Brady's four-game suspension and what the Patriots' next steps are.USA TODAY Sports

(Photo: Adam Hunger, USA TODAY Sports)No consultants, spin doctors or even enabling NFL owners could spruce up Roger Goodell’s reputation like one man — Tom Brady — managed to do with one stunning revelation.

Brady had his cellphone destroyed.

This, of course, made the task of upholding Brady’s four-game suspension so much easier for Goodell, the embattled, punching bag of an NFL commissioner.

Goodell, no doubt, needs to admonish Brady for his apparent role in a scheme to deflate footballs. Integrity of the game is a pillar that the…