The lawyer Theodore V. Wells Jr., who directed the N.F.L.-commissioned investigation into whether Tom Brady and other New England Patriots employees conspired to improperly deflate footballs during last season’s playoffs, vehemently defended the conclusions and the integrity of his report Tuesday.
“I think it is wrong to criticize my independence just because you disagree with my findings,” Wells said during a conference call, most especially referring to Brady’s agent, Don Yee, who called Wells’s report predetermined and biased.
“The conclusions in the report represent the independent opinions of me personally and my team, and those conclusions were not influenced in any way, shape or form by anyone at the league office,” Wells said.