Justin Jones Hot Take on Deflategate
We all remember deflategate, as well as the many other questionable Patriots, moves during the Brady era.
Well, eight years later Justin Jones is claiming it is still going on.
"I heard it's still going on, so I'll be checking things when we go," Jones said Thursday. The Bears take on the Pats Monday night.
The controversy started in the 2015 AFC Championship between the Pats and the Indianapolis Colts. New England beat the Colts 45-7 at Gillette Stadium, but Indianapolis suspected the Patriots deflated the footballs.
The NFL suspended Brady for four games in the 2016 season, fined the team $1 million, and stripped the Pats of two 2016 draft picks, but the Pats still managed to win that season's Super Bowl.
The Patriots also were found guilty of videotaping New York Jets' defensive coaches' signals in 2007 in a controversy known as "Spygate." Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 for that violation, while the team was fined $250,000 and had to forfeit a first-round pick.
