The NFL dropped the hammer hard on Tom Brady on Monday, suspending the New England Patriots' star quarterback for four games, as well as fining the Super Bowl champion franchise $1 million and making them forfeit their 2016 first-round draft pick and 2017 fourth-round pick. Sheesh!
Brady's past and present NFL peers had plenty to say about the suspension, either siding with the NFL for swift justice or thinking the league over reacted. Here's the best Twitter reaction.
Well done @NFL ..........#DeflateGate
— Patrick Peterson (@RealPeterson21) May 11, 2015
Well, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson thinks justice was served.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! SMH #PATSNATION STAND UP!!!!! — LeGarrette Blount (@LG_Blount) May 11, 2015
Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount can't disagree more.
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) May 11, 2015
One word, one syllable. Wow.
Ouch — Marcus Gilbert (@MarcusGilbert88) May 11, 2015
Yes a four-game suspension is literally 25 percent of the season.
If the NFL is so worried about the integrity of the game then the league should issue all balls for all games. #DeflateGate #BaseballDoesIt
— Antonio Garay (@antoniogaray71) May 11, 2015
Hmm...makes sense.
I honestly feel bad for Tom Brady!! I know first hand the type of competitor he is & how much work he puts in... Came down too hard on him! — DonteHitner (@DonteWhitner) May 11, 2015
What's even worse is that people want to see him fall because of his greatness! #FreeTomBrady — DonteWHitner (@DonteWhitner) May 11, 2015
Any truth to what Donte is saying?
To win four Super Bowl is outstanding. I know Tom Brady is a great competitor and leader. I feel sorry for him and patriots nation! — Jerry Rice (@JerryRice) May 11, 2015
From one Hall of Famer to a future Hall of Famer.
4 games?? What a joke! Tom Brady's getting the same suspension as PED users... Crime does not match the punishment #lostmorerespectfortheNFL
— Jake ballard (@TheJakeBallard) May 11, 2015
I could see 1 game suspension, but 1/4 the season is ridiculous... He could have been throwing bowling balls and still win those games.. — Jake ballard (@TheJakeBallard) May 11, 2015
Interesting points. Performance-enhancing drugs and deflating air from a football in the same sentence?
It's a good thing the @nfl suspended Tom Brady now everyone knows that NOBODY is above the system #NFL #FairGame — Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) May 11, 2015
If Brady would have just said "I took the air out of the ball" for whatever reason he would have just been fined but he didn't #NFL — Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) May 11, 2015
Great point. Brady could've just came out and said he likes his footballs lighter and maybe he wouldn't have been slapped with a four-game suspension. A little honesty...how about that as a concept?
You have to the love the patriots . They do anything to win a Super Bowl . #mytypeofteam
— DARNELL DOCKETT (@ddockett) May 11, 2015
Anything for a Super Bowl is right!
pic.twitter.com/jGNEKSY6oL — Damien Woody (@damienwoody) May 11, 2015
Maybe the best reaction of all. Sip that tea, Damien Woody, a noted former Patriot-turned-NFL analyst for ESPN.
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