(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Jon: YOU KNOW, AFTER 16 --
I HAVE BEEN HERE 16 YEARS, 17 YEARS -- 16 AND A HALF YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW. I'VE SEEN IT ALL.
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
TO A WAR.
TO ANOTHER WAR. TO WAR. TO ANOTHER --
TO I THINK IT WAS LIKE FIVE WARS.
THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT CAN GET TO ME ANYMORE.
SO I THOUGHT.
(LAUGHTER) HE (BLEEP) KNEW!
HE KNEW THAT THE BALLS WERE BEING DEFLATED!
BRADY KNEW!
BY THE WAY, THIS ISN'T JUST A TABLOID SAYING THAT.
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" ALSO --
(LAUGHTER) THAT'S NOT REAL, ACTUALLY.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" COVERED IT!
AMONG OBLONG SPORTS EQUIPMENT, A DEFLATION PROBLEM EMERGES.
THEY REALLY DO TAKE THE FUN OUT OF EVERYTHING, DON'T THEY?
BY THE WAY, HOW DID DEFLATED BALLS QUARTERLY
COVER THIS STORY? OH, THAT'S ODD.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS WAS IN THEIR WHEEL HOUSE.
SO TOM BRADY IN ALL OF DEFLATEGATE, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
HE KNEW THAT THEY WERE DEFLATING THE BALLS.
WHAT DID TOM ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS THING THAT IS ANOTHER WORD
FOR TESTICLES?
>> THE INDEPENDENT REPORT CONCLUDES IT WAS MORE PROBABLE
THAN NOT THAT BRADY WAS AT LEAST GENERALLY AWARE TEAM PERSONNEL
WERE DEFLATING FOOTBALLS BEFORE A CRITICAL PLAYOFF GAME.
>> Jon: GENERALLY AWARE? MORE PROBABLE THAN NOT?
AFTER THE STORY BROKE, BRADY WAS TEXTING THE BALL GUY LIKE HE WAS
A LATE NIGHT BOOTY CALL.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
>> THE WELLS REPORT SINGLES OUT TWO LONG TIME MEMBERS OF THE
PATRIOTS LOCKER ROOM STAFF AND SOME OF THE MOST TELLING
EVIDENCE IS A TRAIL OF TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THOSE TWO
LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS, ONE OF THEM CALLING HIMSELF THE
DEFLATOR.
>> Jon: COME ON! HE CALLS HIMSELF THE DEFLATOR!
ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE BEHEST OF
TOM BRADY CALLS HIMSELF THE DEFLATOR!
WHAT WAS THE OTHER GUY'S NICKNAME?
JOEY CHEATS AT FOOTBALL?
WILL NONE OF THOMAS BRADY'S TEAMMATES RISE TO DEFEND THEIR
CHAMPION?
>> WHAT ABOUT ALL THE FUNDRAISING FOR THE KIDS?
NO ONE EVER WANTS TO EXPAND ON THAT, FOR THE KIDS, THE CHARITY
EVENTS.
NO, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE STORY FOR THE DEFLATEGATE.
(LAUGHTER) >> Jon: THANK YOU.
GRONK.
FOR REMINDING US THAT THESE ATHLETES LIVES ARE COMPLEX AND
THAT MUCH OF THE GOOD WORK THESE ATHLETES DO IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
GOES UNSUNG AND THAT OUR FOCUS ON THEIR FOIBLES CAN REDUCE
THESE ATHLETES TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL THICK-SKULLED
CARICATURES.
I'M SORRY. I INTERRUPTED YOU, THOUGH. YOU WERE SAYING?
>> YOU KNOW, THESE SURE AREN'T DEFLATING.
THESE ARE ONLY INFLATING.
SO GET READY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE READY.
AND THERE IS ONLY ONE THING YOU CAN DEFLATE -- THESE NUTS!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (LAUGHTER)
>> Jon: YES, THESE NUTS, INDEED...
(LAUGHTER) I GOTTA SAY, I LOVE THIS GUY.
BUT BRADY?
NO.
MEET ME AT CAMERA THREE.
TOMMY...
YOU CHEATING (BLEEP).
WHY!
YOU GOT FOUR SUPER BOWL RINGS.
YOU'RE MARRIED TO THE BIGGEST SUPERMODEL IN THE WORLD!
YOUR FACE -- YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE!
IS A WONDER OF SYMMETRY, A PLATONIC IDEAL OF BEAUTY THAT
CAN SURVIVE EVEN THE STUPIDEST OF HAIRCUTS!
(LAUGHTER)
WHAT DID YOU WALK IN AND GO, HOW YOU DOING TODAY, SAL?
GIVE ME THE SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. YEAH.
AND YET EVEN WITH THESE DOPEY (BLEEP) HAIRCUTS, YOU'RE STILL
SO HANDSOME I WOULD (BLEEP) THE HOLE IN YOUR CHIN.
(APPLAUSE) SORRY.
I WOULD!
BUT YOU, MY FRIEND, STOOD UP THERE IN ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST
SACRED PLACES, THE PODIUM ROOM BEFORE SUPER BOWL WEEK AND YOU
LIED TO US!
>> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITHIN YOURSELF THAT NOBODY ON SUNDAY
ON THE PATRIOTS' SIDE DID ANYTHING WRONG?
>> I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANYTHING.
I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY -- >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT
NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG?
>> YEAH, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT.
>> Jon: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE HIDING
SOMEONE ELSE'S HEAD UNDERNEATH YOUR HAT.
(LAUGHTER)
BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE SO AT EASE WITH YOUR OWN DEVIOUS
MACHINATIONS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAD AS YOUR FRIEND GRONK SO
ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, THESE NUTS TO SAY THAT.
I MEAN, WHY STOP AT DEFLATING?
WHY NOT LACE THE BALL ON BOTH SIDES.
OR [BLEEP] IT, JUST START Q.B.-ING ON STILTS?
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH, BRADY? HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
FOR GOD'S SAKES, YOU HAVE IT ALL!
IF YOU LOOK UP TALENT IN THE DICTIONARY, GUESS WHOSE PICTURE
COMES UP!
FRED ASTAIRE, THE MAN MOVED LIKE AN ANGEL.
HE WAS AN ANGEL.
(LAUGHTER) BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, BRADY?
YOU'RE GOOD, TOO.
THE GREAT ONES DON'T NEED TO CHEAT.
DID MICHAEL JORDAN CHEAT TO GET HIS SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS?
NO.
IN FACT, MICHAEL JORDAN DECIDED TO PLAY A SPORT HE SUCKED AT
JUST TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
HAND ME THAT BAT, JORDAN SAID, I'M SURE I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW IT
WORKS, AS HE GOT ON A BUS TO BIRMINGHAM.
TOM, IF YOU COULDN'T SHOW SOME INTEGRITY FOR YOURSELF AND THE
CHILDREN WHO WORSHIP YOU, AT LEAST SHOW PRIDE IN YOUR TEAM.
YOU'RE A PATRIOT, TOM BRADY, A TEAM NAMED AFTER THIS COUNTRY'S
MOST CHERISHED POST-9/11 LEGISLATIVE SURVEILLANCE ACT.
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
LET ME JUST SAY THIS -- FROM NOW ON, WE AS A COUNTRY ARE GOING TO
BE WATCHING YOUR BALLS LIKE A HAWK.
AND NOT JUST THOSE BALLS -- THOSE NUTS AS WELL.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) AND BY THE WAY...
IF YOU THINK I WOULDN'T CHASTISE YOU IF YOU HAD COMMITTED THESE
ACTS WHILE IN MY TEAM IN A NEW YORK GIANTS UNIFORM, IF YOU
THINK I WOULDN'T CHASTISE YOU FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.