commissioner roger goodell chose to uphold that four-game time-out against brady, the suspension for deflate-gate. the league maintains brady was generally aware of the game plan here. >> i want to apologize to the fans of the new england patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. given the facts, evidence and laws of science that underscore this entire situation, it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players. >> now, the play everybody's talking about the nfl claiming that tom brady destroyed the cell phone he used during the time in question. according to goodell's decision brady destroyed that phone on the very day that he was questioned by investigators.