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5-at-10: Brady blackballed for four games, Braves’ ace, Rushmore of sports quotables

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gestures during an event at Salem State University in Salem, Mass., Thursday, May 7, 2015. An NFL investigation has found that New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs and that quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally aware" of the rules violations. The 243-page report released Wednesday, May 6, 2015, said league investigators found no evidence that coach Bill Belichick and team management knew of the practice. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gestures during an event at Salem State University in Salem, Mass., Thursday, May 7, 2015. An NFL investigation has found that New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs and that quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally aware" of the rules violations. The 243-page report released Wednesday, May 6, 2015, said league investigators found no evidence that coach Bill Belichick and team management knew of the practice. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

By Jay Greeson 6 min read

From the “Talks too much” studios, so Tom other than that, how was your Monday?

photo FILE – In a Thursday, May 7, 2015 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gestures during an event at Salem State University in Salem, Mass. The NFL suspended Brady for the first four games on Monday, May 11, 2015, for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in the AFC title game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

Brady, Patriots hammered

The NFL dropped its fully inflated punishment on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots for the DeflateGate mess.

The league suspended Brady for the first four games of the 2016 season and took away a first-round pick in 2016 and a fourth-round pick in 2017 from the Patriots. The Patriots were also fined $1 million.

The decision drew a tidal wave of reviews on social media. Our favorite was from New York Times writer Richard Deitsch, who tweeted “Man, Roger Goodell really hates Bill Simmons.”