--- title: Tom Brady Expects to Talk Deflategate With NFL After Super Bowl description: NFL has yet to interview Brady for the Deflategate investigations canonical: https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/ author: Sports Illustrated article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-26T14:45:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:23.368Z article:section: Sports og:title: The NFL Hasn't Talked to Tom Brady About 'Deflategate' og:description: Star quarterback says he expects that after the Super Bowl og:url: https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte919a40b0e04a5a8/69877bdbe20a878be9a84b86/461976608-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4584 og:image:height: 2579 og:image:alt: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Mass. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The NFL Hasn't Talked to Tom Brady About 'Deflategate' twitter:description: Star quarterback says he expects that after the Super Bowl twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte919a40b0e04a5a8/69877bdbe20a878be9a84b86/461976608-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The NFL Hasn't Talked to Tom Brady About 'Deflategate' > Sponsored content. 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Ainissa Ramirez, physicist and author of Newton's Football, talks through why weather can't explain deflate-gate_ by [Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated Jan 26, 2015 2:45 PM UTC  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Mass. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Mass. Maddie Meyer—Getty Images by [Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated Jan 26, 2015 2:45 PM UTC New England [Patriots](http://www.si.com/nfl/team/new-england-patriots) quarterback [Tom Brady](http://www.si.com/nfl/player/tom-brady) said that he has yet to speak with NFL investigators regarding accusations that the team used underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis [Colts](http://www.si.com/nfl/team/indianapolis-colts). The NFL has said it has already conducted almost 40 interviews to get to the bottom of how reportedly 11 of the 12 footballs that New England provided for game use were underinflated during the first half of the 45-7 victory. “No, no. I believe they’re going to do after the season, so we’ll deal with it after this game,” Brady [said](http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/%5F/id/12228524/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-says-expects-talk-nfl-deflategate-super-bowl) to ESPN, referring to the Super Bowl. Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick both said during separate news conferences on Thursday that they had nothing to do with the deflation of the footballs. Brady said he expects the investigation won’t affect preparation for next Sunday’s game against the Seattle [Seahawks](http://www.si.com/nfl/team/seattle-seahawks). “I think we’re a pretty mentally tough team, and I think we’ve dealt with other things in the past,” Brady said, according to ESPN. “I think coach \[Bill Belichick\] has always said ‘ignore the noise’ and we have to focus on the task at hand, which is a great Seahawks team. I’m excited to play in another Super Bowl. You don’t get many of these opportunities in your life.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/26/new-england-patriots-tom-brady-nfl-investigation) _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com)_._ _Read next:_ [_49 Super Bowl Facts You Should Know Before Super Bowl XLIX_](http://time.com/3682248/super-bowl-xlix-facts/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/"},"headline":"The NFL Hasn't Talked to Tom Brady About 'Deflategate'","datePublished":"2015-01-26T14:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:23.368Z","description":"Star quarterback says he expects that after the Super Bowl","url":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/","keywords":["Football","NFL","Tom Brady","deflategate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte919a40b0e04a5a8/69877bdbe20a878be9a84b86/461976608-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte919a40b0e04a5a8/69877bdbe20a878be9a84b86/461976608-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Mass.","caption":"New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Mass.","creditText":"Maddie Meyer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/","name":"The NFL Hasn't Talked to Tom Brady About 'Deflategate'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Is What Physics Says About Deflategate","description":"Ainissa Ramirez, physicist and author of Newton's Football, talks through why weather can't explain deflate-gate","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TECrbcbF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-22T23:26:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TECrbcbF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3682280/brady-nfl-talk-after-super-bowl/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```