Patriots Fan Nailed Deflated Footballs to Pole Near Roger Goodell’s Maine Home
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For one Patriots fan, Deflategate was avenged long before Tom Brady and company mounted the most historic comeback in Super Bowl history; before TB12 received Super Bowl MVP honors the same season he was forced to sit out the first four weeks; before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell contorted his face into something vaguely resembling a smile while congratulating him.
No, for one gloriously petty Pats fan, victory was already theirs.
WCSH-6 reports that someone nailed deflated footballs to a telephone pole at the corner of Black Point Road and Route 1 in Scarborough, Maine, a short distance from Goodell’s $6.5 million summer home on Prout’s Neck.
A #Patriots Fan Nailed Footballs To A Telephone Pole Next To Roger Goodell’s House In Maine https://t.co/T66VSgUN8g pic.twitter.com/B1Kb4JWJHZ
— OffTheMonsterSports (@OTMSportsBOS) February 8, 2017
Scarborough police beefed up patrols outside Goodell’s home after the commish upheld the four-game suspension he handed Brady in 2015 for his alleged role in Deflategate. “[The NFL] did reach out and let us know about the decision and that it might not be popular,” Chief Robbie Moulton told the Portland Press Herald at the time.
