‘Deflategate’ costs Brady 4 games; Pats 2 picks including a #1 ... The NFL lowered the boom on New England for not adhering to the league’s guidelines regarding the air pressure of balls used during games by suspending star QB Tom Brady for the first four games of the 2015 season, while the team was fined $1M and docked its first round pick in 2016 and 4th in 2017. The punishment was announced five days after the report the league commissioned regarding the allegations found that Patriots’ personnel deliberately deflated footballs before the AFC Championship Game in January against Indianapolis and that Brady “was at least generally aware” of the violations.
