Drew Brees Comments on Roger Goodell’s Power, Deflategate and More

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been critical of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the past, and he once again questioned the power given to Goodell in light of the newest development in the Deflategate saga. 

Brees was reacting to a United States Court of Appeals ruling that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve the four-game suspension issued by the commissioner. The Saints QB told SI Now’s Maggie Gray (via SI.com) he thought the whole Deflategate scandal was a “dead issue.”

Brees then explained why he believes the means by which players are punished is flawed:

I think we would all agree that [Goodell] definitely has too much power. He is judge, jury and executioner when it comes to all the discipline. I’m not going to trust any league-led investigation, when it comes to anything. It’s not transparent. At times, I feel like there is a desired conclusion or agenda that they have in mind and that may prevent the absolute truth from being told or the absolute facts from being presented. At the end of the …

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