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Twitter won’t stop making fun of Tom Brady

As the NFL and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady haggle in court over the league's four-game suspension imposed over his involvement in 'Deflategate' here is a look back at past scandals involving the team.

Credit: Maddie Meyer

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As the NFL and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady haggle in court over the league's four-game suspension imposed over his involvement in 'Deflategate' here is a look back at past scandals involving the team.
By Kyle Nazario
Feb 6, 2017

Poor Tom Brady. After the Falcons leaped ahead to a 21-3 first-half lead on the Patriots, Tom Brady could not have been happy.

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Unfortunately for him, he's the quarterback of one of the most-hated team in the NFL who was also at the center of a deflated-football scandal, one of many cheating scandals involving the Patriots. So Twitter had no mercy for him.

Witness:

Unfortunately, it may be Tom Brady who gets the last laugh at the rest of us making snarky jokes on Twitter.

Post-game update: These tweets are less funny now.

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