Tom Brady’s testimony during his appeal hearing with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hasn’t gotten rave reviews from everyone.

Soon after Tuesday’s marathon proceedings in New York City, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter wrote that, according to unnamed sources, the Patriots’ quarterback came off as genuine, earnest, and persuasive, addressing every issue raised in the Wells report on Deflategate during the 10-hour hearing with Goodell.

One source told Schefter that Brady gave “an A-plus performance.’’

But ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio strongly suggested Wednesday that Schefter’s sources were people inside the Brady camp. Citing an unnamed league source, Florio reported that Brady’s testimony was not considered totally convincing by those on the other side of the table.


“Per a league source, Brady simply reiterated his denial regarding any involvement in or knowledge of whatever it was that John Jastremski and Jim McNally may have been doing with the team’s footballs,’’ Florio writes. “When pressed on certain facts relating to Brady’s potential knowledge or involvement, the answers were regarded by some in the room (i.e., some who aren’t paid to exonerate Brady) as not entirely credible.’’

Florio goes on to write that Brady’s case focused on attacking the allegedly flawed science regarding the PSI measurements detailed in the Wells report that was commissioned by the league. He also speculates that it’s unlikely Brady will be fully exonerated because of the activities of Jastgremski and McNally, who handled the Patriots’ footballs, also detailed in the report.

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