Brandon Marshall: 'I Love Tom Brady,' But He Should Be Suspended
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- New Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall is admittedly a big Tom Brady fan, but he still believes that the Patriots' quarterback should be suspended for his role in "Deflategate."
"I'm going to be honest: I love Tom Brady," Marshall, who was traded to New York in March, recently told WMVP-AM radio in Chicago. "I absolutely love Tom Brady."
Now that that's settled, let's get down to the topic at hand. According to the Wells Report released last week, Brady was probably "at least generally aware" of the rules violations when the balls weren't properly inflated during New England's victory over the Colts in the AFC championship game.
The four-time Super Bowl champion and three-time Super Bowl MVP is expected to be suspended, and Marshall fully supports that.
"There's a lot of things that goes on in sports, there's a lot of things that goes on in life, and he got caught," Marshall told the station. "So he has to deal with the consequences. I do think that the commissioner and the NFL has to really look at this and make a tough decision. Well, I don't even think it's a tough decision, but Brady got caught."
Shortly after the report was released, Brady's agent released a scathing statement ripping it and its findings. And Brady, in his only public comments since the release of the report, maintained that this controversy doesn't in any way tarnish New England's Super Bowl XLIX victory.
"I think they're going to have to go down that path," Marshall told WMVP-AM in regard to a suspension. "The Patriots, man, they've been down this road before, unfortunately. It's been a few times that these things came up. And you can say in the past it's been a slap on the wrist, so they have to come down a little harder.
"But again, I love Tom Brady. I don't think it changes how people should view their run last year. He's a stud. He's the man, he's the man. There's no gray area. He's Tom Brady. He's the man, he's the man."