Sherman believes Patriots, not Brady, should receive blunt of punishment for

Both sides have asked for a ruling by September 4, six days before New England’s opener, but Berman would not commit to that date, calling it a “quick turnaround”, via ESPN. Berman ordered both Goodell and Brady to be present on August 31st in New York if a settlement has not been reached before then.

Sherman believes the NFL needs to enforce stronger penalties on owners who break rules. Berman also noted that Brady had no competitive edge in the game, since the Patriots actually did better in the second half of a 45-7 blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium.

However, settlement discussions on Brady’s attempt to overturn a four-game suspension have gone “nowhere”, according to the report. Neither Brady nor Goodell attended the hearing, leaving it to their attorneys. Berman said that it doesn’t is “a bit of a problem” that a finding for that game is conspicuously absent. Berman said that Goodell’s refusal to allow questioning of Pash raised question about “some basic procedures for fairness” in the process of suspending Brady. “He did not find Brady’s testimony to be believable”.

Well, well, well – It seems the Tom Brady camp is gaining some momentum if yesterday’s testimony is any indication.

The failure to strike a deal after about four hours of talks means a Wednesday hearing will proceed as scheduled. He was on the field here with the New England Patriots as they participated in a joint practice with the New Orleans Saints at the Saints’ training camp at The Greenbrier resort.

Some within the sport have expressed the view that a settlement, potentially including a shortened suspension, is possible as the season draws closer.

Brady missed practice on Tuesday.

Berman repeatedly has instructed Brady, the NFL and the NFLPA to attempt to reach a settlement. For Brady, taking a one-game suspension for not cooperating but not admitting responsibility for football deflation gives him a potentially acceptable middle ground. Brady admitted destroying the cell phone he had been using from November, 2014 through early March, 2015, but Kessler argued that the quarterback was never warned by Wells during his investigation that destroying the phone could lead to a suspension.

That thought came to mind as it relates to quarterback Tom Brady’s fight against the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell.