The lead-up to the Super Bowl has been dominated by one storyline above all others: the Deflategate scandal surrounding the New England Patriots. Opinions over whether the team should face punishment if they did intentionally deflate the footballs they used against the Indianapolis Colts, and there has been plenty of debate about what the available evidence means.

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According to ESPN, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spoke out this week with his thoughts about the NFL's investigation into whether the team cheated or not. "I personalized a lot of things and thought this was all about me and my feelings got hurt, and then I moved past it because it's not serving me," Brady said.

"I think what's serving me is to try to prepare for the game ahead, and I'll deal with whatever happens later," he added. "I'll have my opportunity to try to figure out what happened and figure out a theory like everyone else is trying to do. But this isn't the time for that, and honestly I'm not interested in trying to find out right now because we have the biggest game of our season ahead."

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On Sunday, Brady revealed that he has not had any discussions with the league about the incident, but he expects to do so after the Super Bowl. "No, no. I believe they're going to do after the season, so we'll deal with it after this game," Brady said about talking with the league.

"I think everybody's locked in, ready to go for this Super Bowl. It's a great opportunity for us, you know, and our guys have worked really hard, so hopefully we can go out there and play our best on Sunday."