http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24984362/john-madden-hines-ward-aikman-tom-brady-involved-in-deflategateBrady has denied any involvement in Deflategate, but former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman isn't buying it.
"It's obvious that Tom Brady had something to do with this," Aikman told KTCK-AM in Dallas on Thursday morning. "For the balls to be deflated, that doesn't happen unless the quarterback wants that to happen, I can assure you of that."
Former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward echoed Aikman on Wednesday. Ward told the "Today" show that the only people who probably knew about Deflategate were "Tom Brady and the ball boy."
Brady admitted in 2011 that he likes to use a slightly underinflated football.
Hall of Fame coach John Madden also weighed in on the matter this week and he agrees with Aikman and Ward on one thing: Brady was likely involved.
"That would have to be driven by the quarterback," Madden said on Wednesday, via the Sports Xchange. "That's something that wouldn't be driven by a coach or just the equipment guy. Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to a football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea."