Sure, lots of conjecture.the problem is, thats as much a guess as it is a fact.
everyone outside of NE is doing exactly what the nfl and espn wants them to do.
All the evidence was literally destroyed after the hurry up conclusion. Which is the point, and is something that we have been complaining about all this time.
We never accepted the 'trust us' from the league, and now the damage control is being exposed to a greater degree than we ever knew.