National Football League

Ex-NFL QB says Tom Brady has manipulated footballs for years

Published May. 13, 2015 12:50 p.m. ET

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According to one former NFL quarterback, Deflategate is not a one-time incident.

A.J. Feeley alleges that Tom Brady has been manipulating footballs for more than a decade, telling 97.5 The Fanatic that while playing for the Dolphins in 2004, he saw Brady getting broken-in balls well before the NFL allowed teams to prepare their own footballs.

"Prior to Tommy and Peyton Manning going to the league and saying, 'Let us doctor our balls' we used to all play with the same balls," Feeley said. "Somehow, this beat-up ball from the ball boy was getting thrown in on offense for New England, yet when we were on offense this orange brand-new ball was getting thrown in."

Feeley, who played for five teams during his 11-year career, knew Brady was getting an advantage at the time.

"He's getting his own balls thrown in on offense," Feeley said. "That was an issue to me at the time. ... We saw it then."

The NFL started allowing teams to manipulate footballs for use on offense in 2007.

(H/t to Pro Football Talk)