During Wednesday's settlement hearing, Judge Richard Berman had some pointed criticism for the NFL and its lack of evidence against Tom Brady and the Deflategate saga.
The impression was that Berman was pressing the NFL more aggressively than the NFLPA, which leaves the question, how confident Brady's camp should be?
"I would tap the breaks on that," Tom E. Curran said. "The reason is the main thing Judge Berman wants is a settlement. The best way to highlight which entrenched side needs to move a little bit is to point out the holes in their case and that’s what Judge Berman did. Don’t misinterpret his questions as being determining factors in which way he’d rule. He said he has no idea yet what he will do legally with this case if it gets to him. But he doesn’t want it to get to him."