NFLPA Lawyer Concedes Tom Brady Didn’t Fully Cooperate With Ted Wells

Berman to Kessler: It looks like they…deflated the game balls? Why would either one of them do that without Mr. Brady’s consent?"

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler: "It is conceivable Mr. McNally thought it would be something that would be good for his QB. That makes a certain logical sense."

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler: After all this money, all this investigation, he couldn’t get beyond…at least he was generally aware something may have happened."

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler is fired up.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Berman tells him to stay focused on his questions. "What are you saying?" Courtroom cracks up.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler: "Even the NFL…does not try to contend any player can be disciplined for being aware of someone else’s conduct."

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Berman: Why did Mr. Brady not cooperate with the Wells investigation, with respect to providing texts?

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler says Wells didn't communicate directly with Brady, establish expectation of punishment is he didn't cooperate.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler says Brady didn't communicate with Wells on advice from his agent, Don Yee, who is also a lawyer.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler says Brady didn't cooperate out of privacy concerns.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler: "We’ve now put into the public record Mr. Brady’s personal issues about a pool cover that appeared on national television!"

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

But Kessler concedes Brady should have conducted himself differently with Wells.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler has moment of clarity: Calls this "the most overblown issue" he's ever dealt with in his career.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler: "He gets phones all the time! Whenever he gets one, he gives (the old one) to his assistant and says get rid of the phone!"

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Best Kessler quote: "Maybe if my grandmother had wheels she’d be a trolleycar!"

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Kessler says he plans to file one more opposition brief around Friday.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015

Court is adjourned. Not clear if there is going to be anything more on the record.

— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015