Most current and former NFL players have said that the air pressure in footballs had nothing to do with the New England Patriots winning Super Bowl XLIX. Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders is not afraid to disagree with them.
While speaking at Ed McCaffrey’s football camp on Thursday, Sanders said he does not believe the Patriots deserved to win the Super Bowl. He made the comments in response to a young camper asking if he was “mad” about Deflategate.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m kind of mad,” Sanders said, according to Mike Klis of 9 News in Denver. “I don’t think that they should be the Super Bowl champion this year.
“You aren’t supposed to cheat. Cheating is not good, especially when you’ve got guys who are working they’re butts off for 365 days out of the year and one person cheats – whether it helps them win the Super Bowl or not, they still cheated and shouldn’t be a champion.”
Those are some pretty strong words, and Sanders clearly has no interest in hearing what Tom Brady had to say during his appeal earlier this week.
Even if the Patriots did intentionally deflate footballs before the AFC Championship Game, there’s no question they beat the Seattle Seahawks fair and square in the Super Bowl. Those game balls were monitored closely. Not to mention, Brady played much better against the Indianapolis Colts in the second half of the AFC Championship Game after his team’s game balls were pumped back up.
Needless to say, Sanders doesn’t love Brady the same way this country club does. Some people will always feel that the Patriots don’t deserve the success they’ve enjoyed.
