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Tom Brady Hilariously Mocks Deflategate in New Commercial

"Why can't something just be great?"

The long and nightmarish saga of Deflategate is finally over for the New England Patriots, but you can bet Tom Brady won’t be forgetting about it anytime soon. In a new commercial promoting Foot Locker’s Week of Greatness, the 39-year-old quarterback — who received a four-game suspension as punishment for the 2014 AFC Championship controversy — releases his pent up frustration on two unsuspecting fans.

“Just because something’s great year after year doesn’t mean anything’s going on!,” he says in a not-so-subtle jab at the NFL. “Why can’t something just be great?”

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