Timeline: A rundown of the NFL, Tom Brady 'Deflategate' saga
Timeline: A rundown of the NFL, Tom Brady 'Deflategate' saga
Patriots beat Colts 45-7 in AFC Championship game .
Patriots coach Bill Belichick defers questions to Brady, who denies doctoring the footballs: "I have no knowledge of anything, any wrongdoing."
Jan. 24: "At no time was there any intent whatsoever to try to compromise the integrity of the game or to gain an advantage," Belichick says in an unscheduled news conference before leaving for the Super Bowl.
President Barack Obama notes the 45-7 score of the AFC title game and says the Patriots would have won "regardless of what the footballs looked like" but also said: "I think that if you break the rules then you break the rules."
Patriots defeat Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl for their fourth NFL championship .
Investigation finds 11 of 12 footballs provided by Patriots were under the league's required minimum air pressure — most slightly but one more than 2 pounds per square inch underinflated.
Training camp opens with thousands of fans coming out to support Brady, who is allowed to practice with the team and play in exhibition games despite the pending suspension.
An airplane buzzed the practice field towing a banner that said: "Cheaters Look Up!" The online gambling site Bovada dropped the Patriots odds of winning the Super Bowl from 9-1 to 12-1.
The Denver Broncos beat New England 20-18 in the 2016 AFC Championship game, concluding a second Patriots season since the start of the scandal.
In light of the doubts raised about the Deflategate evidence, Kraft asks the NFL to restore the team's draft picks .
April 6: A group of Patriots fans sues in federal court, accusing the NFL of common law fraud , negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and racketeering and asking for the draft picks to be returned.
Kraft is also named in the suit, which says he "chose his fellow billionaire owners above the plaintiffs and fellow fans."