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Tom Brady's four-game suspension isn't sitting well with his New England Patriots teammates. The NFL announced the suspension for his role in Deflategate late Monday afternoon and the reactions came quickly from his teammates. Some weren't family friendly enough to share in full. MORE: Classic Brady photos |  NFL suspends Brady four games  | Kaepernick defends Brady THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! SMH ?? #PATSNATION STAND UP!!!!! — LeGarrette Blount (@LG_Blount) May 11, 2015 ?? — Chandler Jones (@Chan95Jones) May 11, 2015 .....?? — Dont'a Hightower (@zeus30hightower) May 11, 2015 Still my dog, and still champs #TB12 #GoPats pic.twitter.com/pCTf4LgG9m — Jody Breeze (@Blafell1) May 11, 2015 In addition to Brady's suspension, the Patriots were fined $1 million and had their first-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2017 draft taken away. View the original article here

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the NFL season for his role in Deflategate, the league announced Monday. In addition, the Patriots were fined $1 million and had their first-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2017 draft taken away. MORE: Classic photos of Tom Brady | Iyer: Blame Pats' shady past for Goodell's bad decision | Pats will be just fine without Brady Brady will be able to participate in all offseason, training camp and preseason activities, including exhibition games. He won't be eligible to play regular-season games until the Week 6, Oct. 18 game at the Colts. The Patriots have a bye in Week 4. The league said it punished Brady and the Patriots for their "violation of the playing rules and the failure to cooperate in the subsequent investigation." Patriots equipment staff employees John Jastremski and James McNally were indefinitely suspended without pay by the club, ...

Deflategate is clearly taking its toll on Patriots fans. Not only was quarterback Tom Brady suspended for the first four games of the 2015 season thanks to the madness that was Deflategate, the Patriots were docked two draft picks and $1 million. Now that the punishment has been handed out, one fan is hoping to pool some money together to help the team get back on its feet. MORE: Blame Patriots' past for suspension | No Brady? No problem | Patriots players are furious That fan has taken to GoFundMe to help raise money to pay the Patriots' fine. With only $95 raised in six hours, he has a long way to go. He's looking for the whole $1 million, too, even though he knows it's highly unlikely to happen. We obviously know we won't reach One Million Dollars, however we do believe the fine is bulls— and want to help anyway we can.  So whatever is donated will be donated to the New England Patriots in help with the fine! As we venture with this, we will do frequent updates ...