Hines Ward: If guilty in Deflate-Gate, Patriots' punishment should be 'very harsh'


If the Patriots are found guilty of underinflating footballs in the controversy dubbed Deflate-Gate, NBC Sunday Night Football analyst Hines Ward believes the NFL should come down hard on the franchise.

"I don't think they're going to do anything before the Super Bowl, but the punishment has to be very harsh on the Patriots,'' Ward told Matt Lauer on TODAY Thursday. "This is their second time around getting found guilty for cheating."



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