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Tom Brady is suspended (again) for his role in Deflategate, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's guilty of what he's been accused of doing. What it means is that the Roger Goodell believes Brady is guilty and deserves a four-game suspension, and the judges who reinstated that suspension believe Goodell has the proper authority to do so.

At least one player doesn't agree with that assessment. According to Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who spoke with Sports Illustrated's Maggie Gray, Goodell has too much power and the league shouldn't be trusted.

"I think we would all agree he definitely has too much power. He's basically judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to all league discipline," Brees said of Goodell. "Listen, I'm not going to trust any league-led investigation when it comes to anything because it's not transparent. At times, I feel like there's a desired conclusion or agenda that they have in mind and that prevents, maybe, the absolute truth from being told or the absolute facts from being presented. At the end of the day, we as the public, we as players, don't ever really get to see that. We never get to see those facts, those truths, those things."

Brees, who has some first-hand experiences dealing with a league investigation (Bountygate), also called Deflategate a "dead issue."

"That's the unfortunate part about this whole thing," Brees said. "In regards to Brady in particular, I think all thought this was a dead issue."

Oh, but this is so far from being dead, because Brady might fight the most recent ruling, which overturned his overturned suspension. Theoritically, it could head to the Supreme Court.

If Brady doesn't fight the suspension, he'll miss four games -- two of which come against playoff teams, with the other two featuring AFC East rivals.

Drew Brees doesn't trust the NFL or any of its investigations. (USATSI)