New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is a free man, and those who have been agonizing about picking him in fantasy football can now enter the season worry-free.
Judge Richard Berman nullified Brady’s four-game suspension early Thursday morning, which is fabulous news for those who already have Brady on their fantasy football teams.
BREAKING: Judge voids Tom Brady's four-game #Deflategate suspension. (via @AP) pic.twitter.com/xHvnrX9GJi
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 3, 2015
All summer long, Brady’s four-game suspension has been muddying up the waters when it came to drafting the Super Bowl MVP in fantasy football leagues across America. Those who drafted Brady in late rounds due to the uncertainty of his playing status got a steal of a quarterback while stacking their roster in earlier draft rounds.
As we can tell from Thursday’s breaking news, the fantasy football world is ecstatic about Brady.
I picked up Tom Brady in the 11th round of my Fantasy Football draft last night.
That is all.
— Elizabeth Wiley (@ewiley) September 3, 2015
Talk about owning the best piece of trade bait out there now.
The only positive thing coming from this morning is that I have Tom Brady as my 2nd quarterback on Fantasy. Let the bidding begin. @NFL
— Nikki & Brie (@NikkiAndBrie) September 3, 2015
This person can get a king’s ransom by dealing Brady or Andrew Luck. Someone took their smart drafting pill.
https://twitter.com/siranjahroo/status/639462304837337088
We can bet that Brady will be playing proud and with a giant chip on his shoulder in the season opener.
Get ready to rank a pissed-off Tom Brady as the #1 fantasy QB in Week One against that terrible Steeler secondary
— Tom Brolley (@TomBrolley) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/J_Bailey34/status/639462627991781377
The judge probably completed his last fantasy football draft last night.
Judge Berman must have Tom Brady on his #FantasyFootball team. Four-game suspension wiped free.
— FantasyFootballChick (Rachel) (@liveocgirl) September 3, 2015
And, Roger Goodell doesn’t need to be stressed out anymore either.
Goodell is secretly happy Because now he can play Brady the first 4 games for his fantasy team
— Joesph V. Hallock (@cobberking17) September 3, 2015
The only people not happy about Brady’s lifted suspension will be those folks playing against him rather than a lower-ranked backup quarterback, the first four weeks.
Or those who had no faith.
https://twitter.com/EdSias13/status/639461716107984896
Let the re-ranking of Brady begin.
I've moved Tom Brady back up to No. 6 among QBs…
— Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) September 3, 2015