berman issued his ruling. joining me now boston globe sports columnist dan shawn si. i want to look at the articles you wrote recently. one headline back in july. deal with it, tom brady and the patriots are cheaters. april you wrote, a hard rain's going to fall on tom brady and patriots. you wrote, the patriots have done nothing to inspire mercy from goodell since the report was released on wednesday. they have done what they always do, they have obstructed the investigation while they deny everything. let's fast forward today. you write, quote, the more he struggles and fights to assert his authority and execute his vision for the nfl, the deeper he sinks. he is taking the league's credibility with him. what's changed for ya? >> well, the ruling is for the judge indicates the judge didn't think he would be punished in this fashion. that's pretty much definitive. he was overpunished for this. most people here have thought that all along, he was overpunished. you can get into the quarrelling