Brady’s Lawyers File Longshot Appeal of “Deflategate” Suspension

In what several analysts described as a legal ‘Hail Mary,’ NFL quarterback Tom Brady has asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overturn his four-game suspension.

The NFL imposed Brady’s suspension in 2015 after concluding he used deflated footballs during that year’s AFC championship game, which makes it easier to throw accurate passes.

But the NFL Players Association appealed the ruling in federal court in 2015 and a district judge overturned the punishment, as Bloomberg previously r eported . The NFL then appealed that ruling at the Second Circuit, which reinstated Brady’s suspension in April by a 2-1 vote.

Now Brady is asking the 13 active judges on ...