Tom Brady's Deflategate suspension OVERTURNED by judge

Judge Richard Berman has overturned Tom Brady's four-game suspension for Deflategate, according to the AP.

Berman made the decision after Brady and the NFL met several times and were unable to come to a settlement.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Deflategate is over. It has been widely reported that whichever side lost would then file an appeal, setting up court hearings for several more months.

As of now, though, it seems we'll see Brady in Week 1.

There was feeling around the NFL world that Judge Berman would rule in Brady's favor after the NFL got crushed during a hearing earlier in August.

One of the strongest arguments in Brady's favor was the lack of a "smoking gun." Though the NFL's investigation found Brady was "generally aware" of the plan to deflate the footballs, it seemed Berman questioned the leap from "generally aware" to a four-game suspension.

It's been reported that Berman's decision to nullify the suspension is 40 pages long.

Here is the excerpt from Berman's ruling that officially overturns the suspension:

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