Sure, it goes to another device. Do you realize that the other person may have deleted the text? And obviously it's impractical to follow up on each of the thousands of texts to see if there was any relevant information, and probably well beyond the reach of the investigation.
Yeah, and all of this is true for Brady's phone as well.
Also, there's no telling how many actual recipients there were of the "thousands of texts".
By the way, Kraft said that they NFL received access to the phone of every non-NFLPA employee that it requested, including Belichick (so much about the crackpot theory of him being "protected" here).
One would wonder whether "the NFL received access to the phone of every non-NFLPA employee that it requested" is just another way to say "access to the phone of everyone involved except for Brady". For the record, I'm not saying that Brady had to turn his phone over, but for someone who's innocent and has nothing to hide, he's acting more like the opposite is true.
Precedent. Unions are big on that kind of thing. Brady may be using that for cover and really hiding something but it is nothing he should be punished for, especially when they can't even prove the footballs were deflated.
Remember, the Ref said he believed that he used the "logo" gauge. They tested at halftime with a different gage. The Wells investigator asked the ref "are you absolutely sure you didn't use the other gage". The ref said "no, I am not absolutely sure but I think I used the logo gage". Wells concluded based on this that the ref used the other gage. I say it is more likely than not that the ref used the logo gage based on what he said. If the numbers are based on the logo gage, there would be no deflation.
How is this part of the story getting lost.
It is more likely than not, that the balls were not even deflated! Say that again everyone, the balls were probably not even deflated. At best, the NFL has no credible, could stand up in court, proof the balls were deflated. Not even close.
I don't understand the whole phone destruction thing but I am still behind Brady and the Pats on this as I have not seen proof an infraction was committed on the day in question.