Tom Brady's agent, Don Yee, said in a statement Thursday that the findings of the Wells report "contains significant and tragic flaws" and "is a significant and terrible disappointment."

"It's omission of key facts and lines of inquiry suggest the investigators reached a conclusion first, and then determined so-called facts later," Yee said in his statement. "One item alone taints this entire report. What does it say about the league office's protocols and ethics when it allows one team to tip it off to an issue prior to a championship game, and no league officials or game officials notified the Patriots of the same issue prior to the game? This suggests it may be more probable than not that the league cooperated with the Colts in perpetrating a sting operation."

The NFL is considering discipline for Brady, locker room attendant Jim McNally and Patriots equipment assistant John Jastremski, a source close to the investigation told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Discipline is "days" away, the source said.

"This was not an independent investigation and the contents of the report bear that out -- all one has to do is read closely and critically, as opposed to simply reading headlines," Yee said. "The investigators' assumptions and inferences are easily debunked or subject to multiple interpretations. ...

"It is a sad day for the league as it has abdicated the resolution of football-specific issues to people who don't understand the context or culture of the sport."

Yee said that he was present for Brady's interview with the NFL, during which his client "patiently answered every question" but that the "investigators had limited understanding of professional football." Yee also was baffled as to why the final report "omitted nearly all of Tom's testimony, most of which was critical because it would have provided this report with the context that it lacks. ...

"This report contains significant and tragic flaws."