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Charles Haley discredits Tom Brady's 4 Super Bowl titles

Matthew Emmons / USA TODAY Sports

Recent Hall of Fame elect Charles Haley isn't a fan of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady.

Brady led the New England Patriots to their fourth Super Bowl title in franchise history with a 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

Haley, a five-time Super Bowl champion, feels that Brady's titles should be discounted due to the "Spygate" and "Deflategate" controversies. 

Asked to compare his former teammate Joe Montana to Brady, Haley sounded off on the Patriots' star. 

"I've lost all respect (for Brady)," Haley told Clark Judge on the Talk of Fame Network. "When your integrity is challenged in the game of football, to me, all his Super Bowls are tainted. You have to say this just didn’t happen overnight. Who wants that shadow over them? 

"I could be wrong. But I realize there were 12 balls deflated and 12 ain’t. Then you’ve got (Patriots coach Bill) Belichick coming on three different times trying to explain it. ... You know something is wrong."

The enigmatic defensive end/linebacker was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Jan. 31. 

"This is what Charles Haley believes - it’s going to come back to haunt him one day," he said. "If the league doesn't come down on this guy ... Everybody is talking about it. Nobody believes it was by accident. It is what it is. I'm not going to take any of his Super Bowl rings away from him. But it's sad that it has to be tainted like it is right now."

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