Christie Channels Tom Brady in New Hampshire

Chris Christie just threw a Hail Mary in New Hampshire.
Behind in the polls, with his former staffers facing indictments in one court and his signature pension reform facing implosion in another, the New Jersey governor rushed to defend a scandal-plagued leader Granite State voters can definitely get behind: Tom Brady.
In a Thursday interview with the I.J. Review, Christie said, “I think there’s a little bit too much attention on this." Christie was speaking of reports that the New England Patriots quarterback was probably complicit in a plot to tamper with the footballs he used in games, and called the scandal “way, way overblown." Christie added, “I don’t think anybody is really trying to say that Tom Brady won four super bowls or became a future Hall of Famer because the balls were a little under inflated." He continued, “I think the media and others love for somebody who is married to a beautiful model, who is richer than you can imagine and who is a future Hall of Famer, to take a couple of shots at him. People like that every once in a while.” Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer ca;;s the deflated footballs a "smoking gun."