Derrick Coleman

Regardless of what people think about "deflategate" and whether or not New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is guilty of cheating, Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman is happy that Brady played in Super Bowl XLIX.

Brady was suspended by the NFL for the incident (pending appeal), but Coleman said he wouldn't have wanted to face the Patriots without Brady.

"I'm glad he played in the Super Bowl because I don't care about all that stuff. We were the best team and they were the best team and we're playing against each other," Coleman said Tuesday during an appearance on The Steve Malzberg Show on Newsmax TV. "I don't want to have 'We would've won that game if he didn't play.' Everybody would've been sad. 'Oh Tom Brady wasn't playing, blah blah blah.' I want the best of the best at the head. Leave all that legal stuff for later."

Coleman weighed in on other topics during an appearance on the show, where he talked about his book "No Excuses: Growing Up Deaf and Achieving My Super Bowl Dreams" and playing football while hearing impaired.

"I don't want people to know that 'oh, that person is deaf,'" Coleman said. "I'm out there doing the same thing that everybody else is doing, sometimes better, sometimes not, but it doesn't matter. I'm doing the same thing. I'm blending with everybody else and you would never know."

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