Roger Goodell Talks Robert Kraft’s Letter, Possibility of Tom Brady Settlement

March 23, 2016   ·   Tim Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated during the league's annual owners' meetings Wednesday that there are no plans to restore the draft picks the New England Patriots lost in the Deflategate controversy and that he's unaware of any settlement talks with Tom Brady concerning the related court case.  
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport noted Goodell confirmed he had received and replied to a letter from Patriots owner Robert Kraft about the possibility of giving back the draft picks. NFL Network's Albert Breer passed along the commissioner's answer: "There'll be no changes to the discipline."
Kraft explained his stance during a meeting with reporters Monday at the meetings. He believed the draft picks, which included a 2016 first-rounder and a 2017 fourth-rounder, should be given back based on all of the current evidence, as relayed by Mike Reiss of ESPN.com:
I personally believe that when the league made their decision, they did not factor in the Id...

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