Breaking: Roger Goodell, Robert Kraft hug it out
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. We have BREAKING NFL NEWS. This will CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Ready?
No, seriously, are you ready? Because this, reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, is big…
THEY EVEN HUGGED. The NFL commissioner and the Patriots owner, former BFFs now divided by deflated footballs, have metaphorically kissed and made up.
On a couch? Talking by themselves? Hang on, we need some mood music here:
Aw yeah. That’s what I’m talkin’ bout. Let’s continue with this story, shall we?
Mmmm, that sounds just delightful. Deflate-gate becomes reunite-gate. And all is right with the world, yes? Roger admits that this whole thing was just a little overreaction, and Robert says it’s OK, we all make our mistakes. Life goes on, properly-inflated footballs once again dot the sky in Massachusetts.
Except.
Recall that this is the same Robert Kraft who just unloaded on the Wells Report and the NFL’s entire investigative process. “The anger and frustration with this process, to me, it wasn’t fair,” Kraft told The MMQB. If we’re giving all the power to the NFL and the office of the commissioner, this is something that can happen to all 32 teams. We need to have fair and balanced investigating and reporting. But in this report, every inference went against us … inferences from ambiguous, circumstantial evidence all went against us. That’s the thing that really bothers me.” That followed an angry public statement and, no doubt, some even more choice words that never reached the public.
So, yes, the outward appearance of a hug could seem to indicate a cessation of hostilities and a road to recovery. Or it could indicate something very, very different, as anyone who’s seen “Godfather Part II” knows all too well:
*-Please note that Yahoo Sports is neither suggesting nor implying that Robert Kraft will commit any act of harm, whether physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological, upon Roger Goodell or any member of the NFL. We are merely indicating that a hug may be more than just a hug.
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