During a lunch break at the Chiefs’ fantasy camp on Friday at Arrowhead Stadium, Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt sat three seats away from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for a panel discussion.
Then Colquitt took what might be termed a comfortably familiar stance with a man known to be somewhere between aloof and tin-eared.
“I think Roger’s going to be on our side” for the opener at New England, joked Colquitt, referring to Goodell’s role in Deflategate and abstaining from games at Gillette Stadium since.
As Goodell laughed, Colquitt said, “Too soon?”
“I wanted to give myself a little bit of cushion in case it was too soon,” Colquitt joked afterward.