Perhaps there will be an early resolution to clean up the DeflateGate penalties.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the NFL and the New England Patriots are using "back-channel conversations" to "resolve their differences." The league penalized the Patriots a 2016 1st round pick, a 2017 4th round pick, and a league-record $1 million. They also suspended quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of the season.
This news comes on the heels of Robert Kraft's "angry" discussion with Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning Quarterback. Kraft wasn't going to go away without a fight to clear his name, and it sounds like the league is starting to realize that not only does the Wells Report lack much substance, it would be more detrimental to the league if and when the Patriots appeal the penalty to have it overturned.