What will it take to separate New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft from Spygate for an induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? That's a question ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. attempted to answer while speaking with over a dozen people involved with the Hall of Fame process and why they opposed Kraft. Head coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots spearheaded the Spygate scandal, where Belichick and his coaching staff videotaped signals from the opposing coaches of the New York Jets in 2007.
After Kraft congratulated Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo for his first win following the Patriots' 16-10 season-opening upset victory against the Cincinnati Bengals in Mayo's first NFL game as head coach, ESPN focused on Kraft's 12-year quest to join the 16 owners among the 378 men enshrined in the Hall.