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Robert Kraft penned letter to Roger Goodell asking for return of New England Patriots' 1st-round pick

Turns out New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft hasn't totally conceded in Deflategate.

Kraft told reporters Monday at the NFL annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., that he wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in an attempt to recoup the Pats' 2016 first-round pick, which was of course docked as part of the punishment for Deflategate.

Robert Kraft says he wrote a letter to the commissioner in an attempt to get the Patriots' first-round draft pick back.

— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) March 21, 2016

He said the letter was written over a month ago, and he did not comment when asked if Goodell had responded.