PHOENIX — With Deflategate in the rearview mirror as much as possible, there’s really only one remaining subplot. Will NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ever return to Gillette Stadium?
Goodell was conspicuously absent from Gillette during the past two seasons, but it’s customary for him to attend the Thursday night regular-season opener when the Super Bowl champions raise their banner. Then again, Goodell didn’t show up in 2015, so who knows if he’ll show his face in September.
“Well, I think I’ll let you all ask him that,” Pats owner Rober Kraft said yesterday. “Look, he’s commissioner in the league.