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Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft Had Tense Exchange in Owners Meeting, per Report

As all 32 NFL owners met and voted to open negotiations for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to obtain a new contract, the voting did not come without a wedge of controversy.

Two of the NFL’s most influential owners—Cowboys’ Jerry Jones and Patriots’ Robert Kraft—were reportedly involved in a fiery verbal exchange during the owners’ meeting Tuesday after 31 of the league’s owners voted in support of Goodell securing a new contract, according to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham.

The lone objector to the latest measure involving Goodell was Jones. In his disapproval, the Cowboys’ owner reportedly told Kraft “don’t f --- with me” during the owners-only assembly.