Roger Goodell Has One Influential Owner in His Corner: John Mara of the Giants

To everyone – myself included – hoping for an owner revolt against bumbling NFL commissioner Roger Goddell, you’re just going to have to keep looking: John Mara of the Giants offered a strong defense of Goodell to the New York Post:

"“I’m sure everybody believes there were certain things that maybe could have been done better, but overall, the league did what it was supposed to do,” Mara told The Post. “There was a situation brought to its attention, it has an obligation to investigate it and come up with findings, and the commissioner has the obligation to impose discipline if he thinks it’s necessary. That’s the way it unfolded, and so now we’re moving on.”"

The Patriots this week decided they won’t fight the $1 million fine or loss of two draft picks in the wake of the deflated footballs during the AFC Championship game. Conspiracy theorists think because the Patriots decided to deal with the punishment, that meant Tom Brady’s suspension would be lowered from four games to two. Mara disagrees.

Boy is John Mara going to be disappointed when super-lawyer Jeffrey Kessler works his magic and Tom Brady is suiting up in the season opener against Pittsburgh in September. [via NY Post]