Though Robert Kraft and the Patriots won't appeal the penalties they received from the NFL for Deflategate, that doesn't mean Tom Brady is giving up his appeal.
Moments after the Patriots chairman and CEO wrapped up his comments made to reporters at the owners meetings in San Francisco, the NFLPA tweeted that it would stick to its guns and appeal Brady's four-game suspension.
Brady filed a formal appeal last week, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is scheduled to hear the appeal as that power has been adjudicated to him by league owners. The players' association has made it clear that it hopes Goodell designates a truly neutral arbitrator, but that has not yet occurred, and it may not occur unless Brady and his team decide to take the league to court.
Some have speculated that Kraft has accepted the team's punishment because he had a side deal with Goodell that would reduce the quarterback's suspension. According to Sports Illustrated's Greg Bedard, there is no side deal as it pertains to Brady's punishment.
If that's the case, then it appears as though Kraft had no ulterior motive to move past this issue other than to live by the words he spoke at Tuesday's press conference: "At no time should the agenda of one team outweigh the collective good of the full 32."