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New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton speaks to the media during the NFC/AFC coaches breakfast during the annual NFL football owners meetings, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

On Football: Goodell, with Payton’s help, gets it right

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2017, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, right, talks with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft before the Patriots face the Oakland Raiders in an NFL football game in Mexico City. Pending the completion of police investigations in Florida, and likely a league probe as well, Goodell could punish Kraft for being charged with two counts of soliciting a prostitute. The 77-year-old Kraft was twice videotaped in a sex act at a shopping-center massage parlor in Florida, police said Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Goodell has wide-ranging powers to fine or suspend Kraft

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Governor releases NFL head’s response about missed penalty

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Column: Goodell won’t commit to positons on key NFL issues

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Lots of questions for Goodell, not a lot of answers

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis (11) works for a catch against Los Angeles Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman (23) during the second half the NFL football NFC championship game Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans. The Rams won 26-23. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

Ben Watson rips Roger Goodell for silence on blown calls

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Cantrell sends Goodell letter about Saints-Rams game

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Louisiana governor chastises NFL leader about missed penalty

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference after the NFL owners meetings , Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NFL officiating not a hot topic in formal owners meetings

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference after the NFL owners meetings, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Don’t expect NFL to institute a national anthem policy soon

By Rob Maaddi and Barry Wilner - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, file photo, Miami Dolphins defensive end William Hayes (95) sacks Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) during the first half of an NFL football game, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The NFL is getting roughed up over its amplified enforcement of roughing the passer penalties that has produced head-scratching, game-changing calls and a season-ending injury to a defender trying to comply with the league’s mandate not to land on the quarterback. Hayes tore his right ACL trying to avoid landing on Carr. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) **FILE**

Safety concerns eat at football from top to bottom

By Deron Snyder

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Goodell unfit for job

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tells reporters the NFL team owners have reached agreement on a new league policy that requires players to stand for the national anthem or remain in the locker room during the NFL owner's spring meeting Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Roger Goodell gets one right

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, right, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, talks at the announcement of the 2018 NFL Draft Legacy Project in a groundbreaking ceremony at Workman Junior High School in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Rodger Mallison/Star-Telegram via AP)

Jones and Goodell chatty and chummy at draft event

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

A hacker took over the National Football League's Twitter account on Tuesday. The individual falsely reported NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's death. (Twitter, NFL)

Singapore sentences Twitter hacker over NFL breach: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question from a reporter during a news conference at the NFL owners meetings, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Images for NFL)

Goodell: NFL owners focused on $90M social-justice deal, not national-anthem protests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

NFL intrigue goes beyond the quarterbacks

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Foles holds his daughter, Lily, after the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Eagles won 41-33. (AP Photo/Matt York)

SNYDER: The NFL and its fans needed this Super Bowl

By Deron Snyder

The Vince Lombardi Trophy is seen before a news conference by Commissioner Roger Goodell in advance of the Super Bowl 52 football game, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Philadelphia Eagles play the New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

The Latest: Goodell doesn’t say much about return of XFL

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference in advance of the Super Bowl 52 football game, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Philadelphia Eagles play the New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Roger Goodell wants league to look deeply into catch rule

By Barry Wilner - Associated Press