Patriots Want First Round Pick Back

Patriots owner Robert Kraft told the media he wants the NFL to give his team their first round pick back. New England was stripped of its first round pick as a punishment for Deflategate.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Monday that he wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell over a month ago requesting that the league reinstate the draft picks stripped as part of the Deflategate penalties, as well as the four-game suspension of quarterback Tom Brady, but he didn't sound optimistic it would spark a change.

Of course, the problem with this is the Patriots did not appeal the penalty when they had a chance. They accepted the league's punishment, a move which many would conclude was an admission of some culpability.

To be kind, it seems like this request is on shaky ground.

Source familiar with NFL's inner workings: "No chance, zero chance" of Patriots being given back their first-round draft pick.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) March 21, 2016

Why would there be a chance? The Patriots accepted this penalty a few months ago instead of appealing. Now it's unfair?