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Kraft: Pats won't appeal Deflategate penalties

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  • ESPN.com news services

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said the reigning Super Bowl champions will accept their punishment from the NFL in the Deflategate investigation.

The Patriots were fined $1 million and docked two draft picks, a first-rounder in 2016 and a fourth-rounder in 2017.

Kraft, speaking Tuesday at the owners meetings in San Francisco, said the Patriots will not appeal the penalties, stating that they will "accept reluctantly what [commissioner Roger Goodell] has given us.