While the New England Patriots owner and once close confidant of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to celebrate yet another trip to the Super Bowl this week, he also couldn't back down from a challenge Monday night to address the whole mess. ''Everybody wants to protect their family,'' Kraft said when asked about the aftermath of the deflated footballs case from the 2014 AFC championship game that resulted in Tom Brady's four-game suspension, a $1 million fine for the franchise and the loss of its first-round draft pick in 2016. Sure looks that way considering the Patriots (16-2) had the NFL's best record this season, eased to the conference title with lopsided wins over Houston and Pittsburgh and are 3-point favorites for Sunday's Super Bowl against Atlanta (13-5). More...