The Kraft’s should admit involvement in team decisions
Some of the big buzz worlds this offseason has been collaborative and vibe. We are a few days away from the NFL draft, many have questioned the Krafts involvement in football operations this offseason. They handed the keys to over to Eliot Wolf who said he will be making the final decisions.
According to a recent report, however, Jonathan Kraft is heavily involved in the decision making. We first heard about Krafts involvement from a report at the end of the season according to report by Seth Wickersham and Wright Thompson. “Amid the Patriots’ struggles last season, Kraft — New England’s team president and the son of team owner Robert Kraft — would “chat with staff off to the side” along with Kraft Group senior vice president of business affairs Robyn Glaser and “(ask) why the head coach (Belichick) had made certain decisions,” Some in the building took this to mean that Jonathan could be more involved in the Patriots’ football affairs post-Belichick. Word leaked around the office that if Belichick were gone in 2024, football operations would be split between Glaser and Jonathan Kraft,” Wickersham wrote.
This was refuted by respected people close to the team, including Tom E Curran from NBC Sports Boston who said “I couldn’t imagine this being any further from Jonathan Kraft’s dream job: running the organization in a football sense,” Curran said. “He does not want to have football operations responsibility, contrary to what was seen in Seth Wickersham’s piece. “He wants to see results, but I do think — and this is to the Krafts’ advantage in a way that it wasn’t for the Joneses (Jerry and Stephen) — they found out what they don’t know, and they know what they don’t know, as opposed to guys like the Joneses, who took over and immediately big-footed the entire organization in terms of, ‘We’re gonna be involved in this stuff.’
Robert Kraft went on to say this offseason that they are not involved in football matters because they want to hold people accountable. That’s all well and good, but why not just say you are involved with the biggest draft in 30 years. Countless times this offseason it was refuted Jonathan Kraft had any involvement. The local media seems to support the Krafts while others have been validated outside of Foxboro. The way this offseason has gone for the Krafts and Jerod Mayo, you should see the same on the football field.