Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times. Mark Leibovich

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СКАЧАТЬ but troubled young man at the University of ­Florida—­considered a “character risk” and thus lasting until the fourth round of the 2010 ­draft—­to being a Pro ­Bowl–­caliber tight end. “You get changed by the Patriot Way,” Hernandez said in an emotional press conference after signing the new deal. He talked about how touched he was that Mr. Kraft would make such a ­long-­term commitment to him. He pledged $50,000 to a charity named for Kraft’s late wife, Myra. “I said, ‘Aaron, you don’t have to do this, you’ve already got your contract,’ ” Kraft said at the press conference. “He said, ‘No, it makes me feel good and I want to do it.’ And that made me feel good.”

      Even given how Hernandez wound up, Kraft continues to invoke “the Patriot Way,” especially the idea that the Patriots are like a family, at least to him (if not to the “family members” that Belichick will jettison for cheaper parts). Kraft, who is now ­seventy-­six, cuts a more rumpled figure in his office than the magnate we see on TV. During games, Kraft will sit in his private box watching the action through binoculars from a raised seat, giving an impression of a king on a highchair. He wears bright suits with expert pocket squares. He is always accompanied by his son Jonathan, and often some celebrity arm candy, like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Elton John, or Jon Bon Jovi (as with many fans of the Patriots, they seemed to all peak in the seventies and eighties). Announcers narrate these money shots by praising, in Kraft’s case, his stewardship of the dynasty and contributions to the league and, of course, to so many charities.

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