It was once thought that Deflategate would be the signature, defining moment of Roger Goodell's tenure as commissioner of the NFL. However, that theory prevailed in the comparatively innocent days before the advent of anthem protests. Now that it's clear that those protests, and not mysterious psi levels, will come to signify Goodell's tenure. Perhaps it's poetically just that the controversy surrounding those protests, is what's delaying Goodell's new contract.