Report: Roger Goodell, Robert Kraft spoke Saturday, remain on good terms

It appears increasingly likely NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will reach a resolution to reduce the Patriots' "Deflategate" penalty.

The two men have met since the Patriots were handed a $1-million fine and stripped of two draft picks - a ruling the Patriots have publicly derided - and remain on good terms, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

The power players were recently spotted hugging and chatted on a couch for "quite a long time" at an event on Saturday.

Kraft has been one of Goodell's most vocal advocates throughout the low points in the latter's tenure as commissioner. Many of the most connected among NFL media are convinced Kraft and Goodell will find common ground and greatly reduce the Patriots' penalty.