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Patriots Critical Of Longtime NFL Exec Browne Over Tweet About Brazilian Plane Crash

A "tone-deaf tweet" from former NFL exec Joe Browne in the wake of Tuesday’s crash of a Brazilian plane carrying the Chapecoense soccer team "drew the ire of the Patriots," according to Tom Curran of CSNNE.com. Browne took the "measure of the air disaster that killed 71 and used it as a springboard to make a point about how strong the coalition of NFL owners is." His tweet that has since been deleted read, "NFL club partnership so strong that if there were tragedy similar to Brazilian soccer crash other NFL clubs would restock affected team." The Patriots twitter responded shortly thereafter saying, ".@JBeonTheHill Poor choice of words & disrespectful to all who lost lives. Players are not stock; they're the most important people in NFL." Curran noted Browne was a "longtime loather of the Patriots" and a "persuasive voice for decades" in the league office. The chastising tweet sent by the Patriots "isn’t the sort that would come from their social media or media relations crew." That kind of "fingerwag would have to get ownership level clearance -- and no doubt did -- as the Patriots have shown since Deflategate that they won’t hold back when unloading on specific individuals at the league level that they feel have wronged them" (CSNNE.com, 11/30).

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