“I am proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities."

Patriots CEO and Chairman Robert Kraft  “I am deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the President on Friday,” Kraft said. “I am proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities."

HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

There are a few names missing like Ray Rice

Kevin Allen	free agent	sexual assault	15 years[1]	Released after 33 months
Will Allen	Retired	Wire fraud and money laundering	Six years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $16.8 million (along with co-defendant)[2]
Michael Bennett	Cut	wire fraud	15 months[3]
Josh Brent	Dallas Cowboys	intoxication manslaughter	180 days and 10 years' probation[4]
Plaxico Burress	New York Giants	Attempted criminal possession of a weapon	2 years	Conviction was a plea bargain for an incident in which Burress accidentally shot himself in a nightclub.[5] Eligible for parole in April 2011;[6] released June 7, 2011.[7]
Billy Cannon	Retired	Counterfeiting	5 years[8]	Served 2½ years. Had been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame before his conviction in 1983, but the Hall rescinded the honor before his scheduled induction. The Hall elected him a second time in 2008 and he was inducted at that time.[8]
Rae Carruth	Carolina Panthers	conspiracy to commit murder	24 years[9]	Projected Release Date October 22, 2018[10]
Cecil Collins	Miami Dolphins	burglary	15 years[11]	Released after serving 13 years[12]
Maurice Clarett	Free agent	armed robbery, possession of a concealed weapon without a permit, failure to maintain current lane	7.5 years	Clarett was released to a halfway house after less than four years.[13]
Russell Erxleben	Retired	conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering then wire fraud and money laundering	7 years then 7½ years[14]
Michael Floyd	New England Patriots	Extreme DUI	24 days in jail, 96 days of house arrest, 30 hours of community service and a $5,115.99 fine[15]	Floyd was found unconscious in his car in the middle of a road at 2:48 a.m. with a .217 blood alcohol content.[16] He originally faced seven charges but pleaded to one.[15]
Irving Fryar	Retired	Conspiracy and theft by deception (mortgage scam)	5 Years[17]
Dwayne Goodrich	Dallas Cowboys	criminally negligent homicide	12½ years[18]	Hit and run accident. Released after serving approximately eight years.[19]
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson	Retired	sexual assault, bribery	4 years, 8 months	released after serving 28 months[20]
Darryl Henley	Los Angeles Rams	drug trafficking, attempted conspiracy to commit murder	42 years[21]	expected release date: March 28, 2031[22]
Aaron Hernandez	New England Patriots	first-degree murder	Life without parole[23]	The 27-year-old former tight end for the New England Patriots hanged himself with a bedsheet attached to a window in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, April 19, 2017.
Travis Henry	Cut	drug trafficking	3 ½ years[24]	served 2 years and 5 months[25]
Jimmy Hitchcock	Retired	Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering	46 Months[26] to be followed by two years of supervised release[27]
Sam Hurd	Chicago Bears	Conspiracy to possess cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute	15 years[28]
Mark Ingram, Sr	Retired	Money Laundering and Fraud	7 Years in prison and up to 5 years of probation. Ordered to pay $252,000 in restitution. Given an additional two years in prison for jumping bail to see his son Mark Ingram, Jr play for the University of Alabama.[29]	released 2015
Tank Johnson	Chicago Bears	probation violation relating to weapons possession	120 days	served 60 days[30]
Johnny Jolly	Green Bay Packers	drug possession, evidence tampering, violating probation[31]	6 years	served six months[32]
Tommy Kane	Seattle Seahawks	manslaughter	18 years[33]
Ryan Leaf	Retired	burglary, drug possession	5 years[34]	Released after serving 2 ½ years.[35]
Jamal Lewis	Baltimore Ravens	using a cell phone to facilitate a drug deal	4 months	[36]
Leonard Little	St. Louis Rams	involuntary manslaughter	3 months[37]	involved in fatal car crash while intoxicated.
Derek Loville	Retired	racketeering conspiracy	15 months, $5,000 fine	Loville was charged for his role in a drug trafficking ring but pleaded guilty only to racketeering[38]
Kevin Mack	Cleveland Browns	drug use	six months	Mack was charged with cocaine trafficking, using a motor vehicle for drug abuse and possessing criminal tools but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.[39] He served only a month at the Ohio State Reformatory.[40]
Dexter Manley	Washington Redskins	drug possession, evidence tampering	4 years (1996) 2 years (2002)	served over three years total[41]
Dave Meggett	Retired	criminal sexual conduct and burglary	30 years	previously convicted of misdemeanor sexual battery[42]
Bam Morris	Kansas City Chiefs	drug trafficking	30 months	released after serving two and a half years[43]
Mercury Morris	Retired	drug trafficking	20 years	Served 3 years. Released early after a plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to felony drug trafficking charges.[44]
Eric Naposki	Cut	first-degree murder	life in prison without the possibility of parole[45]
Nate Newton	Retired	drug trafficking	7½ years (two separate convictions)[46]	released after serving about two and a half years[47]
Lawrence Phillips	Retired	assault, separate incident of assault with a deadly weapon (intentionally driving into victims)	31 years total	previously sentenced to 10 years on driving charge, which was reduced to seven years during sentencing for assault charge against his girlfriend in 2009.[48] In 2016, while awaiting trial regarding the death of his cellmate, Phillips committed suicide in prison after serving 7+ years.[49]
Alabama Pitts	Pre-career	armed robbery	8–16 years	Pitts was released after six years and also played minor league baseball after his release.[50]
Joe Prokop	Retired	tax evasion, fraud	1 ½ years in prison and 2 ½ years of home confinement[51]
Saleem Rasheed	Retired	food stamp fraud, immigration fraud	8 months in prison followed by 8 months of home detention followed by 3 years of supervised release, $500 fine, $5,551 restitution	Rasheed falsesly claimed a woman as his wife on immigration forms and collected food stamps despite being ineligible.[52][53]
		Two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act	3 years	Rasheed was charged with two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act and two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Deviate Sex Act stemming from consensual sex acts with of-age girls while he was a schoolteacher. He pleaded guilty to the two lesser charges.[53][54]
Robert Rozier	Retired[55]	multiple murders	multiple	convicted of four murders, served 10 years and placed in witness protection after testifying against Yahweh Ben Yahweh, later sentenced to 25 to life on check kiting charge under three strikes rule[56]
Art Schlichter	Retired	1997 – forgery, theft	16 years[57]	committed over 20 felonies related to gambling, released from prison in June 2006[58]
		2012 – fraud, theft	10 years, 7 months[59]	7 months were related to his probation from an earlier conviction.[60]
Austin Scott	Retired	drug dealing	6 to 23 months	sold marijuana to undercover cops[61]
Darren Sharper	Retired	rape (multiple counts)	20 years[62]	Also sentenced in United States Federal Court to 18 years, running concurrently with the 20 year sentence imposed by California, as well as sentences in Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana. While the Federal conviction is shorter, it does not allow for the possibility of parole, giving it a later date of possible release.[63]
O. J. Simpson	Retired	robbery, kidnapping	9 to 33 years[64]	See also O. J. Simpson robbery case.
Anthony Smith	Retired	first degree murder	Three life sentences without parole[65]
Alonzo Spellman	Cut	interference with a flight crew, simple assault[66]	18 months	served one year
C.J. Spillman	Dallas Cowboys	sexual assault	five years[67]
Donté Stallworth	Cleveland Browns	DUI Manslaughter (Driving under the influence of alcohol)	30 days' incarceration, 2 years' house arrest	[68]
Michael Vick	Atlanta Falcons	conspiracy, related to dog fighting[69]	23 months[70]	See also Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation.
Nate Webster	Cut	unlawful sexual conduct with a minor	12 years[71]
Stanley Wilson Sr.	Retired	burglary	22 years	sentence was under a third strike provision[72]
Keith Wright	Cut	multiple charges including sexual assault, armed robbery, kidnapping and burglary	114 years to life, plus 120 years[73]	series of home invasion robberies and assaults