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SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Friendship seemed to trump business on Thursday as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft were seen strolling around this mountain resort — chatting and relaxing as if they hadn’t a care in the world.

And maybe they don’t.

But Kraft’s star player, Tom Brady, is looking at a four-game suspension this season thanks to Goodell’s ruling in the Deflategate scandal.

Last year, Goodell and Kraft also appeared to be BFFs — maybe because the commish was weeks away from deciding Brady’s first appeal. Goodell decided not to lessen the punishment.

The QB, you may remember, appealed that ruling and a trial judge, in September, on the eve of the season, overturned it — allowing Brady to play a full schedule.

Brady is in the midst of what many believe is a Hail Mary appeal.

So, with his all-star player about to sit for 25 percent of the season, you’d think Kraft would be a bit miffed at Goodell.

If he is, it wasn’t showing on Thursday.

Kraft, who was spotted from the first day of the Allen & Co. mogulfest chatting with media titans like Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav, took time to chat with Goodell late Thursday afternoon while Kraft’s girlfriend, Ricki Lander, was Instagramming selfies in the mountain scenery.

All is well in NFL land, it would seem.

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