Somebody go check the pumpkin patch

Not looking too good, Rog.

Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., sent a letter to team owners and presidents Wednesday reiterating the assertion that the league had not seen video of what transpired inside an elevator between Ray Rice and his fiancée until it was made public by TMZ on Monday.

Yet The Associated Press reported Wednesday that a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, sent the footage to an N.F.L. executive three months ago.