Roger Goodell hasn't talked much to Paul Tagliabue since replacing him as commissioner in 2006.

Tagliabue was brought in at the tail end of the NFL’s 2012 investigation into the New Orleans Saints’ alleged pay-for-injury program to hear the appeals of four players who were suspended by Goodell. Tagliabue vacated all four suspensions. 

"I talked to him after I issued the bounty decision," Tagliabue told GQ. "I explained I was doing it and why. He didn't think I would vacate all the discipline. He said, 'I was surprised where you came out.'"