I think Goodell made the Pats put more Black sumos on the line to punish the Patriots for winning too often.
If it weren't for the season-ending hip injury to RT, Sebastian Vollmer, the Pats would still have a 4/5-white starting OL. But yeah, they've inexplicably jettisoned plenty of quality white lineman (Logan Mankins, Nick McDonald, Bryan Stork, Josh Kline, Ryan Wendell, Jordan Devey, Dan Connolly) over the past 3 years, many of whom were long time starters and some were starters on their Superbowl 49 Championship team. Stork had a long history of head/neck injuries and Mankins/Connolly/Wendell were getting old, but I can't explain McDonald/Kline/Devey, who were all in their 20's and played well in NE.
It's really hard to complain about a team like NE, who starts the best QB in NFL history and made his top 4 receiving targets (Hogan, Edelman, Amendola, Gronkowski) white men. This is also a team that allowed a white WR, Edelman, to play CB in 2011-2012. Over the past 10 years, they've also had numerous white players returning punts and kickoffs, a position that observers associate with raw speed. Additionally, they pulled RB Danny Woodhead out of obscurity and made him into the NFL's most electrifying scat back. Same with Wes Welker, probably the most important white WR of his generation.
Defensively, of course, they are as pro-black as another other team, but they had an uptick in white defenders of late.
Another reason to like the organization is the "team culture." Instead of blaring rap/pop songs, they seem to only play classic rock songs through the loudspeakers of Gillette Stadium. Also, Kraft, Belichick, and Brady all openly supported Trump for president...