Patriots president Jonathan Kraft talked about the issues surrounding Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson during 98.5 The Sports Hub’s pregame show in an interview with Scott Zolak.

Of the Rice incident, Kraft said, “The video is sickening, it’s hard to watch it and I only saw it once and you don’t want to see it again. But I hear people saying the video changes things and I don’t think it should because there are not gradations of domestic violence. It’s utterly abhorrent, period.

“A man should not ever put his hand on his partner or his spouse or for that matter any woman unless it is a warranted welcome. ... You just don’t do it; it is utterly abhorrent.”

Kraft said that the video of Rice hitting Janay Rice becoming public should not have changed the reaction to the incident to the extent that it did.

“I can’t even find the right adjectives to describe -- it’s just a complete black-and-white issue -- it’s 100 percent wrong and there are not gradations,” Kraft said. “The most minimal form of domestic violence is as abhorrent as the most violent because it is completely and utterly unacceptable. And the outrage that comes from seeing the video is understood, but what was known before that should have elicited the same outrage.”

The other hot issue concerning Rice is whether NFL commissioner Roger Goodell saw the video before it became public last week. Kraft has known Goodell for a number of years and praised the commissioner’s honesty.

“You’ve started that question by saying did [Goodell] or didn’t he see the video,” Kraft said. “I’ve known Roger for over 20 years, I’ve never seen him do anything but be crystal clear and tell the truth. I haven’t talked with him about this particular situation, but when he says he didn’t see the video, I believe him.”

Kraft also said that the Patriots organization will not tolerate any domestic violence scenario.

“We put people on our draft board. You try to do all the homework you can, but you can’t be perfect,” Kraft said. “But we will never knowingly bring somebody in who has been convicted or been associated with it in a way that leads you to believe that even if they hadn’t been convicted they have done something inappropriate. Because that is just a line that we will not cross.”

Of Peterson, who was inactive for Sunday's game against the Patriots after being charged with causing reckless or negligent injury to a child, Kraft said:

“I just don’t get it, so it is hard to comment on. Other than the fact the way I was brought up and the way I brought my children is you don’t lay your hands on them. From where I sit it is completely unacceptable and as abhorrent as what we have been talking about. It was interesting hearing some people raise a defense about it being cultural and I can’t comment on that.

“Everything I have heard about this makes you just physically uncomfortable as the other stuff we have talked about. And I think it is a real issue and in this case I think Adrian Peterson in his comments basically did say it is a thing he grew up with and is culturally what the norm is. I can’t comment on it because it is just so alien to me.”