Discotrish
02-02-2008, 07:37 PM
Maybe the season of 2007 is the ONLY season of the Belichick-coached years that is free from the suspicion of cheating. After all, it's the only season where they got caught before they could use any of the tapes:
Here's what we do know about the past: After New England was caught in September, stories emerged of at least four previous spying incidents from seasons past being brought to the league's attention. That likely played a part in commissioner Roger Goddell sending out a summer memo specifically reminding teams of the filming rule.
Included was a reported charge that the Patriots filmed the sideline of the Detroit Lions during a regular-season game in 2006. That begs the common sense question: If Belichick would employ such tactics to beat a pathetic Lions team that finished the season 3-13, then why wouldn't he use it in a Super Bowl?
The Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX and Eagles players have now expressed questions about how that game played out. Cornerback Sheldon Brown specifically wondered if it was just a coincidence that every time the Eagles blitzed Tom Brady on the decisive fourth-quarter drive, New England called the perfect antidote, a screen pass. Or did the Patriots, indeed, know the Eagles' defensive signals?
"I was like, 'Man, I never saw that many screens,' " Brown told the Associated Press. "Something's not right about that."
Said safety Brian Dawkins, "Now there's always going to be questions about the situation; was it great adjustments at halftime or what?"
Pittsburgh's Hines Ward brought up questions about the Patriots' two AFC championship game victories over the Steelers this decade. Others have complained about other games.
Yahooo Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-patshistory020108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
Patti
The era of truth marches on...
Here's what we do know about the past: After New England was caught in September, stories emerged of at least four previous spying incidents from seasons past being brought to the league's attention. That likely played a part in commissioner Roger Goddell sending out a summer memo specifically reminding teams of the filming rule.
Included was a reported charge that the Patriots filmed the sideline of the Detroit Lions during a regular-season game in 2006. That begs the common sense question: If Belichick would employ such tactics to beat a pathetic Lions team that finished the season 3-13, then why wouldn't he use it in a Super Bowl?
The Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX and Eagles players have now expressed questions about how that game played out. Cornerback Sheldon Brown specifically wondered if it was just a coincidence that every time the Eagles blitzed Tom Brady on the decisive fourth-quarter drive, New England called the perfect antidote, a screen pass. Or did the Patriots, indeed, know the Eagles' defensive signals?
"I was like, 'Man, I never saw that many screens,' " Brown told the Associated Press. "Something's not right about that."
Said safety Brian Dawkins, "Now there's always going to be questions about the situation; was it great adjustments at halftime or what?"
Pittsburgh's Hines Ward brought up questions about the Patriots' two AFC championship game victories over the Steelers this decade. Others have complained about other games.
Yahooo Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-patshistory020108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
Patti
The era of truth marches on...