NFL investigating spying by the patriots

[CuseJetsFan83]

Re: Busted!!!

if that is the guy... i must say...... can you be any more obvious!?

[Bone]

Re: Busted!!!

i dont see the pic

[njsue]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

I just knew Bellyache/Kraft were cheaters!!! Now they are screwed for many draft picks.

What a bunch of stunods!!!

[mybills]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

You can't really strip them of their SB titles, but wouldn't it be funny if they had to turn in their rings?

The NFL could auction them off, and give the proceeds to spinal cord research or something.

[DraftBoy]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

I think that everyone here is losing sight of just how big a punishment of losing draft picks is to a franchise especially one like NE which has built its success through the draft. We know that just signing FA's (Redskins) wont work so for New England to be stripped of multiple picks could have bigger ramifications than a 4 game suspension which Im sure the Patriot organization would gladly take over losing picks.

[Gunzlingr]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

They said on Sirius that Eric Mangina knew what to look for because he was part of it when he was there. They said he could be blacklisted for breaching the coaches' code of silence.

[mybills]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

This just keeps getting better.

[Cntrygal]

Re: NFL investigating spying by the patriots

I could have sworn that there were "rumors" of this a few years ago.... or am I maybe I just foresaw the future....

[Cntrygal]

Re: NFL investigating spying by the patriots

Belichick apologizes to Goodell for video flap

Belichick said he spoke with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this week about a “videotaping procedure” during last Sunday’s game and “my interpretation of the rules.”

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[Cntrygal]

Tomlin says spying allegations not surprising

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin isn’t surprised a New England Patriots employee is suspected of videotaping signals by Jets coaches during Sunday’s season opener.

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[Gunzlingr]

Re: NFL investigating spying by the patriots

I could have sworn that there were "rumors" of this a few years ago.... or am I maybe I just foresaw the future....

I believe there were have been accusations for years, but why the league did nothing until now is beyond me. Greenbay even kicked the same camerman out last year for doing it (I guess he raised hell, and threatened security even).

[Cntrygal]

Re: NFL investigating spying by the patriots

I believe there were have been accusations for years, but why the league did nothing until now is beyond me. Greenbay even kicked the same camerman out last year for doing it (I guess he raised hell, and threatened security even).

I'll have to see if I can dig up some of those old stories.

[njsue]

Re: NE News week of 9/10 - Sources: Goodell going to issue "severe" penalties to Patriots

You can't really strip them of their SB titles, but wouldn't it be funny if they had to turn in their rings?

The NFL could auction them off, and give the proceeds to spinal cord research or something.

[dolphan117]

Even more BB cheated info

Turns out this isnt the first time the Pats doing this has come to light. Last year our players/coaches used game tape whith audio from the normal telivision feed instead fo the muted game tapes to prepare for the Pats and try and figure out there line call. IMO not a big deal but it sparded a storm and the league looked into it. This came out as a result.
And remember this is in 06

"There is nothing illegal about what Miami did. However, the Patriots got caught doing something early in the year they weren't supposed to be doing. They had a man on their sideline dressed in coaching attire with a video camera who was presumably videotaping the other team's signals. You can't do that. They were warned. If it happens again, they're going to be disciplined."

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2006/12/stealing_signs_.html

Over the offeseason all 32 teams were warned on this subject so there is no shades of gray here on whether the pats thought this was legal or not.

Then comes this

A former assistant under Bill Belichick, Mangini arrived in New York last year with an insider's knowledge of the Patriots' sign-stealing surveillance tactics and he shared the dirty little secret with members of the Jets' organization, a person with knowledge of the matter informed the Daily News yesterday.
It wasn't until the fifth Mangini-Belichick showdown - last Sunday - that the Jets were able to catch the Patriots. Tipped off by Jets security, an NFL security official confiscated a video camera and tape from a Patriots employee at the Meadowlands, and the evidence is believed to be damning.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2007/09/12/2007-09-12_eric_mangini_exposes_bill_belichicks_spy.html

If the reason Mangini knew about this was because they were doing it while he was still there then we know the pats used this method to steal at least 1 SB vs Philly as 05 was the last year Mangini was with the Pats.

[Ebenezer]

Re: Even more BB cheated info

Does this have the legs to become a "real" scandal? I mean suspensions, kicking guys out of the league, overturning victories, etc??? That is what happens in the NCAA...