Steelers players accuse Browns of tampering w/ comms; Casserly: NFL hires CIA agents - New England Patriots Forums

***pats1*** · 09-14-2008, 12:50 PM

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STEELERS PRIVATELY COMPLAIN ABOUT CHEATING IN CLEVELAND
Posted by Mike Florio on September 14, 2008, 12:45 p.m.

Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that members of the Steelers have complained about possible shenanigans in Cleveland.

Writes Bouchette: “Steelers players say privately that whenever they play in Cleveland, they almost always have problems with the communicator in the quarterback’s helmet.”

If anything fishy is going on, the Browns would be wise to cut it out. Now. Charley Casserly of CBS reported earlier in the hour that the NFL has employed former CIA agents to sniff out disruptions in the coach-to-player audio system, the presence of microphones on players, and the use of a system for bypassing the automatic cutoff of the audio system with 15 seconds on the play clock.

It’s a good move by the league, but it’s overdue. With no process in place to detect violations of the rules, violations will happen.

***PittPatriot*** · 09-14-2008, 12:54 PM

Wonderful...I am sure somehow the RAC-BB connection will be exploited.

pwes · 09-14-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by PittPatriot

Wonderful...I am sure somehow the RAC-BB connection will be exploited.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Disco Volante · 09-14-2008, 01:04 PM

Don't see anything happening with this.

cavtroop · 09-14-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Disco Volante

Don't see anything happening with this.

Me either, but if it turns out to be true, I'll be PISSED if the fine is less than $500k and a 1st round draft pick...

NJPatsfan26 · 09-14-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cavtroop

Me either, but if it turns out to be true, I'll be PISSED if the fine is less than $500k and a 1st round draft pick...

Somehow, some way we will be blamed for this crap....fined 1 mill and lose 1st and 2nd round picks!!

the senial senator from pa will force the commish to peruse this......

***blackglass3*** · 09-14-2008, 02:33 PM

What I don't get is, the league wouldn't hire ex-CIA agents and what not if this wasn't a league wide problem, right? So how can people rationalize that we are the ONLY team to practice these kind of shenanigans?

***czech54*** · 09-14-2008, 04:14 PM

There were some accusations of this type of stuff against the Pats a while back, weren't there?