Nitro

Heres a story about what teams are doing with the radios.

"The coach said he knew of one team that equipped its backup quarterback with a device that allowed the backup to feed information to the starter after the 15-second cutoff."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...ike&id=3035449

And NE is out a 1st rounder for taping what can be seen from an entire stadium?
At least the writer added "None of these coaches implicated the Patriots"

BelichickFan

It just pisses me off to no end that the NFL literally stole a #1 pick from us. The only good that came out of it was us finding out that Belichick is signed through 2013

PromisedLand

The reason we were fined and docked a draft pick is that we were caught red-handed. If and when the NFL gets solid evidence of another team cheating* I believe the punishment will be similar.

*Or breaking rules, or whatever description you prefer.

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Pats726

I agree...stole a pick..and Goodell?? sitting on his behind?? Why not investigating??? stealing picks from other teams..

BradyManny

If it wasn't already clear, it's becoming increasingly apparent that the theft first round draft pick has as much to do with the Patriots acquiring AD, Moss, Welker, more 1st round picks, etc., etc. as it did with "cheating". I am pretty convinced that Badell and the league saw an opportunity to "level the playing field" against a team they perceived as a continuing threat against the NFL's obsessive-compulsive desire to achieve parity.

Bigdogx

Because the do-gooder is to busy kicking cheerleaders off the field at this time!

Jacky Roberts

Goodell is an a-hole. Not condoning what the Patriots did, but its the NFL offices way of trying to create parity among the teams. I hope this idiot is consistent if a team gets caught doing this.

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upstater1

I don't believe that. The NFL shows absolutely no interest in investigating. When the Dolphins cheated last year, the NFL said "That's football." They showed no interest. That's why I think no one will ever be caught cheating again.

When Bob Costas asked Goodell how he planned to stop people from using high technology, such as hi powered binoculars equipped with videotaping, Goodell responded by saying that the Patriots did not use high-technology, but a simple videocamera out in the open.

Translation: you can cheat. Just be discrete.

BelichickFan

It's funny, during the second half of the Jest game I said to my wife "imagine how the NFL feels to have the Patriots playing like this and then realize we have two #1s, a #2 and two #3s in next year's draft". Saying like that then realizing what happened is . . . spooky.

We broke the rules and should have paid for it with a high second day pick, no more. We're too loaded and the NFL swooped in like a thief in the night.

We can still have the last laugh, though, by winning it all then having a reasonably high #1 from SF. Where's the "middle finger" emoticon when you need it ?

Bigdogx

Pretty much spot on except substitute Badell with Napolian and you get the gold star!