Patsman

If there is ANY truth to this one, BB is pure genius/mad:

This is coming from someone who worked Gillette stadium security and has ties:

Some are throwing out the possibility that the whole spygate thing was actually intentionally done by BB. Reason being is that BB was aware that there were a number of teams doing it and that by getting caught and exposing this trick of the trade, he knew it would affect other teams much more than it would him - he felt it's a much bigger advantage to more poorly coached teams. Hence, some of the reason that you are seeing a lot of teams play really ugly football/suck this year is a product of the exposure this has gotten and the elimination of filming of this stuff. He said that the Pats have such elevated technology at Gillette, that they can still go ahead and do this at home without anyone ever finding out.

Was also told that he was much closer to losing his job because of the fiasco that you would be lead to believe. Apparently Kraft was completely blindsided by it, embarassed and didn't see it coming at all.

Take it as a grain of salt. Probably all gossip, but mildly interesting.

Nordy

Whatever you say buddy.

Pats fan in Vikes land

Wouldn't doubt any of it, but we'll never really know for sure.

nummit

$750,000 and a #1 pick is a steep price to pay just to try and effect other teams

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Bella*chick

The stadium security guys knows the ins and outs of Bob Kraft's hiring and firing decisions? Whatever. That's like the copier guys at my old law firm thinking they knew what was going on with the founding partners. They were never right, though they always had lots of theories.

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Holy Diver

I also heard a rumor that the video that was sent to the NFL was of other teams doing the same thing.

maverick4

I do think the level of football has really gone down this season, especially quarterback play, however... I mean this is totally crazy if Belichick did this, he was willing to face public ridicule and scorn in order to gain a competitive advantage?

You never know...

bclaff

I was actually discussing the possibility of that with someone today. Everyone was saying that BB is too smart so why did he do something that was easily going to get him caught. The only thing I could think of was that last year Miami and the Jets beat us and my guess is that they used this exact method to do it. Seeing as this year we had the tools to go 19-0, BB might have wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. To do this attention had to be brought to the situation. Rather than Rat someone else out, he gets caught on purpose and accomplishes what he wanted without being a Rat. In the process, Ratgini will never get another coaching job again after the Jets fire his butt.

NEPat

No way does Belichick do it on purpose, that's way too crazy of a theory. The simplest exlanation is the right one: Belichick f'd up and got caught. I can buy that Kraft was livid about it, but not that he was close to firing Belichick.

Because along with being so smart, he's also arrogant. That's what can get you caught.

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maverick4

Through 8 games, have there been any articles about the general horrible quarterback play in the NFL?

I wish someone could find out what the average QB rating is in the league this year compared to years past...