Bill B.
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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I keep hearing a lot about spygate these last couple of weeks and I can't believe how stupid some people really are. Sure, the coaching signals were taped, but they are seen by 70,000 people and the Patriots were filming right in the open. They weren't hiding it.
But it is the logistics that are hard to believe. The critics would have you believe that they would use the tapes in the second half. So you are telling me that you can take a half hour of game film, study both the signals and the corresponding plays of the other team. Decipher which ones are real and which signals are phony, and come up with a countering game plan based on the signals. And do this all in 15 minutes of halftime. Or that the offensive coordinator is waiting for the defense to give their signals before deciding what to run. That is what the haters would have you believe. Most plays are called even before the last play is over. Personell has to be changed on the field and I can't see how they could do all this and monitor the opposing coaches. Add in that the radios in the QBs helmet is shut off with 10 seconds left on the playclock and where does the offense find the time to call a play based on defensive signals. It just is't logical.
I still don't understand how the Dolphins, in 2006, could use audiotape of the Patriots signals to learn what we were going to do, and the NFL had no problem with that. It just seems ludicrous to me that you can call one getting a competitive edge and the other one is cheating.
But it is the logistics that are hard to believe. The critics would have you believe that they would use the tapes in the second half. So you are telling me that you can take a half hour of game film, study both the signals and the corresponding plays of the other team. Decipher which ones are real and which signals are phony, and come up with a countering game plan based on the signals. And do this all in 15 minutes of halftime. Or that the offensive coordinator is waiting for the defense to give their signals before deciding what to run. That is what the haters would have you believe. Most plays are called even before the last play is over. Personell has to be changed on the field and I can't see how they could do all this and monitor the opposing coaches. Add in that the radios in the QBs helmet is shut off with 10 seconds left on the playclock and where does the offense find the time to call a play based on defensive signals. It just is't logical.
I still don't understand how the Dolphins, in 2006, could use audiotape of the Patriots signals to learn what we were going to do, and the NFL had no problem with that. It just seems ludicrous to me that you can call one getting a competitive edge and the other one is cheating.