I was here for a football discussion until I saw this ridiculous thread
Now, see, I can understand coming here for football-related discussions, because Lord knows it's hard to find anything football-related on the Jets boards.
Lots of chest thumping, name-calling, and other foolish adolescent craptacular postings, but football? Not so much.
But Shreck, my man, you have fallen for the old "Patriots Cheated!" meme, swallowed it so far down that the barb of the hook is sticking out of your navel. The Patriots NEVER cheated. No NFL official ever accused them of that, nor did any other coach. All of that "cheating" crap came from Pats-haters, TV talking heads who should've known better, and fans of 2nd-tier teams, like, say, the Jets, who were grasping for anything to ameliorate the sufferings they endured without having to actually admit that their team(s) sucked.
The Patriots broke a rule from the NFL OPERATIONS manual. Not the NFL Rules Book, or anything else rules-related. They broke a rule about where cameras could be placed, NOT a rule about taping signals, or plays, or anything else. I know it's hard for Jets fans to actually, you know, research facts and all those pesky important things. They'd rather blather on about some alleged and unproven grievance in order to buck themselves up and make-believe that their own team was unfairly treated. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
So when Patriots fans have a little fun at an other team's expense, you might want to understand that we mean it in jest (mostly) and are pretty well informed as to how it feels to be unfairly criticized.