Broncos caught cheating; media says nothing

[Patsfanin Philly]

"I'll have the chicken teriyaki with ... does that come with egg rolls?"

Actually he's ordering up a quarterback.......

 

[TomPatriot]

Cheating, losing, staying the course. It’s all good. Keep it up Broncos.

 

[XLIX]

Is he relaying to the QBs headset or communicating with another coach?

Watching the game, it sure seemed to me like he was communicating with the QB. He's got a play sheet in his hand and he started talking about 3 seconds after the conclusion of the prior play, and spoke for a couple seconds while looking at the play sheet.

 

[XLIX]

This is what Football Zebras had to say.

According to Florio, during the Giants walkie-talkie scandal he talked about how the only proper use of a walkie-talkie on the sideline is for the backup QB to listen in. It may not be used by a coach and it may not be used for talking.

If memory serves, the Cowboys complained to the league which got the ball rolling. So maybe instead of contacting the media, we should be contacting the Chargers. Of course, they may not want the bad blood.

 

[XLIX]

I caught that yesterday and sent a photo to Florio today with my recommended penalty of a first round pick and suspension

I am disappointed Florio didn't run with it. It is the sort of thing he enjoys.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Broncos Cheated on Sunday, Media says Nothing

Mike Mccoy used walkie talkies on the sideline last sunday. Did anyone else notice this?

The NFL must have a pretty basic checklist when it comes to these types of issues: Was it the Patriots, no. Will anyone else care It was another team, no. Then don’t worry about it.

The Broncos Were Caught Cheating Sunday But No One Batted An Eye Because It Wasn’t The Patriots – Off The Monster Sports

 

[Sfpat]

Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to his checklist

 

[Drewwho]

Insert Belichick in that image and this goes viral and become the lead story on the National Evening News and Morning News shows!

 

[Nikolai]

Insert Belichick in that image and this goes viral and become the lead story on the National Evening News and Morning News shows!

Because we matter...

 

[FourierSeries]

Broncos Cheated on Sunday, Media says Nothing

Mike Mccoy used walkie talkies on the sideline last sunday. Did anyone else notice this?



The Broncos Were Caught Cheating Sunday But No One Batted An Eye Because It Wasn’t The Patriots – Off The Monster Sports

What's there to say about a team that cheats but still can't break .500? All you can really do is laugh.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Nobody cares when teams cheat their way to getting shut out.

 

[VJCPatriot]

They should crush the Broncos as they should have learned from the Giants. Take an 8th rounder at least.

If this were the Pats we would be slapped with losing TWO 1st round picks. Because it is just Denver. Meh, Fuhrer Goodell could care less!

 

[dannydyn]

I think he's just ordering something off the horse-meat menu.

 

[chasa]

are we sure this actually happened, cause i dont see anyone not a patriot fan or blog even hinting that this is something that happened.

 

[Rob0729]

The Broncos didn't cheat. They changed the rules during the offseason.

Broncos didn’t violate rules by using walkie-talkies

 

[XLIX]

The Broncos didn't cheat. They changed the rules during the offseason.

Broncos didn’t violate rules by using walkie-talkies

I didn't know about this rules/process change but I think it's actually kind of a good idea....

If memory serves - and I gladly admit I may be wrong on this - when the communications between coaches and the upstairs box goes down for one team, the other team has to shut it off..... BUT if the communications with the QB goes down for one team, the other team is under no such obligation. (Don't quote me on this, but I thought I remembered reading that somewhere - can anyone confirm?). So it makes sense to allow a backup system.

 

[Wheelman]

Apparently people are saying this is photoshopped so here is another shot.

I remember seeing it live for a moment. I wasn't sure if I saw it correctly. So definitely not photoshopped.

 

[Wheelman]

The Broncos didn't cheat. They changed the rules during the offseason.

Broncos didn’t violate rules by using walkie-talkies

Which means that the Broncos didn’t cheat. Which is good, because if they’d cheated and scored zero points, something would be really, really wrong in Denver.

Lol! That would have been funny!

 

[supafly]

This went as expected.

 

[Koma]

When I read Florio's explanation, I thought he was embellishing a little by writing that the rule had "quietly changed" in the offseason. When I looked at the announced list of rules changes for this season, I don't see any mention of the guidelines for sideline walkie-talkies.

This same situation played out a few weeks ago when someone questioned why intentional grounding wasn't called when Jameis Winston threw a pass away against NE with no receiver in the area. It came out that the rule had been changed in the offseason, but there was no announcement about the change.

The bigger question is why aren't all these changes announced the way the "big" rules changes are? Why is it we only find out about them when we think there's been an officiating error or rules violation and it turns out there was a "quiet" change and the issue is within the rules now? This goes back to the "lime green vest rule" for sideline videotaping 8 or 9 years ago. What other rules or guidelines have been changed that just haven't come up yet?