Bostonian1962
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First, let me say that I would not post another Spygate post, except for something interesting that Dan Reeves pointed out, while speaking on Sirius NFL Radio.
He said that Spygate was way overblown (the intelligent know that already). But, he went on to say something that I had forgotten, or never knew. That, the Coach to QB electronics was mostly implemented because of the rampant stealing of signals along the sideline.
Reeves said that this was nothing new, and that even when he and his teams knew the play ahead of time (of course he didn't divulge how), that the other team would still often make a big play. He said "execution" was always the key, even if they knew the play ahead of time. Anyway, if the point regarding the reason for going to the communication system was brought up before, sorry. Key point though for all those "shocked that the Patriots cheated".
Anyway, I've always suspected that most opposing fans know all this, but choose to pile on for the sake of piling on the dominant franchise.
P.S. - Speaking of the Coach to QB communication system. Does anyone suspect that Indy shuts it off, turns up the heat, pipes in false crowd noise, and shouts out false snap counts only against the Patriots, or do you think this is an every game thing for them?
He said that Spygate was way overblown (the intelligent know that already). But, he went on to say something that I had forgotten, or never knew. That, the Coach to QB electronics was mostly implemented because of the rampant stealing of signals along the sideline.
Reeves said that this was nothing new, and that even when he and his teams knew the play ahead of time (of course he didn't divulge how), that the other team would still often make a big play. He said "execution" was always the key, even if they knew the play ahead of time. Anyway, if the point regarding the reason for going to the communication system was brought up before, sorry. Key point though for all those "shocked that the Patriots cheated".
Anyway, I've always suspected that most opposing fans know all this, but choose to pile on for the sake of piling on the dominant franchise.
P.S. - Speaking of the Coach to QB communication system. Does anyone suspect that Indy shuts it off, turns up the heat, pipes in false crowd noise, and shouts out false snap counts only against the Patriots, or do you think this is an every game thing for them?