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Common Practice? John Madden Talks About The Practice of Opposing Teams Videotaping Signals

Ian Logue
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September 8, 2015 at 2:12 pm ET

Common Practice?  John Madden Talks About The Practice of Opposing Teams Videotaping Signals
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One of our message board posters came across this clip from 1992 of Former NFL coach John Madden talking about the practice of coaches stealing opponents’ signals. People seem to think this brilliant and illicit tactic was developed and masterminded by Bill Belichick, but it was a much more popular practice than many seem to realize:

Take a listen:

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Ian Logue is a Seacoast native and owner and senior writer for PatsFans.com, an independent media site covering the New England Patriots and has been running this site in one form or another since 1997.


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