Walsh’s tapes show that the Patriots recorded the signals of offensive and defensive coaches in r...

Walsh’s tapes show that the Patriots recorded the signals of offensive and defensive coaches in regular-season games against the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and the San Diego Chargers and against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2002 American Football Conference championship game. In that game, the tape has been edited to show Steelers coaches signaling plays, followed by two different camera angles of the actual plays that were called.

The New York Times reports that Walsh handed over eight tapes in total. There was no evidence that the Patriots taped the Rams walk through practice before the Super Bowl.

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oh boy

too bad nothing will happen to them. I’d be shocked if they were actually punished.

Another 3 rounds of starters in the draft?

by poz on May 7, 2008 11:19 PM EDT 0 recs

The NFL will not do anything to the Patriots because it was already known that these teams were filmed. That is why they were hit with the 1st round draft pick and the monetary fines. At $40 a parking space, monetary fines are nothing. This is a franchise that won Super Bowls, you cannot say they cheated. The league would have a hard time recovering. In my mind, they did what they did…it’s time to move on. Let’s worry about actually beating these guys in our house. I got something for them to tape…

by SBbe4idie on May 8, 2008 8:40 AM EDT 0 recs

Welcome to the site, aptly-screen-named guy. :)

Yeah… New England won’t further be punished for this one. There’s nothing ground-breaking or new in these eight tapes. I don’t see Goodell taking much further action, if he takes any at all.

by Brian Galliford on May 8, 2008 9:05 AM EDT up 0 recs

Goodell

The only way I could see something happening from here on is if his meeting with Walsh on the 13th uncovers something that hasn’t been reported. That would then just be a “he said, she said” thing, and I doubt the Pats will be punished further.

Could we just petition Goodell to punish the Pats, if only for the reason that we really don’t like them?

by krytime on May 8, 2008 9:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

We

could have them forfit the games that have tapes (like the ncaa does with ineligalbe players) at least it would improve our 1-13 record against brady, (said in jest).

Bills Fan in PA

by BILLS on May 8, 2008 10:39 AM EDT 0 recs

"More software engineers than water boys"

Not sure if this is exactly relevant here, but this is from a 2004 “60 Minutes” report talking about today’s NFL Head Coach, coaching staff and Bill Belichick in particular.

But today’s game is far more complicated and strategic, and one reason is that these generals have a weapon Lombardi never had: the computer.

NFL teams have more software engineers today than water boys. The Patriots, the Panthers—every team spends millions on special video player-super-computers that allow every coach to scout every opponent’s every move.

Fox showed Stahl a game the Green Bay Packers played last year. “I could actually pick every game they’ve played and we can store up to three years,” says Fox.

Who knew that Vince Lombardi and his film projector would turn into this? The technology lets you go back, slow-motion, even sort by player. “If I’m evaluating a wide receiver, say his number is 85, I can push that, load it in and basically pull out all the plays he was involved in,” says Fox.

Fox spends endless hours at this. And Belichick comes to work at 5 a.m. to fire up his computer, and analyze his opponents.

I have no idea what a “special video player-super-computer” is or how it works, but it sounds like the type of thing that needs lots of data (i.e. video).

by Zumone on May 8, 2008 12:39 PM EDT 0 recs