Personally I'm really bummed this story was confirmed, and the fact that the Pats have been accused of this before is a little unsettling. They were accused of doing this in Green Bay last year.
Espn also says that the Pats were warned not to do it again, which makes this even worse that it happened. I mean how dumb can you be, just cuz you didn't get caught doing it before doesn't mean you should keep doing it, even after being warned against it. Shame on the org.
The Pats have always been looked at (last 10 yrs or so) of being a classy org, and now we have this crap going on.
So what the punishment will be??
There is talk it will be multiple draft picks, but it could also be fines and/or suspension of Belichek. Of course I don't want any punishment but I can see us losing a couple of picks, and maybe a very substantial fine of Belichek.
Some are saying we should forfeit the game, but that is a load of BS. I know this was a form of cheating, but come on, think about how helpful this really was in the heat of a game. I mean is the guy was taping it, not live feeding it to the coaches box. So what while he was taping it, he was on cell/walkie talkie, telling them the signs then getting those relayed to the coaches on the field, and then pushed out to the players as a new or different call.
Yes we should be penalized but let's be realistic too. And I do think, that we aren't the only team doing something like this. Come on!!
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