For all the Patriots Haters out there... Here are some other interesting facts that the they always ignore: 1. The Patriots caught the Jets filming in the end zone in Foxboro in 2006. The Jets said that the Pats had given them permission, which they clearly hadnt because Pats asked the cameraman to leave. The league did nothing but to say it was okay and did not confiscate tapes or investigate. The Jets were supposedly filming coaching video. 2. The Dolphins bought game tapes of the Patriots to study Tom Bradys audibles before a MNF game in Dec 2006. Zach Thomas admitted to knowing all Bradys signals from the tape study. The league ruled that such tape study is okay. 3. Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan admitted in 2002 to hiring lip readers to steal signals. He bragged that his lipreaders could get all the signals by the end of the 1st half, sometimes by the end of the 1st quarter. 4. The Jets were accused of cheating by calling illegal audibles in a game against the Ravens. Brian Billick said that the illegal audibles by the Jets resulted in 3 offside penalties. 5. The KC Chiefs admitted that they had somehow got hold of a 49ers playbook and memorized it before a game against the niners. KC knew every play that KC called before the snap. This was when Tony Dungy was with KC. 6. The Raiders, Broncos, Steelers, and 49ers were all caught cheating on salary cap limits and all were fined and lost draft picks. 7. Former Dallas Cowboy coaches Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson admitted to doing similar stunts (video taping) while they were coaching. 8. Former Raiders player Howie Long said in USA Today that anybody who thinks the Patriots are the only club spying on other teams is naive. 9. Former Eagles QB Ron Jaworski admitted that when he played, his backup QB would spy on the defense and signal Jaws by dropping red flags to indicate blitzes. He also said that he had no problem with Pats taping the Rams before 2001 SB. 10. Current KC coach Herm Edwards said that, There isnt a team in the league that doesnt try to steal signals [but] I havent heard about teams recording footage like the Patriots were, said one longtime NFL assistant coach. But you can bet everybody is trying to steal in some way. In fact, you can go to any NFL game and youll find some coach whose sole job is to look for defensive signals. 11. Former Steelers coach Chuck Knoll said that signal stealing is a whole lot about nothing. 12. Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers stated, We consider the tapes of our coaching staff during our games against the New England Patriots to be a non-issue, Rooney said in a statement. In our opinion, they had no impact on the results of those games. 13. According to the NFL rules, teams are allowed to tape coaching video from an upper level location or from the end zones with no restrictions so long as both teams have access to the location. Such taping does not require league permission. No one seems to know exactly what coaching video is, that there is any review or monitoring of what gets taped, and the NFL doesnt make its official rule book public.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:09:23 +0000
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