Re: Walsh offers league no Rams walk-through tape

Sri Krsna wrote:
As expected, Walsh had no tapes of the walk-through. Where are the trolls now?


By GREG BISHOP
Published: May 8, 2008

A former New England Patriots employee has sent the N.F.L. eight videotapes showing the team recorded play-calling signals by coaches of five opponents in six games between the 2000 and 2002 seasons, in violation of league rules.

But the group of tapes does not include video of the St. Louis Rams' walk-through practice the day before the 2002 Super Bowl. The employee, Matt Walsh, had been linked to such a tape by news media speculation.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/sports/football/08nfl.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin




"By GREG BISHOP
Published: May 8, 2008

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."

Time out. The 2002 AFC Championship game? Really? So the tapes prove that the Patriots cheated in the second most important game of any season, the Conference Championship. I wonder how Steelers fans feel about that? That is newsworthy, don't you think?

But there is more:

"The other seven tapes are more sophisticated. They show shots of the opposing coaches’ signals, followed immediately by a shot of the play, usually from the end zone camera, Levy said.

The tape from the A.F.C. championship game is the most extensive, showing two angles of each play."

Lets repeat that: "The tape from the A.F.C. championship game is the most extensive"


What a sorry state of affairs the behaviors of the NE Patriots organization has been. It would be better for all if this were to be put to rest. Your team deserved the loss of their 1st rounder and deserved the fine. Belichick deserves a suspension. You got lucky on that part.
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