SHOCKER: Patroits cheated in 2002 Superbowl win
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Report: Patriots taped Rams' final walkthrough before 2002 Super Bowl
Report: Patriots taped Rams' final walkthrough before 2002 Super Bowl
February 2, 2008
PHOENIX (AP) -- A new spying charge has nicked the New England Patriots.
A member of the Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before they played in the 2002 Super Bowl, an unidentified source told the Boston Herald for a story Saturday.
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New England beat the heavily favored Rams the next day 20-17 for their first NFL title. The unbeaten Patriots will try to win their fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons Sunday when they play the New York Giants.
Early this season, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick after the Spygate scandal. The Patriots were accused of videotaping New York Jets defensive coaches as they signaled to players.
The Herald cited a source close to the Patriots in the 2001 season as saying the team held a walkthrough at the Superdome in New Orleans before the game on Feb. 3, 2002. After the Patriots took a team picture, a member of their video department stayed inside the stadium and taped the Rams' session.
It was not known whether the cameraman was told by the Patriots to film the practice or what he did with the tape, the Herald said. The Rams were two-touchdown favorites, but lost on Adam Vinatieri's last-second field goal.
Told of the newest allegation, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press on Saturday:
"We were aware of the rumor months ago and looked into it. There was no evidence of it on the tapes or in the notes produced by the Patriots, and the Patriots told us it was not true."
Patriots spokesman Stacey James reiterated that to the AP:
"The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue."
Rams spokesman Rick Smith, reading a statement from team president John Shaw, said, "At this point, we have no comment."
New England did not have a walkthrough Saturday. The Giants held one at the Arizona Cardinals' practice facility.
A walkthrough is done without pads or helmets, giving teams a chance to practice their formations.
Goodell spent much of his state of the game address Friday talking about that episode. He said he did not think the Patriots used such tapes to win previous titles.
"There was no indication that it benefited them in any of the Super Bowl victories," he said.
Asked specifically whether the NFL's investigation of Spygate looked into any allegations involving the 2002 Super Bowl, he said: "I'm not aware of that."
Goodell also defended his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the Spygate, saying "there was no purpose for them."
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who sent Goodell a letter asking for explanation, said Goodell's response "didn't make any sense at all."
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Report: Patriots taped Rams' final walkthrough before 2002 Super Bowl
February 2, 2008
PHOENIX (AP) -- A new spying charge has nicked the New England Patriots.
A member of the Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before they played in the 2002 Super Bowl, an unidentified source told the Boston Herald for a story Saturday.
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New England beat the heavily favored Rams the next day 20-17 for their first NFL title. The unbeaten Patriots will try to win their fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons Sunday when they play the New York Giants.
Early this season, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick after the Spygate scandal. The Patriots were accused of videotaping New York Jets defensive coaches as they signaled to players.
The Herald cited a source close to the Patriots in the 2001 season as saying the team held a walkthrough at the Superdome in New Orleans before the game on Feb. 3, 2002. After the Patriots took a team picture, a member of their video department stayed inside the stadium and taped the Rams' session.
It was not known whether the cameraman was told by the Patriots to film the practice or what he did with the tape, the Herald said. The Rams were two-touchdown favorites, but lost on Adam Vinatieri's last-second field goal.
Told of the newest allegation, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press on Saturday:
"We were aware of the rumor months ago and looked into it. There was no evidence of it on the tapes or in the notes produced by the Patriots, and the Patriots told us it was not true."
Patriots spokesman Stacey James reiterated that to the AP:
"The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue."
Rams spokesman Rick Smith, reading a statement from team president John Shaw, said, "At this point, we have no comment."
New England did not have a walkthrough Saturday. The Giants held one at the Arizona Cardinals' practice facility.
A walkthrough is done without pads or helmets, giving teams a chance to practice their formations.
Goodell spent much of his state of the game address Friday talking about that episode. He said he did not think the Patriots used such tapes to win previous titles.
"There was no indication that it benefited them in any of the Super Bowl victories," he said.
Asked specifically whether the NFL's investigation of Spygate looked into any allegations involving the 2002 Super Bowl, he said: "I'm not aware of that."
Goodell also defended his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the Spygate, saying "there was no purpose for them."
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who sent Goodell a letter asking for explanation, said Goodell's response "didn't make any sense at all."
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figures doesn't it?
<< <i>Every other aspect of the current super bowl has been analyzed to death so somebody digs up some story from the past. It kind of
figures doesn't it? >>
Yes it does, just more
pathetic.
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I think your the one who is pathetic! Do you just troll the internet looking for stuff to bash the Pats with? Be happy your NY team is getting a chance to play them in the Super Bowl, if you win then run your mouth until then why not just bite your tongue?
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<< <i>Once a cheater always a cheater, don't worry one day something will happen to bite back against the Pats. >>
Like what? Their other Super Bowl victories will be erased?
<< <i>Once a cheater always a cheater, don't worry one day something will happen to bite back against the Pats. >>
This stuff is cyclical...Packers in the 60s, Steelers in the 70s, 49'ers in the 80s, Cowboys in the 90s, and the Patriots in the 00s...Don't worry, they will suck again in a few years, just like the above mentioned teams did the following decade (with the 49ers being the lone exception).
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<< <i>Once a cheater always a cheater, don't worry one day something will happen to bite back against the Pats. >>
Like what? Their other Super Bowl victories will be erased?
I will get back to you on that.
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This is what happens when a team just wins and wins. Whether a championship or not the more a team is a force the more hated they become. I should know .....
I am amazed you would expect these guys to bite their tounge Paul. Won't happen.
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<< <i>Paul,
This is what happens when a team just wins and wins. Whether a championship or not the more a team is a force the more hated they become. I should know .....
I am amazed you would expect these guys to bite their tounge Paul. Won't happen. >>
I hear ya 100% and yes I am guilty of throwing stuff at teams- mostly at Yankee fans but at least my trash talk had an element of truth to it! Did I ever make up bogus BS like Paul Oneill and Scott Brosius were on HGH and CHEATED so Yankee World series wins should be with an asterick? Its the same thing with all this spygate/Patriots Cheat/All Super Bowl Wins are tainted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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<< <i>Hey Paul
Getting anxious I bet huh? >>
Oh yea! Im nervous!!!!!!!!!!! Butterflies in my stomach like Im meeting a kid aftershool in the park for a fistfight
<< <i>Before this is over Pats will lose a ring (or two)and Goodell will lose his job. >>
wow. please put down the crack pipe.
But the timing of this is just so typical. People want to grab spotlight and point out things that could have been brought to light when the sanctions were issued. To bring them up now is to necessarily be an attention whore. It's even worse if your a politician trying to use it to gain publicity through this instead of doing your job.
What I know for sure is that a penalty has already been imposed and that the Pats went 18-0 this year without any help. If they cheated in the past it doesn't change the fact that this is probably the best team of all time.
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<< <i>Once a cheater always a cheater, don't worry one day something will happen to bite back against the Pats. >>
Like what? Their other Super Bowl victories will be erased?
I will get back to you on that. >>
NOW PERK....THIS IS WHY I SAID "I'll GET BACK TO YOU", GIANTS WIN! Go eat some New York cheesecake!