No style of cheating is perfect. Look at last year's games. Look at how the Patriots pulled out many second half victories. My boss showed me on CBS sportsline the scoring of NE by quarter/half for each game in 2006.
Does that mean that the cheating was effective? I don't know but it does raise questions.
What I do know for sure is that Belichick has given the New England Patriots organization and the NFL a blackeye.
Look how the colts pulled out many second half victories. They pulled out a ton. The chargers etc etc. That logic is flawed. Last year in green bay there was no official report of a camera on the field. This is the FIRST time this was reported. If you think stealing signs is what the pats are in trouble for then you are wrong.
That is not illegal. You can sit there and stare at a guy making signs all day long. Write them down and yell what they are trying to do. What is illegal was having the
video "machine" on the field, if the premise was to use the footage during that game. Belichick is saying there was no rule stating you could not video tape the signs and use the footage at a later date for scouting. Which if you read the rule, you can see the clear loophole. It does not say you cannot film and store it for a later date. That is not illegal. Now unless the pats prove they where not going to use the film had they gotten it at game time thats a moot point. And that is why they will get a penalty. And I agree they where dumb for trying it, and deserve to be punished. But these huge penalties are over the top. So many people have no clue what they are talking about with this. I think people honestly believe the pats stole signals and then ran, decoded in 10 min, which led to them killing the jets. The pats never saw the tape, and they beat the jets bad after the inturn was escorted our of the stadium. They never used the tape! That said they should be fined and lose a few draft picks for being stupid. and violating the rule of having a video machine on the field. People are make this out to be si much bigger then it is.
I think Tom Brady and great players might have something to do with a better performance after the half. Not running in the locker room and decoding hundreds of signals in 11 mins of time. Even if you know sings, they can changed at the line several times.
Any coach in the NFL will tell you people are payed to try and decode signals. Shula, Parcels, Edwards have all come out to say this is a big part of the game.
You think stealing sings is a black eye? This is commonplace in the NFL. I would think the Vick Situation or Players getting in legal trouble already gave the NFL a "black eye". Im curious what you think about the phins dstealing the pats audibles last year in there shutout of the pats at Gillete.
