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"NFL security confiscated a video camera and its tape from a New England Patriots employee on the team's sideline during Sunday's game against the Jets in a suspected spying incident, sources said. The camera and its tape were placed in a sealed box and forwarded to the league office for investigation, the sources said. "We don't have any comment," an NFL spokesman said Monday. The Patriots' cameraman was suspected of aiming his camera at the Jets' defensive coaches who were sending signals to their unit on the field, the sources said. The league also is investigating some radio frequency issues that occurred during the game. The league's competition committee could conduct a conference call about the incident, which violates NFL policy, and ultimately recommend a penalty that could cost the Patriots a future draft pick or picks if it verifies that the team was spying on the Jets. It's not their first time. -- A member of the NFL's competition committee "It's not their first time," a member of the committee, who did not wish to be identified, said. In fact, Green Bay Packers president Bob Harlan confirmed a similar incident that occurred when the Patriots played at Lambeau Field last Nov. 19. The same cameraman who was questioned by NFL security on Sunday was also the one whom the Packers removed from the sideline and escorted from the field during their 2006 game, according to Packers security official Doug Collins. "From what I can remember, he had quite a fit when we took him out," Harlan said. "We had gotten word before the game that they [the Patriots] did this sort of thing, so we were looking for it." A Jets official declined comment Monday, directing an inquiry to the league office. The Patriots also did not have immediate comment."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3012989

9/10/2007 5:08:00 PM

so uh will this affect maroney on my fantasy team or anything

9/10/2007 5:09:17 PM

well in my league we have negative points for every signal stolen...so it could very well

9/10/2007 5:10:13 PM

^^laowlz nope

^laowlz

^^^yeah i do remember hearing about the Green Bay thing last year

in one sense its pretty sheisty, on some "no wonder they're so good" tip

in another sense, you've got to be able to win the games and execute plays either way...apparently matt hasselbeck used his DVR to pwn the Panthers in the NFC title game 2 years ago

[Edited on September 10, 2007 at 5:11 PM. Reason : .]

9/10/2007 5:11:34 PM

Why dont they just hire someone with an awesome memory and a notebook to do this. lol

9/10/2007 5:12:20 PM

also sometimes when watching a basketball game the cameras will show the clipboard of the upcoming play while the team is in a timeout huddle...hypothetically somebody could be watching, call on a cellphone, etc

9/10/2007 5:13:57 PM

they did the same thing during one of the Miami games last year, but nothing came of it.

9/10/2007 5:24:10 PM

its more fun for the media to just think belichick is some form of poorly dressed genius.

9/10/2007 5:31:39 PM

He's still the smartest man on earth that wears sweatpants to work. He also just happens to be very underhanded in his methods.

He'd do well in NASCAR.

9/10/2007 5:37:54 PM

what I don't understand is why the Jets had to send in signals to tell their defense to miss tackles and tell their secondary to let the receivers outrun them.

9/10/2007 5:56:32 PM

hahahaha

9/10/2007 6:01:36 PM

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"what I don't understand is why the Jets had to send in signals to tell their defense to miss tackles and tell their secondary to let the receivers outrun them. "

9/10/2007 6:50:57 PM

Fuck the Patriots! That is all.

9/10/2007 11:27:14 PM

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"what I don't understand is why the Jets had to send in signals to tell their defense to miss tackles and tell their secondary to let the receivers outrun them"

and with that, this thread is won

9/11/2007 9:43:21 AM

Man that's dirty.

9/11/2007 9:49:42 AM

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"its more fun for the media to just think belichick is some form of poorly dressed genius"

he dresses that way to mock the NFL
he is one of the best dressed men on the planet off the sidelines

9/11/2007 12:25:21 PM

H8 the patriots and all of their jackass bostonian and bandwagon fanbase.... glad their secret has been exposed and they will all burn for it.....

9/11/2007 12:30:42 PM

they'll get away with it

simply because they're the Patriots

9/11/2007 12:35:11 PM

"If they aint cheatin' they aint tryin'" - LT

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d8023a94b

9/11/2007 12:39:22 PM

^Haha, that statement was kinda taken out of context, haha, thought it was LT saying that all teams should do that, like it was a good thing.

For those not watching the video, LT basically states everyone knows the Pats are cheaters, and they probably live by that statement.

9/11/2007 12:49:27 PM

haha good i hate the patriots

9/11/2007 1:29:16 PM

i really hope the chargers stomp the patriots this weekend and get revenge for last season

but i don't think its gonna happen

9/11/2007 1:38:57 PM

and this is why i do not like the patriots

9/11/2007 1:42:29 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20715148/

9/11/2007 2:34:36 PM

thats one of the gayest articles ive ever read.

this is football, not ballroom dancing.

OMG HE WAS RUDE!!

9/11/2007 2:56:18 PM

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"he dresses that way to mock the NFL"

i thought it was to show his players he's just an average joe and not some elitist coach in a sweater vest...maybe a little of both though

9/11/2007 3:02:18 PM

not that i dont agree w/ you J but im just repeating something i heard Wilbon say

9/11/2007 5:21:42 PM

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"what I don't understand is why the Jets had to send in signals to tell their defense to miss tackles and tell their secondary to let the receivers outrun them. "

9/11/2007 5:41:47 PM

uh oh is the commish gonna drop the hammer?

9/11/2007 6:03:31 PM

(no)

but there will be a dynasty*

9/11/2007 6:28:09 PM

about time for another...

WHO

FUCKING

CARES

9/11/2007 7:26:37 PM

They are staring at a punishment that will likely include the loss of multiple first-day draft picks, so I think the league cares, and the Patriots ought to care.

9/11/2007 7:35:34 PM

Reminds me of a few years ago when Clemson accused State of monitoring the plays or something. This was the same game that Woody D. had like a million yards rushing and passing against State.

9/11/2007 7:50:08 PM

Except that this time it's actually true and the Patriots have been warned in the past.

Of course patriot fans will use the same defense they used with Harrison: "everybody does it"

9/11/2007 7:51:40 PM

you know TOB was leaning over with his hands on his knees versus BC, just like other coaches cover their mouthes when they're speaking with the playsheet

9/11/2007 8:30:49 PM

more like the New England Benedict Arnolds

9/11/2007 11:31:29 PM

I don't get it

9/11/2007 11:33:08 PM

take away some draft picks and make sure it doesn't happen again

what's happened has happened

9/11/2007 11:33:43 PM

its a stretch

9/11/2007 11:34:09 PM

this probably happens all the time

9/11/2007 11:55:33 PM

this is the worst instance of cheating in the history of sports
steroid use in baseball pales in comparison to this
this is wrong on so many levels it will shake the NFL to its knees
when all is said and done my sources say that the patriots will no longer exist
.....

9/12/2007 12:19:15 AM

not only does this probably happen all the time, but i am not convinced why i should give a fuck

hide your signals or something

9/12/2007 12:26:03 AM

how do you hide your signals when the defense has to see them . the whole signal thing is retarded anyways, give the mlb a radio like the qb

9/12/2007 12:38:54 AM

Yeah but the defenses don't huddle, if the MLB was the only one to hear the plays, he would have to yell it loud enough for his whole team to hear, which would obviously be loud enough for the opposing team to hear.

9/12/2007 12:40:16 AM

hide as in disguise

9/12/2007 12:57:41 AM

Did Boston College learn from the Pats?

They always seemed to know where Harrison Beck was going....

9/12/2007 12:58:18 AM

9/12/2007 1:04:34 AM

^^ Hold on... there's a college football team in Boston? I bet Bostonians didn't even know there was one

9/12/2007 2:02:38 AM

forfeit the game

pay one million dollars

and lose your first round draft pick next year


do not pass go

9/12/2007 2:14:52 AM

forfeit randy moss to the panthers

9/12/2007 10:26:57 AM