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  • Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

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

    Yet, I remain unsurprised.

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    Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

    Originally posted by Shade View Post
    I'm going to wait until more facts are brought to light, plus it's not as bad as pumping in fake crowd noise...
    Originally posted by Natston;n3510291
    I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of the 3 T.J.s working for them, and that ain't bad...

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      Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

      Pathetic. I really hope the Patriots have a good explanation for this. It did seem like the Pats were picking up the blitz unusually well all game...but I was hoping that was more due to the fact that the Patriots offensive line had improved in the offseason.

      With that said, it is no surprise that this happened against the Jets. The Patriots as an organization despise the Jets and it goes vice versa.

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      • #4
        Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

        Here's a story for you from Peter King's Monday Morning QB article.

        http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...9/Week1/4.html

        3. I think the most overplayed story of Week 1 was the subterfuge angle of former players spilling the beans to the enemy. Just like Jason David's information on the Indy offense meant nothing to New Orleans' defense in the Colts' 41-10 beatdown of the Saints, the importation of former Patriot Reche Caldwell for a look-see and the Patriots bringing in ex-Jets Tim Dwight and Bobby Hamilton (on the QT Friday) meant nothing to the outcome of the Patriots' win over the Jets. Maybe the Jets learned a scintilla about the physical condition of Randy Moss -- maybe -- but as far as strategy or signals or audible signs ... fiction.

        "It's the most overrated thing in sports,'' said Peyton Manning, who went on to give me a great example of how a foreign agent can actually hurt a team's preparation. "The classic was when we're playing Cleveland and they got [former Colts backup quarterback and offensive assistant] Kelly Holcomb and Bruce Arians. It's Tony Dungy's first year, maybe 2002. So the Browns grill Holcomb all week, 'You got to give us something' and he says, 'I'm telling you, Peyton's going to change it up. He knows I'm here, he's going to give you a dummy audible early. I'm telling you, he's not stupid. So, just play your keys.'

        "They're up 16-3, I think, at the half," said Manning. "Second half, we get a good drive going and it's fourth-and-three. So we run our bread and butter play, a little five-yard under route. Well, I signal the play and Holcomb -- it's the same signal -- so he says, 'Ah, now I'm going to help them.' So he says, 'They're running the five-yard under play! Five-yard under play!"

        "And so you can see it on the film -- they're going, 'Watch the slants, watch the slants.' So they load up, all inside technique, and they go into a man defense. Well, I see this and I see the defenders all change up -- that's the thing about the no-huddle, I can see this -- and I kept the receivers doing the same thing and I checked to a zone running play and it's only six guys who gotta know -- the linemen and the back [James Mungro]. And he goes 29 yards untouched for a touchdown. And so their guys go to Holcomb, all pissed off, 'So, they're running a slant, huh? Thanks a freaking lot, Holcomb.'
        "A man with no belly has no appetite for life."

        - Salman Rushdie

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          Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

          Also investigating some radio frequency issues, hmmmm. . . The amazing intuition of their defense in all those playoff games comes into real question now, when they always just happened to get a jump on all our plays and were always praised for the amazing abililty to have players in the right position. After reading about how Bellichick treated Ted Johnson when he had all those brain concussions, nothing would suprise me regarding his breaking the rules of decency or the NFL in order to win.

          Someone is seriously comparing this to some alleged crowd noise fabrication which everyone knows was a figment of one of Ben Rottenliesburger's acid flashbacks?

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          • #6
            Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

            Didn't they have a similar situation against the Dolphins last year as well?

            I'll wait to see what develops before jumping to conclusions.

            Could put an * around all this dynasty talk if found guilty

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            • #7
              Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

              Wow, this is pretty serious actually.
              "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."
              Big difference between asking an ex-player and using technology to steal or spy.

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                Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                Originally posted by naturallystoned View Post
                I'm going to wait until more facts are brought to light, plus it's not as bad as pumping in fake crowd noise...
                You can't be serious, can you?

                The fake crowd noise was alleged by a hack reporter, I believe. And, maybe Big Ben.

                Are you really comparing possible spying to a fake story about crowd noise?

                Seriously? If you are, then you lose all credibility.

                on your part.

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                • #9
                  Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                  Originally posted by Stryder View Post
                  You can't be serious, can you?

                  The fake crowd noise was alleged by a hack reporter, I believe. And, maybe Big Ben.

                  Are you really comparing possible spying to a fake story about crowd noise?

                  Seriously? If you are, then you lose all credibility.

                  on your part.
                  You actually think he's being serious? :shakehead

                  Granted you can't read sarcasm through text but I can bet you he's not being serious.
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                    Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                    Originally posted by Stryder View Post
                    You can't be serious, can you?

                    The fake crowd noise was alleged by a hack reporter, I believe. And, maybe Big Ben.

                    Are you really comparing possible spying to a fake story about crowd noise?

                    Seriously? If you are, then you lose all credibility.

                    on your part.
                    Originally posted by Natston;n3510291
                    I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of the 3 T.J.s working for them, and that ain't bad...

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                    • #11
                      Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                      Originally posted by Moses View Post
                      The Patriots as an organization despise the Jets and it goes vice versa.
                      This is what makes me think that just MAYBE the Jets arranged some type of setup. They are absolutely ticked off at the Patrots after the Pats charged them with tampering last year, demanding (but not getting) draft picks.

                      There could be an element of payback going on, or maybe some Pats guy was trying to seroiusly annoy the Jets coaches.

                      It's unlikely that recording possible signals helped them much in Sundays game. Did they record them, use some universal remote to freeze time (the movie "Clicker"), analyze the tape, figure out the signal, then restart the space-time continuum and let the Pats coachs know what was coming?

                      Then they used this information to make the Jets miss tackles, make penalties, and on offense drop balls.

                      If they were cheating, it was to find something to use in the later rematch game.

                      Make no mistake, if they did this then it is very wrong and they should be punished severely.


                      Also, since Belichick is God, he is already all-knowing, so he knew what was coming anyway.
                      The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

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                      • #12
                        Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                        Absolutely no one around here is shocked and they generally assume the Pats cheat as much as possible every game. It's only wrong if you get caught!

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                        • #13
                          Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                          Belichick has always been a dick. Dick.
                          Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                            here is a link to a blog with a picture of the guy doing it... the picture is hella big, otherwise i'd post it here.

                            http://100percentinjuryrate.blogspot...ubterfuge.html

                            if you click on it you can see a guy with a camera circled
                            This is the darkest timeline.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Pats suspected of stealing Jets' signals

                              You mean the guy was on Jets sidelines? I thought he was taking from the Pats sidelines

                              And Goodell has determined that the Patsies need some punishments

                              http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3014677
                              Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

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