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There you go???? You want an apology? Are you kidding? They were cheating in the AFC Championship game, and you want an apology... Buddy, it's time that you go back to being simply a BoSox fan, where steroids and outspending small-market teams is the norm. What a joke!!!!
Patriots' videotapes include Steelers in 2002 AFC title game
Thursday, May 08, 2008
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK -- Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh sent the NFL eight videotapes that show New England violated league rules by recording opposing coaches' playcalling signals.
One of the opponents were the Steelers in the 2002 AFC Championship game.
The New York Times first reported the story on its Web site last night.
The Steelers tape, the Times said, had been edited to show Steelers coaches signaling plays, followed by two different camera angles of the actual plays that were called.
The tapes include signals by coaches of five opponents in six games from 2000-02, but don't include video from the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl.
The NFL said it received a letter from Michael Levy, the lawyer for Walsh, detailing the tapes that were scheduled to arrive today at the league's New York offices.
The tapes sent to the NFL show the Patriots recorded signals in regular-season games against Miami, Buffalo, Cleveland, San Diego and the Steelers.
"This is consistent with what the Patriots had admitted they had been doing, consistent with what we already knew," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press.
Walsh, who worked for New England from 1997 to 2003, agreed to turn over the tapes and other evidence by today. He's scheduled to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Tuesday about New England's taping of |