Patriot's Coach Bill BelichickAccording to ESPN, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has determined that the Patriots violated league rules in their game last Sunday against the Jets. NFL officials confiscated a camera operated by Patriots video assistant, Matt Estrella. Apparently, the confiscated camera had images that confirmed the NFL’s suspicion that the Patriots were cheating. And this isn’t the first time.

Estrella was supposedly taking photos of the defensive hand signals used by the Jets on the sidelines. Obviously, this gives the Patriots an unfair competitive advantage. If you don’t understand what the big deal is, you don’t understand football.

Imagine that the Patriots have been taking photos of the defensive hand signals, and they have matching photos of the formation the defense uses with those signals. For instance, if the Patriots know that a certain hand signal means a blitz from the right side, they can change the play at the line of scrimmage based on that hand signal. Talk about an unfair advantage!

Do you think the other teams players and coaches are surprised? Of course not! Chargers running back Ladanian Tomlinson said, “I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, ‘If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.’” “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” Pittsburgh Steelers said Mike Tomlin to local reporters. “Those rumors are founded on something. So it’s not totally shocking, no.”

The president of the Packers also said a similar incident happened last year when they faced the Patriots.

Does Bill Belichick have anything to do with it? Of course he does. It’s impossible for a head coach to NOT know that his team is cheating. He is personally responsible for everything that happens on that field. He’s calling the shots. He’s the ring leader of the cheaters.

So what does that tell us about the most impressive football dynasty in recent years, if not of all time? It’s a joke! It’s lost it’s value. The Patriots dynasty is a travesty.

What do you think?

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