Did the Patriots cheat to win Superbowl 39?

What happened to the patriot head with the asterisk?  I loved it.

They should come down hard .
Give them a loss, suspend Belichick, take draft picks, fines
and much much more

It makes you wonder what else they did.
Theres a rumor that they mic'd there d-linemen so they could learn the offensive audibles.

This could get real big quick.

Willie McGinnest said after the game against the Rams that the coaches told him to "cover" Marshall Faulk by holding him.  He held him all game long.

...and everyone in the league knows it. He's a great coach and a ruthless competitor, but he doesn't have much respect for a little thing called "the rules."

You guys are right, forcing the Pats to forfeit the game against the Jets is the only way to truly deter this sort of behavior, but we all know that's never going to happen.

Expect some fines, a loss of a draft pick, and possibly a suspension. We might also see some new rules about who can or can't be on the sidelines during a game, and some more thorough screening procedures to ensure that no one brings electronic recording equipment to the games.

by making them forfeiting the win.

you cheat and get caught, then you lose. simple as that. belicheck should at least be suspended for a large amount of the rest of the season.

if you're a player and you do HGH or roids and get caught, you get suspended. by taping the opposing team's coaches, the patriots coaches could basically "enhance" their own play calling. So i think it should be treated in a similar manner.

As as ardent Pats fan I am dissappointed in watch they did . . .

We must remember that the rule in which the Pats are accused of violating is only a recent rule (this year) and as such was not in effect at the time of SB 39.  I don't agree with what the Pats did, legal or otherwise.  I think there should be a santuary around the coaches and people shouldn't be trying to steal signs.  I got no problem with players (and coaches) picking up reads on the field of play via playing or game film.  But to me trying to decode coaches play calls is another thing.  However it is naive to think that other teams aren't trying to pick up and steals signs, so this is simply a part of the game.  Ever wonder why coaches hide behind thier play card when they talk?  Its part of the game, was legal up until last Thursday, and was avialable to ALL teams before last Thursday, and as such if other teams do not avail themselves of the technique, does not make is an unfair playing field or that teams that do it cheat. Its is only unfair playing field if one person does not have what another has . . . Also, one must break rules to cheat.  There was no rule in place at the time of SB 39.

I do hope the Pats get sanctioned . . .

     

You people are idiots - Mangini knew BB was cheating, he cheated with him when he worked for him in the past. You think he would be sending in signs that wern't coded when he new he was cheating? In baseball the teams try to steal the other teams signs all the time - that's why they change them up. Every team does it - and it's easy to avoid - just change them. If the NFL thought it was a big problem the defence would have headsets like the Offence.

Mangini is the one that should be thrown out - he did the same thing when he worked for Bill - and he got a head coaching job because of it. But now know one will ever trust him again.

So you eagle fans should concentrate on trying to win games, try "cheating" - maybe it'll help.