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Patriots punished

Today commissioner Goodell handed down the Patriots' punishment for cheating. Needless to say, the punishment was heavy.

New England coach Bill Belichick was fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 Thursday and the Patriots were ordered to pay $250,000 for spying on an opponent's defensive signals.

The commissioner also ordered the team to give up next year's first-round draft choice if it reaches the playoffs and second- and third-round picks if it doesn't.

A first round pick! I have a feeling that's the last time any team skirts the rules and films an opponents' signals... However, I did have to scratch my head in a bit in reading the article on Yahoo! Sports about the punishment. Tell me if you can spot what's wrong here.

Yeah that's a picture of McNabb next to the story. Let's look further down the story...

Another McNabb pic! I would have thought that maybe a picture of Belichick or Brady or you know... any Patriot might have made more sense? LOL! Who knows? I just thought it was kinda funny.

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