The New England Patriots are being investigated for allegedly filming the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline during week 14 and slowly but surely, the details are starting to come out.
According to the Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr., the Patriots’ crew team, who claimed to be gathering footage for an episode of the Patriots series ‘Do Your Job’, filmed eight straight minutes of footage of the Bengals' sideline with a “direct view” of Cincinnati coaches’ signals. The video was later confiscated and is being looked into by the league.
Patriots coach Bill Belichik insisted he had no idea about what was happening and had this to say on the matter:
The following is an excerpt from Pro Football Talk:
“Yeah I heard about this. You know, evidently this is our production people on the TV show that were there. We have nothing to do with anything they produce,” Belichick said. “I’ve never even seen their tapes. This is something we had 100 percent nothing to do with.”
The Patriots also issued a statement of their own:
The timing of the whole situation is just a tad bit suspicious. The Patriots are set to visit Cincinnati on Sunday and are hoping to snap a three-game losing streak. New England was fined $250,000 and stripped a first round pick in 2007 after they were caught filming their opponents’ signals.
Time will tell how this one unfolds but this is all awfully fishy.
(H/T BR Gridiron)
