No Surprises

Posted by Randolph Charlotin May 13, 2008 at 5:51 pm

Excuse me as I channel my inner Dennis Green after seeing the Spygate videos: They are what Goodell said they were!!!

Much like the former Arizona Cardinals head coach knew what to expect from the Chicago Bears during that Monday night game, I remembered NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s description of what were on the tapes they confiscated from the Patriots. After seeing the clips against the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and so on, it pretty much matches what Goodell said he saw when they took the first tape during the season opener against the New York Jets.

That’s why it’s funny to hear the uproar after the media viewed the films. What did they expect to see? Did they think it looked like Heidi skipping through tulips?

Besides the video, there are a few points to bring up: Belichick lied about mistinterpreting the league rules. If he thought it wasn’t a violation, he wouldn’t had ordered Matt Walsh to be careful to not get caught. There is/was no Stl Louis Rams Super Bowl walkthrough tape, and these tapes were not used for later in the games they were recorded, just for future use.

Is this the end of Spygate? Far from it. That book is closed, but just like jurors from high profile court cases, everyone wants to write their own book on the subject and tell their own version.