Un-Patriotic

Former Patriots videographer Matt Walsh has turned over tapes of 8 games in which the Pats illegally taped the opposition. One of those games was the 2002 AFC championship versus the Steelers. There was no tape of any Rams pre-super bowl run through, and Walsh has denied saying he had such a tape or was the source of those reports.

 

One has to wonder if the lack of a smoking gun of a super bowl tape will somehow overshadow the shocking news that Patriots cheated in the AFC championship game. In other words, the game immediately behind the super bowl in importance to the league.

 

If the Patriots forfeited a first round draft pick and half million dollar fines for taping regular season games, it boggles the mind to think what the potential punishment could be for cheating in a playoff game – and again, not a crappy wild card round game, but the freakin’ AFC championship. (Does it add insult to injury that the infraction occurred in the House that Rooney Built?)

 

And it will also be interesting to see if what the Pats previously turned over matches with what Walsh has provided. If not, Kraft and Belichick will have some explaining to do. And if they did, then NFL Commissioner Inspector Closeau will have to explain why he wasn’t more forthcoming about the Patriots’ cheating in a playoff game. As always, the cover up may become worse than the crime.