Bigtwn, don't EVEN make me bring up the *cheating bullshit again.
Suffice to say Hoodie and his friend Ernie Adams did cheat, do cheat and will cheat as long as they continue to work together in football. The * are as dirty as a team can be and Tom Brady's entire legacy is tainted and completely invalid.
Check out the original complaint filed by Jets Coach Eric Mangini, pay special attention to the sections regarding audio signals and the interception and blocking of those signals. You might find that reading interesting. You may also find that all THAT part of the complaint disappeared very quickly because THAT was the real meat of the scandal.
What you really need to know though is that the *s were involved in stealing audio signals and video of other teams. They then took all that information and broke it down along with down and distance and film footage of the plays and players. They then use Ernie Adams who happens to have a photographic memory. They take the audio and video information to Ernie along with play verbiage for every single team in the league with their coaches have painstakingly broken down. (You see, they've gone through, matched the verbiage with what all the players do so they KNOW what all the play calls mean.) then they give that to Ernie who happens to sit up in the box way up high.
Ernie has memorized (with his photographic memory, you recall,) every single playcall for every team both offensively and defensively throughout the league. The *s train video on opposing coaches during games (continuing to build on their database of down/distance/player reactions) while they continue to steal audio signals over the radio. Meanwhile during games those stolen audio signals go directly to Ernie who translates the calls and then relates them back to either the offensive or defensive coordinator who then tells either the defensive captain or Tom Brady what the other team is doing.
This way the *s know precisely what the other team is doing both offensively and defensively at any given time. Now. The *s still have to STOP the team. It also doesn't keep a team from calling an audible at the line if the QB or defense sees something, but it certainly gives the *s a HUGE advantage. This is why the *s have posted such an amazing record over Hoodies tenure there. They cheat. They continue to cheat and they will do so until they are forced to stop.
(Sigh... yes. I know. You'll simply say - "Why don't team's just change their signals?") Because changing your entire offensive and defensive signal verbiage is not simple. Because coaches come from coaching trees and their verbiage is a literal language and it has to be known by heart by the OC or DC and by several players on the field who translate it to the rest of the defense or offense. So you can't just change it overnight.
Now, the Giants did that exact thing. They changed their entire offensive and defensive language before the superbowls and forced the *s to play them straight up. And in doing so, made the *s actually play the game fairly.
No. Goodell and the *s are about as dirty as the NFL can get. All you have to do is look at the original complaint and see how much of it was actually ignored and completely discarded to realize "Oh ****. We were completely misdirected to a really really small part of the complaint." Then when you put together the Ernie Adams aspect of the *s organization, along with the testimony of some of their former employees. Ya. They're scum. You don't EVER want any former * employee on the Steelers.