Patriots Fined 1.1M, Stripped of 3rd Round Pick

[Dante84]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> have been fined $1.1M and will be stripped of a 3rd-round pick for filming the field and and the Cincinnati sideline during a game between the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Browns</a>, per <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeReiss</a>. Full details below: <a href="https://t.co/dFZ79fMRYE">pic.twitter.com/dFZ79fMRYE</a></p>&mdash; NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1277394903920791552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Pablo]

Cocksuckers deserve a nuke dropped on their city.

[Dante84]

Cam Newton news 2 mins before. Distraction move.

[staylor26]

Lol this just makes the punishment we got for the Maclin bs look more harsh. What a joke. Take a 1st round pick from them and send a message that this has to stop once and for all.

[suzzer99]

Is this confirmed? I don't see any chatter about it.

[srvy]

If this is true the league just sent a message to the league cheating is AOK.

[Red Dawg]

Bill is a cheater and a liar like Brady. They always have been. What the hell took so long. A 3rd? They have been stripped of a first before. It should be elevated to two firsts. Not more money. Kraft is a fucking billionaire.

[Johnny Vegas]

Patriots fans should be embarrassed and I would say furthermore this is probably why Brady left.

[siberian khatru]

Oh, damn

[gblowfish]

Good. They richly deserve it. Cheatin' bastards! And $1.1 mill is chump change. Kick Bobby Kraft in his low hanging wrinkled ball sack. Make it $10 million.

[The Franchise]

Sure.....but these guys are cheaters....right?

[RealSNR]

That cocksucker Julian Edelman should put THAT shit on a T-shirt

[KC_Connection]

Were Pats timing the Cam signing for when this cheating penalty news dropped? Seems like something they'd do.

[TribalElder]

They should have done this before this years draft

[RealSNR]

Is this confirmed? I don't see any chatter about it.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29380577/new-england-patriots-fined-11-million-lose-draft-pick-film-crew-fallout

[RealSNR]

Lol this just makes the punishment we got for the Maclin bs look more harsh. What a joke. Take a 1st round pick from them and send a message that this has to stop once and for all.

If they wanted it to stop once and for all they would ban Belichick for a season and we'd be talking multiple 1st round picks.

That's what the Saints got for bounties and the NFL wanted that shit to never happen again. Thus, it was stomped out.

Patriots just going to keep cheating.

[Red Dawg]

Nothing about this anywhere. I think its fake.

[RealSNR]

Nothing about this anywhere. I think its fake.

Did you try using the Google machine?

[staylor26]

If they wanted it to stop once and for all they would ban Belichick for a season and we'd be talking multiple 1st round picks.

That's what the Saints got for bounties and the NFL wanted that shit to never happen again. Thus, it was stomped out.

Patriots just going to keep cheating.

Oh I agree, but we both know that was never going to happen.

If it’s going to be just a draft pick, it should be the most severe one.

[Buehler445]

Yeah, That'll teach them :rolleyes:

[Chief Northman]

Nothing about this anywhere. I think its fake.

:rolleyes:

[Chieftain]

The history of cheating scandals the Patriots organization has accumulated under Belichick is mindnumbing.

- 2001 AFC divisional playoff game: Tuck rule sends home Raiders
- 2007 Spygate scandal
- 2014 Falsified injury report allegations
- 2014 AFC divisional playoff game: Sneaky formation baffles Ravens
- 2014 AFC championship game: Deflategate scandal begins
- 2015 Headset malfunctions anger Steelers
- 2019 Play clock trick reveals rulebook loophole
- 2019 Bengals video scandal

These are not some simple allegations but rather blatant cheating scandals and a pattern of behavior with the intent to affect the outcome of games. They were found guilty and subsequently punished by the league on multiple occasions. Shameful.

[Rain Man]

If this is true, every team should do it to even the playing field. The patriots got half a dozen super bowl "victories" for the cost of a third round pick and whatever it cost them the last time they got caught. The patriots will just start doing it again until they get caught again.

I agree that Belichick should be banned from the league permanently. He cheats constantly and that's the only reason he's had success. And Kraft should be forced to sell the team.

[smithandrew051]

The correct punishment: vacate ALL wins under Belichick and ban ANY team with Belichick on their payroll from the postseason as long as he is employed by that team.

Force Belichick to retire in shame.

[BigRedChief]

**** the Patriots. They have cheated or tried to cheat since forever. That said, Why is this a big deal? Seems like tech has already made theese issues a moot point.

Filming the field? They publicly post the all 22 film every week for every game.

Sideline? I’m assuming to get their signals? You can put that into AI and it’ll spit out every signal possible and what the indicators are with the free software you can get from any cloud provider. No real tech skills needed.

[Red Dawg]

I stand corrected. Losers actually got something. Not nearly enough for theor pattern of cheating but at least ot taints their success a little more.

[Chieftain]

That's why I'm proud to be a Chiefs fan. Our team has suffered playoff failures for so long but at least they have played their opponents fair. Our success was earned without cheating. You will not find more honest coaches in the history of the league than Marty Schottenheimer and Andy Reid.

[penchief]

Lol this just makes the punishment we got for the Maclin bs look more harsh. What a joke. Take a 1st round pick from them and send a message that this has to stop once and for all.

Agreed.

[Sorce]

I don't care about the pick, belichick should be suspended for a year.

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[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

3rd comp for Brady

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Yeah, That'll teach them :rolleyes:

They should be forced to hire Herm Edwards as HC for 3 years.

[lcarus]

Cocksuckers deserve a nuke dropped on their city.

You ever leave an uncovered bowl of clam chowder in the microwave too long? Christ that would be a mess!

[Willie Lanier]

Where's that cooky little troll Asterix?

I'd love his input on this matter...

[mdchiefsfan]

To be honest, I forgot all about this.

[Chief3188]

We lost a 3rd round pick for talking to Jeremy Maclin a few hours ahead of the free agency deadline in a practice that is now accepted.
The patriots should have lost their entire draft.

[gblowfish]

$1.1 million is pocket change for Bobby. He spends more yearly on rubby and tuggy.

[RealSNR]

They're going to cheat again. If they get caught again, I think that actually will mean a Belichick suspension. It pretty much has to.

[TEX]

Where's that cooky little troll Asterix?

I'd love his input on this matter...

He disappeared MONTHS ago.

[MahiMike]

Belicheat will still win the AFC East for years w/o Brady.

[Rain Man]

They're going to cheat again. If they get caught again, I think that actually will mean a Belichick suspension. It pretty much has to.

Yeah, because it's not a major issue if you cheat 314 times, but they'll put the hammer down if you do it 315 times.

[cdcox]

The history of cheating scandals the Patriots organization has accumulated under Belichick is mindnumbing.

- 2001 AFC divisional playoff game: Tuck rule sends home Raiders
- 2007 Spygate scandal
- 2014 Falsified injury report allegations
- 2014 AFC divisional playoff game: Sneaky formation baffles Ravens
- 2014 AFC championship game: Deflategate scandal begins
- 2015 Headset malfunctions anger Steelers
- 2019 Play clock trick reveals rulebook loophole
- 2019 Bengals video scandal

These are not some simple allegations but rather blatant cheating scandals and a pattern of behavior with the intent to affect the outcome of games. They were found guilty and subsequently punished by the league on multiple occasions. Shameful.

They are approaching Broncos territory here.

[ChiefBlueCFC]

A slap on the wrist for a repeat offender for blatant cheating... ridiculous

[Buehler445]

He disappeared MONTHS ago.

He left after he was surprised when he got pushback suggesting the AFCE wasn’t a joke.

I think was legitimately surprised he caught flack for that.

[BleedingRed]

Good, with this harsh punishment they will never do something like this again

LOL

[Otter]

Filming from the sideline?

This isn't illegal even in NFL mandated restraints.

I'm not an expert in this area but I'm pretty sure once you go on the field you're free game to be filmed.

[BossChief]

What a fucking joke.

Basically saying cheating of all different ways is just frowned upon, but allowed with minimal penalties for repeat offenses.

[SuperBowl4]

DEFUND THE PATRIOTS

[Mahomes_Is_God]

Wrist slap.

[scho63]

Patriots need to change their name from a group representing old WHITE men of privilege who raped this land to a more PC correct one. ROFL

[Frazod]

Belicheat will still win the AFC East for years w/o Brady.

I think those days are done, as is the league's love affair with New England. The ref$ would have never allowed Miami to score on that long drive that cost them HFA last season otherwise.

They're just another team now. The Golden Child resides in Kansas City.

[Hayneplane]

Shows how ridiculously addicted to Cheating the Patriots are to decide to cheat by spying on the worst team in the league that were tanking anyway and they could beat last year playing at 75%.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Zero legit titles....pathetic

[Rasputin]

They should force RC to sell his team as a chronic cheater he shouldn't get to own his team.