Without a doubt, Bill Belichick is a good football coach. Great even. But he will now and forever be known as a cheater. Bring on the asterisks, some are saying.
Jimmy Johnson pretty much indicted himself today, too, trying to defend his colleague, which actually did worse to save face for the genius than anything else I observed.
At first glance, the $500 K + $250 K plus the loss of draft pick(s) in 2008 penalties seemed to be a pretty fair response from the NFL... Now, after a weekend watching the games, and listening to the players and broadcasters, I don't think it went far enough and I think Roger Goodell needs to look further into the evidence and the history.
As I type this, the Pats are leading the Chargers 24-zip... They seem to be dominating all facets of the game, and the addition of Randy Moss gives Brady a weapon like he has never had before. The team has always seemed to be the 'thing' in New England, which was an enviable position, even for a Steeler fan.
But from now on, I will always question how good those second half adjustments and on field check-offs by Brady really were over the past years... One reporter today (I haven't located a link yet. when/if I do, I'll post it here) said that Belicheat has a library of tapes of opposing defensive coaches on the sideline, and that the matter is NOT closed as far as the NFL is concerned. For the good of the game, I hope so.
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