Are the Patriots the Biggest Cheaters in NFL History?

It was actually kind of funny in that wild card game when the Tennessee Titans ended the dynasty coach Mike Vrabel who used to play for Bill Belichick used the same delay-of-game punt trick a couple times to run like 3 or 4 minutes off the clock and the loophole is closed the next year. 😆 When coach Vrabs used Bill Belichick's trick against him he was so f****** pissed on the sidelines cussing and freaking out it was hilarious. 🤣

Once a case gets to the point where “the evidence was destroyed” everyone knows that they’re guilty as sin.

There is no doubt the talent was there. But the fact this much cheating was swept under the rug is ridiculous. They treated it like nothing happened, so it probably kept going. And the fact it's rarely talked about is part of the cover up too. Craft used a lot of his power to keep things going. They even sat there and labeled the Super Bowl after Brady's suspension "Brady's revenge against the NFL".

It was not illegal to tape defensive signals. Everyone in the league did it. What WAS illegal was doing it from the sidelines, which in itself was a recent change. Bill thought the rule was stupid, and continued to tape from the sideline, even though Mangini warned him not to. Robert Kraft said it best: "Bill, did you know it was illegal to tape from the sideline?" "Yes I did." "Well, then, you're a putz."

No wonder why almost every member of Bill Belichick's coaching tree was terrible outside New England

The part of this I always point back to is Josh McDaniels' brief stint as the Broncos head coach. He was caught (surprise, surprise) video taping the 49ers practice in London, and wasn't the coach for much longer. When he was fired, he was again welcomed back with open arms as the Patriots OC.

Random tidbit, the Patriots ran that same trick play the time they played the Eagles prior, successfully. Long before any Eagle heard about it in practice

As a jets fan, I don’t accept bill’s apology to all those affected.

It’s hard to imagine that the NFL might be as corrupt as FIFA, but there’s no reason to think they aren’t. With big wagers riding on games now, the stakes have been jacked up, and I think we know how that plays out. Think Black Sox. The Pats seem to be getting kid glove treatment in spite of the scandals, and that might have something to do with Kraft’s stature in the league. The NFL is, after all not a public service. It’s a creature of the owners…..full stop.

If im an owner of an NFL team its worth a $500,000 fine to win a superbowl. Just saying

It WAS a dynasty built on deceit.

I grew up as a diehard Pats fan. They cheated constantly and the refs were instructed to help them in the post season. Chiefs are the new pats

Spectre and Kraft are both from that protected tribe

Deflategate was b.s. everyone knows a football inflated higher is a better ball to throw. When temperatures drop air pressure drops also this is why you need to add air to your tires after cold weather.

Patriots recorded pregame walk throughs. So you know if you have to define the rule down to the letter and intent they were knowingly crossing the line.

He knew every coach's scheme from his generation. When they fined him, he'd already known everyone's plays on specific downs. The NFL would bounce coaches around, and he had already known their game plans, down and distanced plays for years and years. And when you have the game's greatest game manager it equaled quick success. Now the NFL has younger coaches, he's got a new quarterback, and everyone is more than aware of the dude's cheating. He went right back to being the 9-7 Cleveland Browns he was prior to joining the Pats.

The NFL corporate - give refs marching order during the games. Watch the 2018 Saints / Rams game. The PI within the 10 and the interception in overtime included a hold on Michael Thomas, a smack to Drew Brees helmet and an offensive lineman obviously held. The league in no way wanted the Saints (one of Roger’s worst nightmares PR wise) in the Superbowl with his cherished Patriots

Cheating occurs more often than you think in the NFL. Rumor has it, the Tennessee Titans somehow got their mitts on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ playbook before the AFC Championship Game in ‘99, which the Titans won.

It’s unfortunate that the NFL is now the WWE. A billion dollar industry doesn’t leave anything to chance. Itd be better if they did.

They even upgraded "Roughing the passer" to ensure Brady's domination because Brady's domination equal $$$$$$

Wow rare clip of Skip talking about the Patriots' advantages from cheating. Must have been before he was on the Brady bandwagon.

It's awesome seeing Dan Orlovski on ESPN we played high-school football together!!

It really makes you appreciate and understand Peyton Manning’s greatness that he was able to have as much success against Brady and Belichick as he did despite this level of nefarious behavior. Especially considering the fact that he played them so often.

Every one of their titles should have an asterisk next to them

Kraft looks like he’s full of sin in the thumbnail lol

Funny how the patriots controversy is mentioned 24/7 and yet the “Bountygate” scandal is never mentioned

Bro's still salty they didn't hand the ball the lynch

The Patriot way? This is not just Bill or Tom culture. Its much deeper. From the owner, staff and players they all knew to take advantage of the system. The league should have ban all of them decades ago but didn't. It launched this so called dynasty and indicates how this league truly functions.

The thing in the Ravens game was a joke. I remember screaming at the TV "THEY CANT DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!" They banned it immediately.

So basically those six rings are dirty and the history books should have an * besides those winning seasons and championships especially.

Well said, “unprecedented success, marred in controversy and scandal” 🙃

This story should’ve started with the tuck rule in 2001. Raiders were robbed.

If there is such an open addition and knowledge of cheating, then there should be lifetime bans for such egregious activities over such a long period of time.

I am a long time Patriots fan and after the 3rd championship I felt like something was wrong specially with the receivers it just looked rigged or staged 😮

Pete Rose got a lifetime ban from baseball for betting his team would win.

I've always found it strange that they've been caught cheating on multiple occasions and in super bowls. Yet not a single title of theirs was stripped from them. Someone like Lance Armstrong who got caught "Cheating" for oxygenation to his blood. Got every single medal he's ever earned ever stripped. I know it's a different profession but it's still horrible.

And he still is coaching, amazing

It's funny how people used to say brady could read defenses so well. Turns out he was just cheating and knew what the defense was doing before they even lined up.

The Patriots cheated in Super Bowl 36 against the Rams. The Rams had the BEST offense in the league by far. They only scored a field goal in the 1st Qtr., and were scoreless in the 2nd & 3rd Qtrs. The Rams went to a No Huddle offense and scored 2 touchdowns in the 4th Qtr. Clearly, the Patriots were listening to the Rams plays, but with a No Huddle Offense, they could no longer hear the plays and the Rams scored easily. The Patriots cheated!!!!!!!! Losers!!!

if they got caught this many times - I have to wonder how many times they got away with cheating.

The 70 Steelers were the greatest Dynasty ever..... and they never had 2 cheat! Like the Patcheatriots!

In the modern era I still rate Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Mahomes ahead of Brady. Brady is a straight bullshitter. Even in the end he partnered up with a well know steroid distributor. Brady had no shame.

The smirk on bill’s face when he exploited rule on DoG was classic. Evil genius

This organization is a disgrace ..

Been caught so many times and still no one speaks if it. He got a suspension, but Brady gonna go right in the HOF. They might not even bring it up. We'll see in 5 years

You make football documentaries without knowing a single thing about football. Quite remarkable actually, good job I guess

Belicheck should be treated like Barry Bonds, no HoF.

"If you're not cheating, you're not trying" - Eddie Guerrero

I feel like this is a safe space for abused NFL fans. I'm a Colts fan and there's....years of pain caused by the Pats. Some of it was them being cunning, some were loopholes that were technically legal, and some was outright fucking cheating.

They couldn't have just banned Brady and Belichick from the NFL entirely, long before they could have hit dynasty status? And the Spygate penalties couldn't have been EVERY draft pick for 2 years, rather than a single first? Come on.

Oh nooo. 750k fine for a billion dollar club and lose a pic on a stacked team. So suffering!

Seems fitting for a team who's dynasty was started by one of the most controversial calls in NFL history. Great vid!

23:00 Coach Bellicheat doesn’t verbally deny cheating! He laughs, kind of shakes his head and says, “chuckle, chuckle….can’t imagine.” Great documentary!

Spyware wasn’t about taping signals it was not illegal to tape signals . It was the location on the field that was illegal. All 32 teams have admitted to taping practices and signals post spygate .

I'm watching this as speculation is rampant that Kraft is about to can Bill like tuna. I'm willing to bet some of Krafts reasoning for kicking Bill to the curb is resentment over Tom Brady leaving. If Kraft could have it back he'd have fired Bill long before Brady left.

Funny thing is, after deflategate TB12 wins 3 more SB’s…

The Patriots got so many breaks it unreal. The biggest break they ever got, I think was the play that began the tuck rule. Now everyone can watch that play and without a doubt, Tom Brady had done a pump fake and got hit and fumbled and the Raiders recovered. That was awful the way the Raiders got cheated.

Are you saying the Pats were guilty of mathgate, allowing Brady to play 127 consecutive games in 3 consecutive seasons? 🤔

Probably my favorite editing out of any smite montage Good stuff

I knew that they were cheaters but i didn't realize that it was this bad WOW how is Billicheat still a coach

Anyone who knows body language can tell Bill was lying when he broke eye contact while saying they never ever used that recording during a game. He looked away lol.

LOL All The Crybabies in the comments its hilarious how jealous you are of the greatest dynasty in pro football that was ridiculously witch hunted by teams, etc

Brady destroys his phone and nobody bats an eye? Wtf

Brady played 127 games straight, in span of 3 years. amazing

R.I.P. to a player who NEVER cheated...#32 🖤💛

People laugh at deflategate, but my man Brady wrecked his whole phone lol. That's when I knew lol. But hey, whatayya gonna do?

If you have to cheat to win, does that make you a winner?

And then, the owner of the patriots, Kraft , got secretly taped at a brothel.

when i was in jr. high/ high school, i was watching pro wrestling on a saturday afternoon. my dad walked in the room, and after a few moments, asked me, "do you know why people go to see wrestling live?" i said no. he told me, "they don't go to see someone win, they go to see someone get beat." for the longest time, that never made sense to me. but look at the yankees in baseball, the celtics in basketball and the pats in football. people watch them hoping they get beat. how else could you explain the cheating, the ugly unis, the ugly helmets, the electric razor painted on the field, the cheating, the arrogant qb, darth vader as coach, etc.? for about the last 10 years i've refused to watch a patriots game, super bowls included. great video. keep up the good work.

Joe Montana once said "If you're not cheating you're not trying hard enough" while stopping short of directly saying the 80's 49ers cheated.

Deflatgate is when I found out teams use their own football on offense

How come the league kept changing the rules just because the Patriots benefit from it. Rules are legal then you change them.

As a Seahawks fan, I still have my suspicions on how they we’re practicing for the exact play the Seahawks ran on the one. Seattle never ran that play all season.

At least we won't have to put up with Brady anymore pretty soon, just as soon as the HGH stops working....

Don’t EVER use Skip Bayless in a video if you want it to be taken seriously lol

Aaron Rodgers said every ball he used was over inflated.

What about Super Bowl 51 The Comeback Did Donald Trump pay for a dive there? What about Kyle Shanahan's Missing Playbook? What about the drones flying over the walk through practice of Falcons? What about Matthew Ryan's headset malfunctioning during the Super Bowl? I saw the video of him saying this during the football game. It had since disappeared.

If Pete Rose is not allowed in the Hall, Tom and Bill should not be considered

Great video!

Great quality content!

Amazing video bro!

Spygate Deflategate Orchids of Asiagate How many other gates were covered up or swept under the rug that we don't know about?

The league is using that playclock strategy now😂😂😂😂 it was genius

Every team was doing what Bill was doing. Why do you think Eric Mangini the former Pats coach and Jets head coach who informed the league of what Belichick was doing has never gotten another Job in the NFL??? All the teams were mad

If it were any team but the Falcons, 28-3 probably would be a scandle too. Kyle Shannahan's playbook coming up missing was very suspicious.

Huge fan of your videos! I'd love to see a video on draft picks who were going to be "busts" but are actually better players in the NFL than they were in college.. aka Justin Herbert, Mahomes, Josh Allen! Screw it maybe just make a doc on young QBs killing it in the NFL haha I'm not trying to tell you how or what videos to make at all, just a suggestion! Again huge fan!

Spygate started it all and nine Super Bowl appearances later, fans still marvel at it all.

To this very day I still don't know what all the fuss is with respect to "Tape-Gate". So they videoed the opponents signals. So what? Why weren't their opponents smart enough to protect their signals or change them up from week-to-week? Getting all upset about this is kind of like seeing a guy reach down and pick up a $100 dollar bill lying on the sidewalk and accusing him of petty theft.

Sounds to me more like they just took advantage of the rules, i wouldn’t call that cheating.

Well the nfl isn’t really a sport anymore it’s more of a show nowadays. Look at all these close games nowadays on Christmas Eve so they can get people to tune in to the games🤦‍♂️

The team that kicked everyone's ass so bad for 20 years that they had to pin SOMETHING on em 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jim Harbaugh saw this documentary.

Great quality man, good job, from a doc junkie it's not given out lightly

There needs to be a 3rd party probe to investigate the officials, the commissioner, the players, and the coaches. Everyone involved in the league. Sports gambling needs to be shut down. The only thing that is going to change anything is legal action, people speaking up, and if we quit watching.

All sports are rigged anyways people need to wake up

Haters gon hate... Sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet though. It sucks when everyone's cheating (filming/stealing signals was a common practice for a lot of teams) but you get caught, you end up becoming the scapegoat. Mangini "caught" the Patriots cheating because he had been involved with the same stuff when he was in New England, so who's the bad guy? Mangini had no problems with stealing team's signals until it was HIS team's signals getting stolen. As for the Colts and Deflategate? They lost 45-7, I'm sure it was just because of air pressure. Get fuckin real. The Patriots filled their balls with the exact psi the league specified, and they knew that the cold air would cause the balls to lose pressure... Of course Brady knew, how could be not notice the balls were softer? But this is not cheating, but exploiting the rules, and a coach's job is to find advantages where they can and exploit them. Every team does it, what about the Colts pumping in crowd noise over their PA system? Every team "cheats" but the Patriots won a lot so everyone blames them.

I feel bad for all of the great teams that should have won championships or at least played in the Super Bowl but got screwed by the Patriots. Unfortunately the NFL has gone completely off the rails and have decided that the “Patriot Way” is the best way because it's obvious in 2023 that the NFL is rigged and the games are fixed for sports betting. The refs are calling penalties where there are no penalties, when spotting the football they are moving the ball up in order to give their chosen team a first down when they are actually short, and they are using reviews to find penalties and then completely forgetting about the reviewed play and instead calling penalties on the team they want to lose. Teams are also in on it by kicking field goals when they actually need TDs at the end of games so they can cover the spread but not win the game. The NFL may not be completely scripted like the WWE but the games are not fair and outcomes are being predetermined and you are blind if you say I'm wrong.

So wish we could see downvotes on youtube videos… Its absolutely absurd youtube censored that. That way we could also see how many ppl from boston clicked on this vid!

As someone from NE, even we, the fans don’t know what goes on inside bill’s mind😂