Patriots Were the Victims of Spying Before 2002 Super Bowl!

Any good Patriots fan will tell you that everyone is out to get the New England Patriots. That’s how it is today and that’s how it has been for over a decade. While people accuse the Patriots of cheating, did anyone ever think that maybe the Patriots were the victims? Here’s a New York Times story that ran the day before the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams:

"Halfway through practice, Patriots’ linebackers coach Pepper Johnson noticed something in a third-floor window of a house next to the field. Club and league officials said a telescope was clearly visible in the window, according to a pool report, and that 15 minutes later, a person appeared at the window, and then vanished. Officials scanned the window with binoculars, but the person never returned."

A person in a three-story house owns a telescope? Seems a bit fishy. And why would that person keep the telescope near a window? No one knows! What was that unidentified person looking at? Tulane’s football field? Makes no sense. The Rams were obviously spying. Leave the Patriots alone!

[New York Times via @kavekrew]