2002 AFC Championship Game?

\. I am not a Steeler fan, but f any of you out there read this, tell me... what do you think of being cheated out of he '02 Superbowl berth?

got some evidence to back that up, Mr Walsh??

I am wondering if anyone has checked Mr. Walsh's offshore bank accounts to see if there have been any recent transactions from the Kraft or Belichick family. I agree with you ace about having all those games forfeited which would in turn cause for them to forfeit their Super Bowl win.

As an extra punishment, they should ban Belichick and force Tom Brady to play for Miami. Then not only would we all see he is only as good as the system and the Patriots would be screwed like how they screwed us NFL fans out of what we believed to be legitimate football.

And Patriots fans wonder why non Pats fans hate the team so much!

According to the media reports, the taping of the AFC Championship game only would have helped the next time the teams met, Opening Day 2003.  The Pats won that game, but Steelers' fans have to blame that loss on bad quarterbacking, not because the Pats offense knew the defensive calls. 

And if you watched that AFC Championship game, Kordell Stewart threw 3 pickles and the Pittsburgh Special Teams coverage was AWFUL (remember Troy Brown's punt return for a TD?).

And the accusation with Pete Rose was that he bet on his own team and threw games for money.  Thats a little different than a videotape.

elric this is no witchhunt. the league if anything has tried its best to cover this up. You do not find anything suspiciuos in the fact Goodall decided to destroy any evidence he had? Something here doesnt smell right. the depth of this cheating goes further than any of the public will be allowed to know.

You response of 'maybe' it could help then is just not a great thought. Bill B would not go to these lengths for a maybe. A group of professional NFL coaches could easily ascertain information matched up with audio to determine calls. Granted a walkthrough is on a different level but they are both still cheating to gain an unfair illegal advantage. If the Pats werent a dynasty this wouldnt be an issue. But to get caught cheating then admit it in the middle of a the run they are having know is not a conicedence. One thing directly effects the other.

If anyone has actually followed the story, instead of just jumping on a bandwagon, they will know the tapes were not used during the games. The tapes video taped the coaches signals and then the play clock to capture what the situation was. It was then matched up to the game tape which is received by both teams after the game. This was usually done on Thursday or Friday after the game. It was never looked at in the game. There was also cheerleaders on the tapes as well. The video taping was not illegal, where they were standing was. And remember, the Jets were caught taping the Patriots in their playoff game 2 years ago.

I think it is hilarious how all the Steelers fans are saying there was something fishy because there was no way a team could go from 5-11 to winning Super Bowls. Upsets happen all the time. The Patriots first win over the Rams was an upset, but the Giants win over the Pats was an upset. Turnarounds happen all the time. The Steelers went 6-10 in 2003 and then went 15-1 in 2004. Was that cheating? No, it was the Steelers playing better football, except they lost in the AFC Championship game to th