An ESPN Outside the Lines report is revisiting the New England Patriots first cheating accusations from Spygate.
The piece used interviews with more than 90 sources around the NFL- which includes staffers, execs, former players and more – who claimed the Patriots stole signals from other teams in “at least 40 games over a period of several seasons from 2000 to 2007.”
According to the report, the Patriots had diagrams of the stolen signals that they could use during games.
When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked if there was any connection between “spygate” and “deflategate” Tuesday morning on ESPN’s “Mike & Mike,” he gave this response.
“I am not aware of any connection between the Spygate procedures and these procedures here. There is no connection in my mind between these two incidents.”
This is the Patriots statement on the accusations: