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The New England Patriots have been one of the most dominant teams in all of sports the past ten years, but not without controversy. There was “Spygate”, there was and sadly still is “DeflateGate”, and now there is “EavesdropGate”.
Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy was on the Dan Patrick show were he admitted that quarterback Peyton Manning believed the Patriots bugged the visiting locker room of Gillette Stadium when they were in town. Dungy continued by saying Manning was so convinced he hold game plan discussions in a hallway adjacent to the locker room.
Dungy continued, “We didn’t have a lot of strategy discussions inside the locker room there.” While he nor Manning have any actual proof of the Patriots bugging the locker room, it sure sounds like they were pretty convinced. Given the team’s history of brushes with cheating, is it possible? Brady and company have owned Peyton Manning led teams especially in Foxborough. Of their sixteen meetings, Brady has won eleven. At home games, Brady has only lost twice. Could Manning be on to something or is he just paranoid?
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