Belichick: Jets camera not approved (1 Viewer)

[Phlash]

Sorry if this is Honda.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Aowf...t&type=lgns

NEW YORK (Ticker) - The verbal back-and-fourth between Bill Belichick and New York Jets coach Eric Mangini just won't end.

In the latest chapter of this bitter rivalry, the New England Patriots' coach is disputing Mangini's claim that the Jets did nothing wrong when they used a second end zone camera while video taping January's playoff game in Foxboro.

The Jets organization and Mangini indicated earlier this week that the camera and its operator were recording the game with the Patriots' permission. Not so according to Belichick.

"I was never asked for permission nor was anyone in our video department asked for permission for a second end zone camera," Belichick said after his morning news conference Friday, according to a report on NBCSports.com.

New York Newsday first reported the incident earlier this week, noting that the Jets employee video taping the game was told to stop and asked leave the area in the mezzanine of Gillette Stadium.

"We asked for permission, it was granted, then that changed and we respect their decision," Mangini told the newspaper, calling the practice of using a second end zone camera "standard operating procedure."

The Jets are not changing their stance, regardless of Belichick's comment.

"We stand by our earlier comments that we received approval from the Patriots," Jets senior director of media relations Bruce Speight said Friday. "We will just have to agree to disagree."

This probably wouldn't be such a big deal if not for recent history.

In September, a Patriots employee was caught recording Jets defensive signals from the sideline during a game at Giants Stadium. That incident resulted in a $500,000 fine against Belichick, an additional $250,000 fine for the Patriots, and the loss of a first-round pick in April's draft

The NFL has given no indication as to whether it will investigate this latest matter.

In a game with no shortage of storylines, the unbeaten Patriots (13-0) host the Jets (3-10) on Sunday at Gillette Stadium.

The Patriots are trying to become only the second team in league history to win their first 14 games. The 1972 Miami Dolphins, who went 17-0, are the only team to accomplish that feat.

Additionally, weather is expected to be a factor with a wintry mix expected throughout the game.

 

[Darth Cheney]

Will these two guys just come clean with their little romantic tiff and save us all this drama?

 

[candy bar]

There are few men whose word I'd trust more than Belichick.

 

[Bill Lust]

Will these two guys just come clean with their little romantic tiff and save us all this drama?

It's like a contest to get the last word in at this point.

 

[candy bar]

The Patriots are trying to become only the second team in league history to win their first 14 games. The 1972 Miami Dolphins, who went 17-0, are the only team to accomplish that feat.

Additionally, one other professional football team went won its first 14 games -- the Cleveland Browns went 14-0 in 1948, two years before several AAFC teams joined the NFL.

 

[dparker713]

There are few men whose word I'd trust more than Belichick.

Really? Given his track record of playing games with hte injury report and having been caught blatantly cheating in defiance of the commish's point of emphasis, I'd hardly say he's a model of integrity.

 

[gman8343]

There are few men whose word I'd trust more than Belichick.

Really? Given his track record of playing games with hte injury report and having been caught blatantly cheating in defiance of the commish's point of emphasis, I'd hardly say he's a model of integrity.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest he was using some heavy sarcasm.

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

There are few men whose word I'd trust more than Belichick.

Unless the words in question are "I'm not sleeping with your wife."

 

[Chop_Block]

I wish they would just make out and save us the headache.

And damn, can we put all this Pats/Jets back and forth in one thread?

What is this secodn or third thread on this 'incident'?

 

[Footballg]

I wish they would just make out .

Think you're at the wrong kind of fantasy football site...

 

[Wrigley]

Spin, Spin, Spin

They cheated, got caught, and don't want to talk about it anymore

 

[Phlash]

I wish they would just make out .

Think you're at the wrong kind of fantasy football site...

Well played

 

[ckalltheway]

I'm sure looking forward to the Patriots pounding the Jets tomorrow. The Patriots are full of so much rage. Even in the cold weather this one is going to get ugly fast.