HE WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED. Whether Brady knew 20% or 70% of the plays is not the point. Brady KNEW that his coaches were correctly predicting things that there were NO WAY they should know. Especially with LeBeau's Fire blitz schemes. The whole point of our defense is that it hides the coverage until the snap. When Brady was told that the blitz is coming from the safety or he knows which OLB is going to be coming at him, he had to KNOW that signals had been stolen.
Some of the teams that the Patriots played periodically run a radar dedensive scheme....and again...a correct call from his coaches as to where the blitz was coming from is impossible before the snap. I know this...so I can assure you that Brady knew this.
Your argument about him "not knowing each and every play" is weak. Stealing 50%...30% ...or 10% of the plays is an advantage that WILL win you games. Heck, just being given the correct defensive allignment on CRITICAL plays is enough to win some games.
...and you have missed my whole point. We know the exact year that the Patriots started cheating...and it coincides perfectly with their winning streak. We know when they got caught (2007)and the results were exactly what they should have been. They were a very good team who didnt have the ability to get over the hump.
Of course they were traded...but they were trades worked out through the players agents on behalf of theplayers. To say that Welker and Moss were "forced" into going to New England is incorrect. Here is the original ESPN story when he was traded.
'Convinced in discussions with Randy Moss that he believes his NFL legacy is tied to winning a Super Bowl and not to individual accomplishments, the New England Patriots on Sunday acquired the electrifying but enigmatic wide receiver from the Oakland Raiders in exchange for a fourth-round draft choice........Far more important to coach Bill Belichick than any financial concessions by Moss, though, are the promises by the nine-year veteran receiver that he will fit into the Patriots' culture'
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft0...ory?id=2853116
He made financial concession and promises to Belichick....Does that sound like a player who was "forced" to go to a team??? Sorry...but you are wrong on that point.
I never said it could. Signal stealing doesnt make you a sucessful team...However, it does make a successful team a champion.
Really?....If Belichicks "work ethic" is the reason for his success, then why is his record outside the spygate era a dismal 41-64???
The point of the story was not about the Patriots spygate...Belichicks spygate...but rather it was about Bradys legacy in light of his involvement in the controvercy.
In regards to New England "tearing the league up"..you can go back to my point that the team is now built on players that were drawn to the team under the false preise that they were winners...not cheaters. It certainly wasnt their draft ability. The little secret that the talking heads wont discuss is that Belichick has one of the worst draft minds in the game.
Which is the moral equivelant of saying that no one should ever be prosecuted for retail theft since you stole a pack of bubble gum when you were 8 years old.