The Walsh tapes and what they mean for you

Matt Walsh's collection of tapes appear to be nothing more than a big, fat, "Yes, the Patriots did exactly what they had been punished for doing." Chances are, unless you're a fan of one of the teams specifically featured on the tapes, they mean absolutely nothing to you.

The Boston Herald goes into a bit of detail about what exactly is on them:


The tapes Walsh provided show the Patriots recording the offensive and defensive signals of the Dolphins, Bills, Browns, Chargers and Steelers, with Pittsburgh taped during the 2002 AFC title game, the Times reported.

Tapes are edited with varying degrees of sophistication. The Steelers video, for instance, shows the signal followed by two angles of the play. The Chargers tape, made in 2002 after Walsh had moved to the scouting department, is just raw footage, with shots of the signals followed by shots of the scoreboard, which showed down and distance.

That's it. No Rams walkthrough, no Tom Brady showering, no Tom and Gisele getting it on in some club's basement ... absolutely nothing we didn't already suspect.

So the end result here is that fans of five more particular teams get to say that the Patriots cheated to beat them with just a little bit more authority. But you were probably doing that anyway, right? I haven't heard too many people say, "I'm extremely hesitant to call the Patriots cheaters until we have more evidence." No one outside of New England, anyway.
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