So the National Football League did not exactly confirm that a sweep was done, but it didn’t deny it either. The more reasonable ones would seem to the ones they would act on, and last Sunday against the Jets, it seems the league felt strongly enough to conduct what essentially resembled a raid on Gillette Stadium. The allegations of listening devices in Foxboro mark the latest, but likely not the last, in the tit-for-tat for between the two franchises.
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Because of past incidents like “Spygate” and “Deflategate,” the franchise is constantly criticized for breaking the rules in an effort to gain an unfair advantage.
Jets cornerback Buster Skrine also said he was unaware of any possible locker-room sweep in Foxborough.
The National Football League conducted a sweep of the visitor’s locker room during the week 7 match-up between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets in order to determine whether or not there were electronic bugs that the home team could have been using to steal information. Mastroddi requested to know who they were, and expressed concern given their proximity to the Patriots bench.
The two investigations turned up nothing, according to the report.
Jay Reid of the officiating department confirmed that the teams handle referee’s microphones. But he probably should know who is responsible for what on the sideline.
While “no wrongdoing was found” during this 30-23 win for the Pats, this level of interrogation that was used during this game was “unprecedented”, according to the Bleacher Report’s source.
During his Friday press conference, Jets coach Todd Bowles was asked about the reported listening device sweep. The Globe reported they did not. As the Bleacher Report suggests, after Deflatgate, the Patriots are “under a microscope”.
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The league has said in the past that most accusations made by other teams are “taken under advisement” due to the silly nature of a few of the ones that are likely made over the course of an NFL season.
