Turns out former Patriots videotape assistant Matt Walsh doesn’t have tape of the Rams’ walkthrough practice allegedly filmed before Super Bowl XXXVI.
Walsh gave the NFL eight videos of opponents’ coaches from 2000-2002. The tapes
show the Patriots videotaping opposing signals in five regular season games and the the 2002 AFC Championship. Walsh’s attorney says his client never claimed to have a tape of the Rams’ walkthrough and was not the “unnamed source” in the Herald’s story. The NFL knew about all this, and says this is consistent with what the Patriots told them. Any further punishment isn’t happening.
This is just another example of how rumors catch fire in the media. The Boston Herald reported in early February that Walsh had tape of the Rams’ walkthrough and now it’s interesting to hear that the NFL knew all along that Walsh had no such tape.
This incident shows just how much the media and fans really know about the inner-workings of sports.
