Report: Josh McDaniels Explained Differences Between SpyGate I And SpyGate II To Staff
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels’ video coordinator may have been busted for taping the 49ers on Friday, but it sure seems like McDaniels is the guy worth of a reality series at this point. That’s what happens when reports leak out that a coach has copped to the two biggest videotaping scandals in recent memory — and explicitly told those who could leak it not to do so.
Pro Football Talk has some of the details of the situation, originally reported by Jay Glazer on Fox’s NFL pregame show. The basics of it — McDaniels told staff that, in New England, taping “was practiced, that was coached, that was worked on,” while the Broncos’ peeping was a one-time affair — are bad enough for the embattled coach. But it’s the implication of the leak that might be the bigger problem for McDaniels.
Read Article >Steve Scarnecchia, Who Illegally Filmed Practice For Broncos, Allegedly Did The Same For Patriots
On Saturday, it was revealed that Broncos staffer Steve Scarnecchia had illegally filmed an opponent’s practice in October. For obvious reasons, it reminded us of the Patriots’ Spygate scandal of 2007, in which New England staff filmed opponents’ practices in violation of NFL rules.
Well, here’s a shocking coincidence: Scarnecchia was with the Patriots at the time, and he was alleged to have illegally videotaped practices as far back as 2002. From a 2008 New York Times story:
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