Patriots May Have Taped 2002 Rams Practice

The New England Patriots Saturday denied filming the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI. "The suggestion that the New England Patriots [team stats] recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 is absolutely false," the club said in a statement. "Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue." NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league investigated the claim and found no evidence of wrongdoing. The Boston Herald cited a source Saturday who said a member of the Patriots' video department filmed the Rams' walkthrough the day before the game. It was not known if the coaching staff viewed the tape or if the cameraman was instructed to record it. New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica noted in his Sunday Super Bowl column that Mike Martz told ESPN Saturday that in Super Bowl XXXVI, the St. Louis Rams finally started drawing up red zone plays on the sideline because the New England Patriots kept acting like they knew what was coming. And while they have denied it, the Patriots may have taped a Rams walkthrough before that Super Bowl game.
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