Marshall Faulk is right at home in this new era of alternative facts.
In a Super Bowl tradition unlike any other, the former St. Louis Rams running back stood by his belief that the New England Patriots videotaped the Rams’ walk-through practice on the Friday before Super Bowl XXXVI in February 2002. Despite several reports to the contrary and no evidence supporting this theory, Faulk sextupled down on his long-held conviction: “They taped the practice. That’s a fact.”
In a contentious interview with several New England-based reporters, Faulk theorized that the alleged videotape was among those turned over to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during the 2007 Spygate saga and the ensuing May 2008 controversy involving former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh.