The New England Patriots were accused of being up to their old tricks on Thursday night before the 2015 season was even a quarter old. The Pittsburgh Steelers had problems with their coach-to-coach headsets early on, but Bill Belichick insists his team was having the same issues.
In fact, Belichick said the Patriots seem to always have issues with their headset communications.
“We had a lot of problems,” he told reporters after New England’s 28-21 win, per Ben Volin of The Boston Globe. “We had to switch headphones a couple times. The communication system wasn’t very good.