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In January, Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice made the mistake of calling the Patriots cheaters without first checking his own closet for skeletons.
Patriots fans, motivated in the days after #DeflateGate first emerged (and still motivated) to find any and all evidence of other teams cheating, found an ESPN.com video published only one day before the AFC title game in which Rice admitted to applying stickum to his gloves.
“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said, laughing, in the video.