Good Monday to you Steelers’ fans.
The NFL once again asked the New England Patriots to hold out their hand for a wrist slap with a bird feather. In an unusual, yet clearly targeted Sunday evening news dump, the NFL announced the Patriots were being disciplined for recording a Cleveland-Cincinnati game (Specifically Bengals’ coaches) last year illegally. They claimed they were part of a TV crew doing advanced worked for the team’s YouTube channel. They have been fined $1.1 million and have lost a third round draft pick in 2021. While this is not the most egregious violation of NFL rules, it’s still illegal and it’s been a rule violated by a team that has had a pattern of such violations going back over a decade.