With Deflategate still going on, Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham of ESPN just published a long article on the New England Patriots' history of cheating under Bill Belichick, focusing primarily on the Spygate days. Turns out: the origins of Spygate lie in Tampa, as Belichick starting taping coaches' signals as the Patriots' head coach with a 2000 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Days before the Tampa Bay game, in Belichick's office, Friesz was told that the Patriots had a tape of the Bucs' signals. He was instructed to memorize them, and during the game, to watch Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and tell Weis the defensive play, which Weis would relay over the radio headset system to quarterback Drew Bledsoe.