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Steve Spagnuolo: Patriots Were Stealing Eagles' Signals During 2005 Super Bowl

Former Philadelphia Eagles linebackers coach Steve Spagnuolo believes the New England Patriots cheated during Super Bowl XXXIX.

Spagnuolo—who served as the linebackers coach during the 2004 season when the Eagles lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX—appeared on 97.5 The Fanatic on Monday and said as much, suggesting late Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson was correct in his assessment, via Rob Tornoe of Philly.com.

In reference to the Patriots' "SpyGate" scandal, Spagnuolo said the following:

"The biggest thing we learned was make sure you have two signal-callers, not one signal-caller, because they may have all your signals.