I have friends who are obviously casual fans so only know about the Patriot's "history" of cheating. When pressed, they can only come up with Spygate...and Deflategate (LOL). I'd like to show them how basically all franchises have been caught cheating, some more than the Pats. Does anyone have a link to a fairly complete history of cheating in the NFL, preferably during the 2001-2015 Patriots run?
Here is what I've been able to come up with off the top of my head
Caught category:
2003: Tampa Bay Bucaneers - QB Brad Johnson bribed an NFL employee to tamper with all 100 game balls prior to the Super Bowl
2010: Denver Broncos - Head coach and video director fined for videotaping San Francisco 49ers' walkthrough practice
2012: New Orleans Saints - Bounty program
2013: Jets coach intentionally trips punt gunner Nolan Carroll during punt return
2013: Pittsburgh Steelers - Coach Tomlin walks in front of kickoff returner Jacoby Jones, preventing a probable return touchdown
2014: Carolina Panthers and Minnesota Vikings caught heating footballs on the sidelines
PEDs - forget about it
Tampering with players under contract - forget about it
Caught (pre-Pats dynasty)
Broncos salary cap violations (1996-1998)
49ers salary cap violations (1998?)
Suspected:
- 2007: Indianapolis Cols - Fake crowd noise
- Other teams also taping a la Spygate leading up to 2007 (Jets, Dolphins, Broncos?)
- Likely 2014-15 NFL MVP, Aaron Rogers, admits to overinflating footballs