1 00:00:04,713 --> 00:00:07,758 [bell tolls] 2 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:17,059 [Patrick Aramini] I grew up in the old Hoboken. It was tough. 3 00:00:19,269 --> 00:00:21,104 I was an altar boy myself. 4 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:24,316 I learned you have to have faith in people. 5 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:29,112 That really gave me an inner feeling to be a good cop. 6 00:00:30,113 --> 00:00:33,033 - [camera shutter clicks] - Initially, I was in narcotics. 7 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,952 Worked deep undercover operations. 8 00:00:36,954 --> 00:00:38,539 If you go deep undercover, 9 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:41,500 you're hanging out with them, eating with them, drinking with them. 10 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,919 You're meeting their families. 11 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:47,339 {\an8}But once it's over, you gotta go back to reality. 12 00:00:47,965 --> 00:00:49,967 Be honest with you, I had a lot of guilty feelings 13 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:51,802 after I got done working undercover. 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,931 It was actually the betrayal. 15 00:00:57,432 --> 00:00:59,560 I just couldn't do that to people. 16 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:04,105 So I called the superintendent. 17 00:01:04,105 --> 00:01:07,109 And I says, "I gotta get out of here. I want to transfer." 18 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:09,903 He goes, "Where do you want to go? You can go anywhere you want." 19 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,488 I said, "I want to go to the Meadowlands." 20 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:13,907 [crowd chanting] J-E-T-S! 21 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,159 Jets! Jets! Jets! 22 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:19,162 [Aramini] My nickname was Mayor of the Meadowlands. 23 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:22,124 I dealt with security at the stadium. 24 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:24,209 We had the football games. 25 00:01:24,835 --> 00:01:26,712 The fans getting drunk. 26 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:33,051 But in my 35-year tenure down there, never had, really, any problems. 27 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:37,139 Until the day of the Spygate. 28 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:40,684 [reporter] Patriots video assistant caught aiming a camera 29 00:01:40,684 --> 00:01:45,606 at the play calling signals of a New York Jets coach, a violation of league rules. 30 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,817 [talk show guest] They were blatant about this, and they got caught! 31 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:50,110 [talk show guest 2] It's premeditated! 32 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:52,696 [analyst] All of a sudden, the Patriots are looking like a dirty franchise. 33 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:55,824 [analyst 2] Their reign, their dynasty, is under fire now, under attack. 34 00:01:55,824 --> 00:01:57,618 [analyst 3] It would be out of character, but nice, 35 00:01:57,618 --> 00:02:00,704 if Bill Belichick would stand up and answer questions. 36 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:02,706 [analyst 4] The tape will not lie. 37 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:12,883 [crowd chanting] Defense! Defense! 38 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:20,098 [announcer] You have your arch-rival here, the Colts and the Patriots. 39 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:25,562 Tom Brady, the king of the comeback. 40 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:30,067 But this time he's down four, with 24 seconds to go. 41 00:02:30,067 --> 00:02:32,486 I don't even think Peyton's gonna watch. 42 00:02:37,074 --> 00:02:38,408 Brady fires. 43 00:02:40,202 --> 00:02:41,286 Intercepted! 44 00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:42,788 [cheering] 45 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:45,624 Colts are going to the Super Bowl! 46 00:02:56,426 --> 00:02:58,762 [Tom Brady] It was really tough. 47 00:02:58,762 --> 00:03:02,975 {\an8}Whoever won that game was probably gonna win the Super Bowl, and we could have. 48 00:03:02,975 --> 00:03:05,102 We didn't, but we could have. 49 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:11,483 [Bill Belichick] In football, if you can't control the game, 50 00:03:11,483 --> 00:03:14,736 {\an8}then, ultimately, I think your opponent's gonna wear you down, 51 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:18,031 and they're gonna end up where you want to be. 52 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,702 [reporter] Is the Patriots dynasty over? 53 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:24,413 [reporter 2] Now that Indianapolis has burst the dam, 54 00:03:24,413 --> 00:03:26,331 I think that the dynasty is crumbling. 55 00:03:26,331 --> 00:03:28,458 [reporter 3] This offense played lousy 56 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,628 and definitely lost some of that aura of invincibility. 57 00:03:32,754 --> 00:03:36,008 [Josh McDaniels] I look back on that game. The offense, 58 00:03:36,008 --> 00:03:40,304 {\an8}we didn't get out in front enough and we couldn't score enough to beat 'em. 59 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:46,143 Right away, going into that off season, Bill and I, 60 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:49,521 we talked about, we got to find some new offensive blood. 61 00:03:50,606 --> 00:03:53,650 A receiver who's an alpha player. 62 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:57,696 Like a guy who's gonna hang 50 on you. 63 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:04,745 {\an8}I'm going inside a club, and my phone rings. 64 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:06,288 "Hello?" 65 00:04:06,288 --> 00:04:10,000 [deep voice] "Uh, hey, Randy, it's, uh, Coach Belichick." 66 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,627 And I... "What?" 67 00:04:11,627 --> 00:04:13,420 I said, "This is Bill Belichick of the Patriots." 68 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:15,339 He goes, "What?" And hung up the phone. 69 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:18,007 I'm like, "Maybe he doesn't want to come to New England." 70 00:04:18,007 --> 00:04:19,426 So then I called him again. 71 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,178 "Hello?" 72 00:04:21,178 --> 00:04:23,889 "Uh, Randy, this is Coach Belichick." And I'm sitting there like, 73 00:04:23,889 --> 00:04:26,350 "Who the hell keeps playing on my phone?" 74 00:04:26,350 --> 00:04:29,895 And he's like, "All right, now who is this? Like, this is a prank." 75 00:04:29,895 --> 00:04:34,942 And so, I go, "No, no, this is Bill Belichick, and we've traded for you." 76 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:38,862 [Moss] He cut straight to the chase. He said, "Look, man, 77 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:43,575 if you're not up here by 10:00 tomorrow morning, no trade." 78 00:04:43,575 --> 00:04:46,995 And I'm like, "Oh, shit. I just hung up on Bill." 79 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:51,583 Me and a couple of my boys were sitting at a table, 80 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:54,545 and I've ordered a 12-pack of Corona. 81 00:04:54,545 --> 00:04:58,215 Man, I held one of my Coronas, I said, "I'm gonna be a Patriot!" 82 00:04:59,091 --> 00:05:02,052 [male reporter] Randy Moss, acquired by the Patriots in a trade Sunday morning. 83 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,929 Welcome to New England, Randy. 84 00:05:03,929 --> 00:05:07,140 [female reporter] He is arguably the most physically talented receiver 85 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,809 in the entire NFL. 86 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,644 [analyst] With Moss catching passes from Tom Brady, 87 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:13,522 they have to be considered front-runners to win it all. 88 00:05:13,522 --> 00:05:15,983 [presenter] They made their offense so much better, 89 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:17,901 and I still like Belichick in any big game, 90 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:19,736 so I think they're the team to beat. 91 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:21,738 [cheering] 92 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:26,910 [announcer] Back here at the Meadowlands. Football is back. 93 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:30,747 [crowd chanting] J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! 94 00:05:32,457 --> 00:05:33,709 Let's get ready. 95 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:35,919 Let's get ready, boys. 96 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:39,339 [Moss] It's my first game as a Patriot. 97 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:44,178 During training camp, we'd run plays, but it really wasn't full speed. 98 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:47,055 So I still haven't hit that extra button yet. 99 00:05:48,891 --> 00:05:50,642 We're driving. 100 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:56,356 Next thing you know, Tom Brady says, "Hey, man. Just get open." 101 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:02,362 [announcer] Here he is again. Like a statue in the pocket. 102 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,531 Able to go long for Moss! 103 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:07,326 [Moss] Everybody watched the movie Forrest Gump. 104 00:06:07,326 --> 00:06:09,953 Do you remember when Forrest Gump busted out them chains? 105 00:06:09,953 --> 00:06:12,080 They're supposed to straighten his legs out. 106 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,666 Remember his facial expression, how he was running, 107 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:17,794 them chains came off, and then Forrest Gump's eyes are just... 108 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:19,087 That's how I felt. 109 00:06:19,087 --> 00:06:21,381 [crowd cheers] 110 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:24,009 [announcer] Moss has his first touchdown as a Patriot. 111 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:26,720 [announcer 2] Randy Moss is one of those guys. 112 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,388 Nobody catches up to him. 113 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:29,848 We killed them. Let's go! 114 00:06:31,266 --> 00:06:35,395 I remember being on the sideline at the Meadowlands going, "Holy shit," 115 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,022 like, "This is gonna be fun." 116 00:06:38,232 --> 00:06:41,026 I had no clue what was about to happen. 117 00:06:45,656 --> 00:06:48,242 {\an8}It was just your normal Sunday. 118 00:06:51,328 --> 00:06:55,749 The Patriots, they're winning. Nothing unusual. 119 00:06:56,959 --> 00:06:58,252 But then, all of a sudden, 120 00:06:58,252 --> 00:07:02,631 the security people from the Jets came to us with this camera. 121 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:03,966 They said, "We have an issue." 122 00:07:03,966 --> 00:07:07,970 - [beep] - "One of the Patriots' photographers 123 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:12,933 has been videotaping and spying on our coaches and our plays." 124 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,187 The camera is confiscated. 125 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:20,107 But nobody had any fucking idea what to do. 126 00:07:21,692 --> 00:07:24,444 The Patriots would say, "That's my fucking property." 127 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,571 The Jets were saying, 128 00:07:25,571 --> 00:07:28,657 "You're fucking spying on us. We don't want you to have it." 129 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:32,703 I told him, "Possession is nine-tenths of the law. I'm in possession of it. 130 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:35,372 It's staying with me until we decide what we're gonna do with it." 131 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:40,294 And that was the most common-sense thing to do. 132 00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:42,462 Turn it over to the NFL and let them decide. 133 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:47,092 [reporter] Some suspense as the NFL is looking into this. 134 00:07:47,092 --> 00:07:49,386 What was a Patriots employee doing with a camera 135 00:07:49,386 --> 00:07:51,555 trained on Jets coaches Sunday in New Jersey? 136 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:55,309 The cameraman in question was looking, quote, "scared to death." 137 00:07:55,309 --> 00:07:57,644 {\an8}[analyst] It's all allegations at this point, 138 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:59,980 {\an8}but if it's true, this has major ramifications. 139 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:02,649 One thing we know for sure, the media and the other teams 140 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:04,651 - are having a field day. - Yes, they are. 141 00:08:05,611 --> 00:08:08,822 {\an8}There's buzz around the league about the Patriots' Spygate situation. 142 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:09,865 - [reporter] Spygate... - [reporter 2] Spygate... 143 00:08:09,865 --> 00:08:10,949 [reporter 3] Spygate. 144 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:12,576 [reporter 4] This story is a mushroom cloud. 145 00:08:12,576 --> 00:08:15,120 It's bigger than I thought it would be. It's just, it's huge. 146 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,206 {\an8}[man speaking Chinese] 147 00:08:21,293 --> 00:08:24,046 Now, look at this. See, that's a camera. 148 00:08:24,046 --> 00:08:27,424 - [audience laughs] - That's how the Patriots were cheating. 149 00:08:27,424 --> 00:08:30,302 - [audience claps] - Maybe this is just fine in New England, 150 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,596 but here, ladies and gentlemen, uh, no dice. 151 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:33,804 - [man] No. - [laughter] 152 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:45,734 [Roger Goodell] Protecting the integrity of the game 153 00:08:45,734 --> 00:08:48,820 is one of the most significant things a commissioner needs to do. 154 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:55,619 {\an8}Every coach, every player, even the 32 owners. 155 00:08:56,662 --> 00:08:58,914 They know my responsibility as commissioner, 156 00:08:58,914 --> 00:09:01,542 and they know I'm not going to compromise that. 157 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,963 I heard about the issue late Sunday evening. 158 00:09:07,005 --> 00:09:10,175 And so, beginning first thing Monday morning, 159 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:12,344 you have to go through a process of finding out 160 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:14,096 whether they did violate the rules. 161 00:09:16,557 --> 00:09:19,226 [reporter, on radio] With New England, some intrigue. 162 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:23,647 The NFL is confirming that they have confiscated the camera and tape 163 00:09:23,647 --> 00:09:26,275 of a Patriots employee on the sideline. 164 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:29,570 He was possibly stealing the Jets' defensive signals. 165 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:32,698 That's why the Jets' defense stunk. It was espionage. 166 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:41,123 {\an8}[Glaser] The Monday after the game, it was my first day with the Patriots. 167 00:09:42,499 --> 00:09:46,170 I came in as mainly a liaison to the league. 168 00:09:48,297 --> 00:09:51,091 The first piece of paper that I looked at 169 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:54,094 was a letter from Commissioner Goodell essentially saying, 170 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:58,307 "We're going to be investigating claims you have committed some rule violations." 171 00:09:59,975 --> 00:10:04,354 Immediately, I knew something very serious was up. 172 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:06,940 [indistinct chatter on speakerphone] 173 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:12,029 The league wanted to send investigators to speak with members of our video crew. 174 00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:16,158 Bill, of course. And Ernie Adams. 175 00:10:16,158 --> 00:10:17,451 [inaudible] 176 00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:20,037 This was my first interaction with Ernie 177 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:26,335 and understanding the historian, the scholar, the genius of Ernie Adams. 178 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:31,590 [Willie McGinest] Ernie Adams... I don't even know how to describe him. 179 00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:37,638 We used to see this guy walking around. He had these glasses, this moustache. 180 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:40,057 {\an8}Always talking to Belichick in private. 181 00:10:40,057 --> 00:10:42,142 {\an8}They were always, like, kind of whispering. 182 00:10:42,935 --> 00:10:45,604 [Damien Woody] Ernie Adams being at the center of Spygate 183 00:10:45,604 --> 00:10:47,439 made perfect sense to me. 184 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,359 He's a football savant. 185 00:10:50,359 --> 00:10:53,278 Ernie Adams is... a genius. 186 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:58,534 {\an8}There's not one detail that Ernie Adams would not know about. 187 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:02,496 {\an8}Just so you know, on this whole video thing... 188 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:05,832 {\an8}- [interviewer] The video thing? - The Jets game in 2007. 189 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,793 - [producer] Oh. - Okay, I just... 190 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:11,213 - I'm... I'm not gonna re-open that. - [interviewer] We have to talk it-- 191 00:11:11,213 --> 00:11:13,590 Yeah, right, just so you know, I mean, this is... 192 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:15,551 You're not... I'm not... I'm... 193 00:11:15,551 --> 00:11:17,845 Could I tell you stories? Yes. Am I going to? No. 194 00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:20,639 I got some... [stammers] 195 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:23,100 It's going to the grave with me a little bit. 196 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:25,978 [interviewer] Well, let's just talk about it, we'll see where we go. 197 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,648 [Adams] We just sat down in the room. 198 00:11:29,648 --> 00:11:32,860 I think there were three people from the league and I was there. 199 00:11:33,777 --> 00:11:35,863 They were on a fact-finding mission. 200 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:38,615 They were trying to determine what exactly had happened. 201 00:11:41,910 --> 00:11:45,080 The biggest thing everybody has to understand 202 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,208 is there have been plenty of teams in the history of the National Football League 203 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:51,044 who have tried to take another team's signals. 204 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:55,424 You know, that's why you see a lot of coaches trying to cover their mouth. 205 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:56,925 It's part of the game. 206 00:11:58,635 --> 00:12:01,096 I always figured other people are filming our signals. 207 00:12:01,096 --> 00:12:03,473 And I know in some cases, they were. 208 00:12:03,473 --> 00:12:06,935 It's, you know, kind of basic counterintelligence. 209 00:12:08,103 --> 00:12:11,940 [Kurt Fox] Jay, I've heard somewhere you might have gotten your hands on this tape? 210 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:14,234 Yes, absolutely, Kurt. Check this out. 211 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:19,448 Video assistant clearly picking up the Jets' defensive coach's signals. 212 00:12:19,448 --> 00:12:22,618 The reason why you do that is you study these hand signals. 213 00:12:22,618 --> 00:12:26,079 "Hey, they're running this blitz, they're running this coverage." 214 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:29,708 [reporter] An entire system of covert videotaping was developed 215 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:32,252 and a secret library created. 216 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:37,174 During games, Adams then sat in the coaches' box with binoculars 217 00:12:37,174 --> 00:12:42,179 and notes of the decoded signals with direct audio to Belichick. 218 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:46,308 They literally had the answers to the test before it was given. 219 00:12:47,684 --> 00:12:50,062 [interviewer] I know that this is a difficult subject. 220 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:52,773 {\an8}But in 2007, 221 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,692 {\an8}you were caught videotaping opposing teams' signals. 222 00:12:57,736 --> 00:12:59,738 Yeah. Again, that's all in the past, and I've... 223 00:12:59,738 --> 00:13:01,532 I've made my comments on that. 224 00:13:01,532 --> 00:13:03,450 I don't have anything to add. 225 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:11,500 Some might argue in a game of inches, putting that kind of information, 226 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:15,003 where you could decode signals, come up with specific plays 227 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:18,674 to use in real time in a game is pure gold in the NFL, 228 00:13:18,674 --> 00:13:20,968 that could be the difference between winning and losing. 229 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:24,972 Again, you can get those same signals by sitting up in the press box 230 00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:27,182 and writing down what the signal is and what the play was, 231 00:13:27,182 --> 00:13:29,268 and... and doing it that way. 232 00:13:29,268 --> 00:13:32,521 Those signals are available to anybody who wants to see them. 233 00:13:32,521 --> 00:13:34,189 But they don't have them on tape. 234 00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:38,151 We videotaped them. It wasn't anything that wasn't visible or wasn't available. 235 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,112 We did it in a way that was more convenient, 236 00:13:40,112 --> 00:13:41,655 that we could study better. 237 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,950 "Videotaping of any kind, including but not limited to 238 00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:47,911 taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, 239 00:13:47,911 --> 00:13:51,623 is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches' booth, in the locker room, 240 00:13:51,623 --> 00:13:55,752 or at any other locations accessible to club members during the game." 241 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,213 - That seems pretty crystal clear, Bill. - Right. 242 00:13:58,213 --> 00:14:00,048 Well, it clearly was a mistake. 243 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:04,052 And some people would say that mistake was just flat-out cheating. 244 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:07,139 And I interpreted it incorrectly. So I was wrong. 245 00:14:07,139 --> 00:14:12,311 Others have argued that you chose to gamble, to risk breaking the rules, 246 00:14:12,311 --> 00:14:14,062 and got caught. 247 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:16,315 And it wasn't a misinterpretation of any kind. 248 00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:20,444 Well, I can't control what other people think out there. 249 00:14:20,444 --> 00:14:22,988 I'm telling you what happened. That's what happened. 250 00:14:22,988 --> 00:14:25,574 {\an8}You will never convince me that Bill Belichick, 251 00:14:25,574 --> 00:14:29,995 {\an8}the most ardent student of football that I've ever been around, 252 00:14:29,995 --> 00:14:31,413 doesn't know the rules. 253 00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:34,166 I just think he thought, "I'm smarter than everyone else. 254 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:35,918 No one's gonna even know what I'm doing." 255 00:14:36,502 --> 00:14:39,171 And that's a great way to get caught. [chuckles] 256 00:14:40,339 --> 00:14:42,549 [indistinct radio chatter] 257 00:14:43,342 --> 00:14:45,219 [presenter] The NFL is getting ready to announce 258 00:14:45,219 --> 00:14:47,763 whether the New England Patriots cheated. 259 00:14:47,763 --> 00:14:50,599 [analyst] They have every right to go after Bill Belichick, 260 00:14:50,599 --> 00:14:53,227 and I've got no problem with any sort of suspension. 261 00:14:53,227 --> 00:14:56,021 [presenter] This is a huge, damning thing to the franchise, a huge deal, 262 00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:58,106 damning personally to Robert Kraft. 263 00:15:00,234 --> 00:15:02,986 [Robert Kraft] You know, I couldn't believe it. 264 00:15:02,986 --> 00:15:07,199 {\an8}I went right over to Bill and I said, "Let me ask you something, Bill. 265 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:09,868 {\an8}How important to us 266 00:15:09,868 --> 00:15:15,874 is something like that on a scale of one to 100?" 267 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:18,252 And he said to me, "One." 268 00:15:19,086 --> 00:15:22,130 I said to him, "Then you're a real schmuck." 269 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:27,302 Look, I was pissed with Bill. 270 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:31,181 But when you have division from within, 271 00:15:31,181 --> 00:15:35,644 it can be very destructive and dangerous. 272 00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:38,564 So, I protected Bill. 273 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:43,402 I talked with the lawyers from the NFL office. 274 00:15:43,402 --> 00:15:46,572 I said, "Look, fine Bill, fine us. 275 00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:50,534 Do whatever you got to do, but don't suspend him." 276 00:15:50,534 --> 00:15:53,704 We tried to protect his reputation. 277 00:15:54,079 --> 00:15:57,583 {\an8}The three-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 278 00:15:57,583 --> 00:16:02,337 {\an8}and their coach, Bill Belichick, have been punished for spying on their opponents. 279 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:05,465 [reporter] The NFL fined Belichick himself half a million dollars. 280 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:09,386 ...five hundred thousand dollars, the team another 250,000, 281 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:12,181 plus at least one first day draft pick. 282 00:16:12,181 --> 00:16:14,516 [reporter 2] Even though the punishment was unprecedented, 283 00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:17,269 there are a lot of people in the league who feel it should've been more severe. 284 00:16:17,269 --> 00:16:19,229 [Cris Collinsworth] Belichick should've been suspended 285 00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:21,148 for at least a couple of games. 286 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:23,942 [Michael Strahan] You have to wonder if the Kraft factor came into play. 287 00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:27,196 Robert Kraft is so beloved in the NFL offices. 288 00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:31,408 [MacMullan] Robert Kraft is one of the most powerful owners in sports. 289 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:34,286 He's got a tremendous amount of power and influence. 290 00:16:34,286 --> 00:16:36,663 It's just how it works. Is it fair? 291 00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:39,416 Usually not, in my estimation. 292 00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:49,426 [Glaser] Anything left open was media fodder. 293 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,804 And it was gonna be a story. 294 00:16:53,388 --> 00:16:57,518 And so the NFL flew security personnel in again. 295 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:03,857 And it was decided that we would destroy the tapes on premises. 296 00:17:07,444 --> 00:17:11,156 So, I remember walking down the hallway and asking someone for a hammer. 297 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,952 And they took the hammer to the tapes. 298 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:20,082 And I'm on my hands and knees in a dress and high heels 299 00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:22,917 picking up the tapes and throwing them away. 300 00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:28,257 I remember thinking to myself... 301 00:17:30,175 --> 00:17:33,637 "All the news cycles. All the commentary. 302 00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:38,350 This is done. It's over. We've been fined. This is over." 303 00:17:38,892 --> 00:17:40,477 That is not at all what happened. 304 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:43,313 [camera shutters clicking] 305 00:17:44,565 --> 00:17:47,109 {\an8}[reporter] So, why did you destroy the tapes? 306 00:17:47,109 --> 00:17:50,070 {\an8}Because we had an admission of guilt, there was no purpose for the tape. 307 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,864 {\an8}The tapes are competitive. 308 00:17:51,864 --> 00:17:55,784 I didn't want them to have access to that, and I don't want the other 32 teams... 309 00:17:55,784 --> 00:17:58,829 How would anyone get access to it if you had it in your possession? 310 00:17:58,829 --> 00:18:03,458 The same way, unfortunately, it got out to the media a week after we discovered it. 311 00:18:03,458 --> 00:18:06,378 So, unfortunately, there are ways in which tapes get out. 312 00:18:06,378 --> 00:18:08,547 From my standpoint, there was no purpose for it. 313 00:18:08,547 --> 00:18:12,384 That's why I destroyed all his notes and all his tapes. Okay, thank you. 314 00:18:12,384 --> 00:18:14,761 - [reporter] Thank you, commissioner. - Okay. 315 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:19,057 [analyst] The league, the Patriots, they just want this Spygate thing to go away, 316 00:18:19,057 --> 00:18:21,351 but a lot of people around the league are still thinking, 317 00:18:21,351 --> 00:18:25,606 "Hey, New England was caught cheating and it's a black mark on their success." 318 00:18:26,273 --> 00:18:29,151 [reporter] This is a man who was establishing his coaching legacy, 319 00:18:29,151 --> 00:18:30,485 and now and forever, 320 00:18:30,485 --> 00:18:34,489 it becomes incumbent upon whoever writes the ultimate story about Bill Belichick 321 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:36,491 to put that he cheated. 322 00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:41,955 Here is the flat facts. Bill Belichick, you are now known as a cheater. 323 00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:43,665 Cheater. How does that sound? 324 00:18:43,665 --> 00:18:46,126 That doesn't sound too good, and it's embarrassing 325 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:48,795 not only to yourself, Bill, but to your players. 326 00:18:48,795 --> 00:18:52,508 You've hurt your ownership, you've hurt the fans in the city. 327 00:18:52,508 --> 00:18:54,009 All because of your arrogance. 328 00:18:55,928 --> 00:18:58,222 [camera shutters clicking] 329 00:19:00,474 --> 00:19:02,851 I know there's a lot of interest here on the, uh, 330 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:05,145 you know, the situation decision last night. 331 00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:10,526 But, as I stated, it's over, um, and we're moving on. 332 00:19:10,526 --> 00:19:14,488 And right now, all my energy and focus and attention 333 00:19:14,488 --> 00:19:17,616 is, um, on the San Diego Chargers and that game Sunday night. 334 00:19:17,616 --> 00:19:19,326 So that's where we're at. 335 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:23,330 [reporter] Bill, tell us why you've never actually stood in front of people 336 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:25,249 and expressed remorse. 337 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:29,336 Right now, we're focusing on what's in front of us, 338 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:30,712 and that's the Chargers. 339 00:19:30,712 --> 00:19:32,297 We're moving on. 340 00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:34,174 Okay, thank you. 341 00:19:35,008 --> 00:19:39,054 [Michael Holley] As a columnist, I'd spent a lot of time with Bill, 342 00:19:39,054 --> 00:19:41,682 and I felt like I knew him. 343 00:19:41,682 --> 00:19:43,767 [camera shutters click] 344 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:47,521 But with Spygate, I saw a different Bill. 345 00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:52,192 Nobody ever thinks that when they reach the top 346 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:54,903 {\an8}that they're gonna change. Nobody thinks that. 347 00:19:55,779 --> 00:19:56,780 {\an8}But they do. 348 00:19:56,780 --> 00:19:59,157 Three Super Bowls in four years, coach. 349 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:02,911 Surely the word "dynasty" has to be something now you think about 350 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,997 when you talk about your football team. 351 00:20:05,873 --> 00:20:10,252 After multiple championships, there's hubris. 352 00:20:11,461 --> 00:20:14,715 To Belichick, rules don't apply to him. 353 00:20:15,841 --> 00:20:18,886 And he doesn't like being called out. Period. 354 00:20:20,137 --> 00:20:23,891 He was called out by the commissioner, the media. 355 00:20:23,891 --> 00:20:27,644 {\an8}And he was called out by Eric Mangini and the Jets. 356 00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:33,483 {\an8}This whole scandal all started a couple of days earlier 357 00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:35,819 in the Patriots' first game of the year, 358 00:20:35,819 --> 00:20:40,782 when Bill’s former assistant coach and friend, Eric Mangini, 359 00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:43,744 now the head coach of the Jets, ratted him out. 360 00:20:44,578 --> 00:20:48,790 {\an8}[crowd chanting] J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! 361 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,711 [reporter] The Jets have their home opener against the Patriots. 362 00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:56,423 Jets head coach Eric Mangini will face his mentor Bill Belichick. 363 00:20:56,423 --> 00:21:00,427 [Joe Theismann] Just think about it. It's like father and son. It's coach, protégé. 364 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:02,513 That's a bond that can never be broken. 365 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:07,184 Eric Mangini knows that they're gonna be taping him, 366 00:21:07,184 --> 00:21:12,731 because he, as an assistant, would witness the Patriots taping opponents. 367 00:21:12,731 --> 00:21:15,943 So he tells the league, "They've got cameras. Watch them." 368 00:21:17,569 --> 00:21:23,617 Eric Mangini, of all people. Belichick mentee, his guy. 369 00:21:24,493 --> 00:21:28,705 I respect the commissioner's decision and anything related to the decision. 370 00:21:28,705 --> 00:21:32,334 Anything associated with the decision is really a league matter. 371 00:21:33,335 --> 00:21:35,462 - [reporter] Thank you. - Thanks, guys. 372 00:21:35,462 --> 00:21:37,422 [Aramini] Betrayal. 373 00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:41,385 It's just terrible, you know, emotionally. 374 00:21:41,385 --> 00:21:44,346 And sometimes it's very tough to... to swallow. 375 00:21:46,306 --> 00:21:49,393 Mangini. Did he rat his former boss out? 376 00:21:49,393 --> 00:21:52,187 Well, unless these guys took a bond, omertà, 377 00:21:52,187 --> 00:21:54,273 when they all worked for the Patriots, 378 00:21:54,273 --> 00:21:57,192 if you're there and there's a history of doing this illegal filming, 379 00:21:57,192 --> 00:22:00,487 every coach that came through there, they know about this. 380 00:22:00,487 --> 00:22:04,408 The unspoken rule is that when you leave the family, you leave the family. 381 00:22:05,117 --> 00:22:09,496 {\an8}You honor the opportunity that was given. 382 00:22:09,496 --> 00:22:11,290 {\an8}You don't make a mess. 383 00:22:11,290 --> 00:22:15,836 You remember how you got your first step in the door. 384 00:22:15,836 --> 00:22:17,796 You don't make a mess. 385 00:22:19,882 --> 00:22:21,967 Bill was very close with Eric. 386 00:22:22,718 --> 00:22:28,140 And his very normal human reaction was a feeling of betrayal. 387 00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:34,605 And he distanced himself from those of us that were closest to him. 388 00:22:35,606 --> 00:22:39,151 [cheering] 389 00:22:40,277 --> 00:22:44,823 [Pioli] You could feel a certain type of energy in that building. 390 00:22:44,823 --> 00:22:46,283 A certain type of anger. 391 00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:49,870 A certain type of vengeance. 392 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:52,581 [cheering and whistling] 393 00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:56,251 [Lester Holt] It has been a very rough week for a storied NFL franchise, 394 00:22:56,251 --> 00:22:59,213 and when the New England Patriots take the field later tonight 395 00:22:59,213 --> 00:23:02,716 against the San Diego Chargers, it will be under a dark cloud. 396 00:23:02,716 --> 00:23:07,054 All right now, look, I don't want to say anything about this Jet thing, okay? 397 00:23:07,054 --> 00:23:08,931 Just shut the fuck up. 398 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:11,058 Just worry about ourselves, our team. 399 00:23:11,058 --> 00:23:14,311 Everybody else is gonna say what they wanna say. We can't control that. 400 00:23:14,311 --> 00:23:18,065 But we can control what we're talking about and what we're doing, okay? 401 00:23:18,065 --> 00:23:19,608 We got a lot of work to do. 402 00:23:20,651 --> 00:23:22,486 [crowd cheers] 403 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:27,074 [Al Michaels] Welcome to Foxborough. This is a tremendous matchup, 404 00:23:27,074 --> 00:23:31,370 but first, Spygate, Videogate, Cameragate, whatever you want to call it. 405 00:23:32,287 --> 00:23:35,624 The Patriots were thought of as one of the model franchises. 406 00:23:35,624 --> 00:23:38,585 That image has taken a whack this week. 407 00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:42,631 They're telling us these are frequency coordinators 408 00:23:42,631 --> 00:23:44,883 monitoring the frequencies tonight. 409 00:23:46,802 --> 00:23:49,763 So, Bill Belichick in the crosshairs, there's no question about that. 410 00:23:49,763 --> 00:23:51,932 [John Madden] Right. Does this affect the team? 411 00:23:51,932 --> 00:23:52,891 [Brady] Hike! 412 00:23:52,891 --> 00:23:55,310 [Michaels] Brady, second and nine, 413 00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:58,397 and the pass is caught by Moss for a touchdown! 414 00:23:58,397 --> 00:24:00,399 [Madden] This guy is amazing. 415 00:24:00,399 --> 00:24:04,862 [Michaels] It's almost as if the Patriots said, "We don't need any cameras." 416 00:24:06,864 --> 00:24:10,409 [Moss] All week I'm hearing all this stuff about Spygate. 417 00:24:10,409 --> 00:24:13,954 It made me think back to Mr. Kraft telling me, 418 00:24:13,954 --> 00:24:17,332 "Hey, through thick and thin, we're family here." 419 00:24:18,542 --> 00:24:23,213 Just a special moment for me, because it was something that I was searching for. 420 00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:26,925 And he just said, "What I mean by family, you hold everybody accountable. 421 00:24:27,676 --> 00:24:30,846 I don't care if you're at the bottom or if you're at the top, 422 00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:33,807 if you get in trouble, I get in trouble. 423 00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:35,350 That's football family." 424 00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:38,854 Hey! We are not finished! We ain't done. 425 00:24:38,854 --> 00:24:41,106 We are beating their ass for 60 minutes, all right? 426 00:24:41,857 --> 00:24:45,402 [Michaels] Brady. Open. Randy Moss. Touchdown. 427 00:24:45,402 --> 00:24:47,237 [crowd cheers] 428 00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:51,158 [Michaels] So, the Patriots, with all the tumult over the past week, 429 00:24:51,158 --> 00:24:54,036 have been picture perfect. 430 00:24:54,036 --> 00:24:56,622 [Michaels] And it's funny how, you know, you circle the wagons, 431 00:24:56,622 --> 00:24:58,832 and right there, they're circling the wagons. 432 00:24:58,832 --> 00:25:01,001 [inaudible] 433 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:02,002 [chatter] 434 00:25:02,002 --> 00:25:04,004 I hope you appreciate this question, coach. 435 00:25:04,004 --> 00:25:06,340 Say, fellas, how we feel about playing for Bill Belichick? 436 00:25:06,340 --> 00:25:09,343 [all] Aw, yeah! 437 00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:17,351 [Tedy Bruschi] After the whole Spygate thing, we had a lot of emotions for Bill. 438 00:25:17,351 --> 00:25:19,353 Hate. Love. 439 00:25:19,353 --> 00:25:22,397 {\an8}I mean, everything... everything. But he was ours. 440 00:25:23,732 --> 00:25:26,610 And everybody's just going after our coach. 441 00:25:28,195 --> 00:25:30,405 [crowd jeers] 442 00:25:30,405 --> 00:25:33,075 [man in crowd] Cheaters! 443 00:25:34,368 --> 00:25:39,665 [Bruschi] Bill would never express how he despised everything that was said. 444 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:44,378 Like trying to invalidate everything that we've done because of a signal. 445 00:25:45,838 --> 00:25:51,051 But this is how we knew when he felt it. That offense kept scoring. 446 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,595 [Joe Buck] Brady to throw. 447 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:59,351 Randy Moss goes up and gets it. Sixth touchdown of the season. 448 00:26:00,853 --> 00:26:02,563 Bill was just relentless. 449 00:26:03,897 --> 00:26:06,400 We'd be up by 20, 30 points. 450 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,112 And he's telling the offense, "Do it again." 451 00:26:11,113 --> 00:26:14,533 [Buck] Brady going deep for Moss at the goal line. 452 00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:16,952 Oh, did he catch that? Touchdown. 453 00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:20,372 New England leads 42 to 7. 454 00:26:20,372 --> 00:26:25,627 [Bruschi] We're beating people's ass so bad that we're the bad guys. 455 00:26:26,295 --> 00:26:27,629 Sort of liked it, though. 456 00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:31,633 [Buck] Brady going for Randy Moss in the end zone. 457 00:26:31,633 --> 00:26:35,345 This is unbelievable. This is unbelievable! 458 00:26:35,345 --> 00:26:38,849 [Moss] Each week, Bill wanted to take the jugular. 459 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:41,977 [commentator] To Moss. Touchdown. 460 00:26:41,977 --> 00:26:44,605 I appreciate his killer instinct. 461 00:26:44,605 --> 00:26:47,399 I'm a bad motherfucker too, now. 462 00:26:48,692 --> 00:26:51,069 [announcer] On the hitch. Brady for Moss. 463 00:26:51,069 --> 00:26:53,906 Guarded by two, another touchdown! 464 00:26:53,906 --> 00:26:57,117 A shooting gallery for New England today. 465 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,829 [Donté Stallworth] Spygate. We all took it personal. 466 00:27:00,829 --> 00:27:04,499 {\an8}We're not out here just to win games. We're out here to fucking make you quit. 467 00:27:04,499 --> 00:27:08,003 {\an8}We want to... We want to do very bad things to you. 468 00:27:09,505 --> 00:27:12,508 [Buck] Brady... hits Stallworth in stride. 469 00:27:12,508 --> 00:27:14,885 He's gonna take it in for a touchdown. 470 00:27:14,885 --> 00:27:17,054 [Moss] What the fuck was Dallas thinking? 471 00:27:17,054 --> 00:27:19,306 Man, what the fuck was the Dallas Cowboys thinking? 472 00:27:19,306 --> 00:27:21,892 Forty-eight in their house. Make 'em pay. 473 00:27:21,892 --> 00:27:25,395 [Rodney Harrison] Our goal was to blow everybody out the water. 474 00:27:26,021 --> 00:27:28,065 {\an8}Fuck 'em all. That's our mentality. 475 00:27:28,065 --> 00:27:30,651 {\an8}That's our little thing. Fuck 'em all. 476 00:27:30,651 --> 00:27:33,570 [announcer] Campbell loses the football. 477 00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:38,784 Colvin takes it to the end zone for a Patriots touchdown. 478 00:27:39,326 --> 00:27:44,414 Patriots are now averaging just over 41 points per game. 479 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,587 All right, congratulations, men. That's shut 'em the fuck up. 480 00:27:50,587 --> 00:27:52,714 - [laughter] - Yeah! 481 00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,883 [Belichick] Let's handle this one the way we always do. 482 00:27:54,883 --> 00:27:59,054 It's not the first time we've won a game. We got a long way to go, all right? 483 00:27:59,054 --> 00:28:02,432 So I'm telling you, don't come in here Wednesday, all right, 484 00:28:02,432 --> 00:28:07,396 like it's fucking YMCA camp, all right, because it's not gonna be. 485 00:28:07,396 --> 00:28:09,773 That... I will promise you. It'll be a work day. 486 00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:13,068 [players chattering, cheering] 487 00:28:14,027 --> 00:28:15,988 Hey, Bru, go on kick that music on. 488 00:28:15,988 --> 00:28:19,074 - ["Another One Bites the Dust" playing] - Oh, yeah, Bru! 489 00:28:19,074 --> 00:28:21,118 [players cheer] 490 00:28:21,118 --> 00:28:23,287 - I'll tell you, here we go, here we go! - [cheer] 491 00:28:23,287 --> 00:28:26,123 [Bruschi] Bill never told us not to celebrate. 492 00:28:26,123 --> 00:28:27,749 We gonna play this song. Come on! 493 00:28:27,749 --> 00:28:30,878 You gotta learn this to survive under Bill Belichick. 494 00:28:30,878 --> 00:28:33,797 "We just did everything you wanted us to do for that Sunday, 495 00:28:33,797 --> 00:28:36,967 and we got your message. We got this right now, Bill, don't worry." 496 00:28:36,967 --> 00:28:41,096 Bam, to the locker room. Push play, "Another One Bites the Dust" would play. 497 00:28:41,096 --> 00:28:45,267 It was our little time to say, "We did that shit. Again." 498 00:28:45,267 --> 00:28:48,437 How about serving up some fresh hot humble popcorn? 499 00:28:48,437 --> 00:28:51,106 [players cheer] 500 00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:56,111 [announcer] Direct snap, Brady. He stands in the pocket, 501 00:28:56,111 --> 00:29:00,574 he fires down the field and it is caught left side. Touchdown! 502 00:29:00,574 --> 00:29:03,160 Easy as pie on that one. 503 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,662 [Cris Carter] This is a team that can go undefeated. 504 00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:07,623 - You think they can go undefeated? - [analyst] Yes. 505 00:29:07,623 --> 00:29:09,958 This football team can go undefeated. 506 00:29:09,958 --> 00:29:12,836 [announcer] ...for Brady, the pump, the throw. It is... 507 00:29:12,836 --> 00:29:15,797 - caught for the touchdown! - [announcer 2] 12 and 0! 508 00:29:15,797 --> 00:29:18,217 [announcer] From the end zone, passed picked, 509 00:29:18,217 --> 00:29:20,511 and an easy touchdown for New England. 510 00:29:20,511 --> 00:29:23,055 [announcer 2] The Patriots' pursuit of perfection continues. 511 00:29:23,055 --> 00:29:24,473 [announcer] A perfect 14 and 0. 512 00:29:24,473 --> 00:29:27,142 - [roars] - [player] We own that shit, too! 513 00:29:27,142 --> 00:29:28,435 [roars] 514 00:29:28,435 --> 00:29:30,729 [announcer] Brady, with time... 515 00:29:30,729 --> 00:29:33,440 ["Another One Bites the Dust" continues] 516 00:29:35,776 --> 00:29:37,778 [announcer] Touchdown, Patriots! 517 00:29:37,778 --> 00:29:41,490 The Patriots go through a regular season 16 and 0. 518 00:29:41,490 --> 00:29:42,866 [yells] 519 00:29:42,866 --> 00:29:44,785 [reporter] Let's be honest, Bill Belichick and the Patriots 520 00:29:44,785 --> 00:29:48,038 focusing in on just one record, and that is 19 and 0. 521 00:29:48,038 --> 00:29:49,873 They gotta win the Super Bowl. 522 00:29:49,873 --> 00:29:52,501 I care about one game in February. You know? 523 00:29:54,044 --> 00:29:57,840 [Michaels] Patriots take the field for the AFC championship game. 524 00:29:59,258 --> 00:30:01,718 One step from the Super Bowl. 525 00:30:03,095 --> 00:30:04,972 Touchdown, New England. 526 00:30:06,515 --> 00:30:09,268 The Patriots, 18 and nothing. 527 00:30:09,268 --> 00:30:13,188 They are unbeaten going to Super Bowl 42. 528 00:30:14,064 --> 00:30:16,525 [fireworks crackle] 529 00:30:16,525 --> 00:30:19,611 [players chant and whoop] 530 00:30:23,866 --> 00:30:27,160 [Charlie Rose] The Super Bowl will be played this Sunday in Glendale, Arizona. 531 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,331 The New York Giants will face off against the undefeated New England Patriots. 532 00:30:32,374 --> 00:30:35,669 [reporter] If the Giants win, it'll be one of the greatest upsets. 533 00:30:35,669 --> 00:30:39,756 If the Patriots win and go 19 and 0, 534 00:30:39,756 --> 00:30:42,759 we'll be experiencing a holy moment 535 00:30:42,759 --> 00:30:44,887 in the history of the National Football League. 536 00:30:44,887 --> 00:30:46,972 [crowd cheers] 537 00:30:48,182 --> 00:30:51,935 [Adalius Thomas] We're going back, baby. We're goin' to the motherfucking show. 538 00:30:52,895 --> 00:30:55,272 [Moss] We just won AFC Championship. 539 00:30:56,607 --> 00:30:59,776 And now? We got the fucking Super Bowl. 540 00:30:59,776 --> 00:31:02,154 - One more, fellas. - [indistinct chatter] 541 00:31:02,696 --> 00:31:06,366 [Moss] I'm sitting up here thinking, like, the perfect season. 542 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:09,661 We're just one game from making it happen. 543 00:31:10,537 --> 00:31:12,915 Tunnel vision. Ain't no playing. 544 00:31:12,915 --> 00:31:15,167 Here it is, it's time to rock. 545 00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:18,754 Going to the Super Bowl! 546 00:31:18,754 --> 00:31:20,714 Congratulations, buddy. 547 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:28,305 [Kraft] Having won three Super Bowls and now going to another, 548 00:31:28,305 --> 00:31:32,017 we'd been blessed and almost a little spoiled. 549 00:31:32,809 --> 00:31:35,395 I thought it was God's hand at work. 550 00:31:36,688 --> 00:31:38,899 But, this time, 551 00:31:38,899 --> 00:31:42,444 it was just the reverse. 552 00:31:42,444 --> 00:31:45,948 [chuckles] It was the devil at work. 553 00:31:49,660 --> 00:31:54,873 [Kraft] Leading to the Super Bowl, we had the devil playing everywhere he could, 554 00:31:54,873 --> 00:31:59,378 facilitating things that weren't in our interest. 555 00:32:01,713 --> 00:32:03,882 [reporter] Tom. How are you doing, Tom? 556 00:32:03,882 --> 00:32:05,592 How's the foot? 557 00:32:08,512 --> 00:32:10,013 How's the foot? 558 00:32:10,681 --> 00:32:14,476 [Pioli] Tom had hurt his ankle in the AFC championship game, 559 00:32:14,476 --> 00:32:18,272 and less than two weeks before the Super Bowl, he's in New York. 560 00:32:20,065 --> 00:32:25,362 At the time, he was dating a big-time model and his future wife, Gisele. 561 00:32:25,362 --> 00:32:27,823 [reporter] Gisele, will you be there with him at the game? 562 00:32:27,823 --> 00:32:31,952 {\an8}And the New York paparazzi get a shot of him wearing a boot. 563 00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:33,620 [camera shutters click rapidly] 564 00:32:35,163 --> 00:32:38,292 And it starts this firestorm. 565 00:32:38,292 --> 00:32:39,626 [reporter] Tom Brady was seen 566 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,795 outside his girlfriend Gisele Bündchen's apartment 567 00:32:41,795 --> 00:32:44,423 here in New York yesterday wearing a cast. 568 00:32:44,423 --> 00:32:47,843 Look, Tom Brady has a slightly sprained ankle. 569 00:32:47,843 --> 00:32:50,804 He's trying to be protective with it. It's not a big deal. 570 00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:53,682 It's certainly relevant. When the quarterback of a team 571 00:32:53,682 --> 00:32:56,977 that is trying to make history and probably the greatest quarterback ever 572 00:32:56,977 --> 00:32:59,730 is injured before the biggest game of the season. 573 00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:06,069 [chants] Let's go, Giants! Let's go, Giants! Let's go, Giants! 574 00:33:06,069 --> 00:33:07,696 [indistinct chatter] 575 00:33:07,696 --> 00:33:10,073 Tom, man, good luck in the Super Bowl, man. 576 00:33:11,617 --> 00:33:13,535 [reporter] Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 577 00:33:13,535 --> 00:33:15,913 arrived Sunday in Arizona for the Super Bowl. 578 00:33:15,913 --> 00:33:18,040 He admits he did injure his ankle a week ago, 579 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,417 but says he's ready to go next Sunday. 580 00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:25,380 [Kraft] When the New York media picked up the thing with Tommy with the boot, 581 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:30,177 that was the beginning of a very difficult Super Bowl week. 582 00:33:31,762 --> 00:33:34,806 People said things and put things out there 583 00:33:34,806 --> 00:33:37,976 that allowed the haters to come out in droves. 584 00:33:37,976 --> 00:33:41,063 Well, another day, another little piece of intrigue, 585 00:33:41,063 --> 00:33:42,814 {\an8}as we get set for the Super Bowl. 586 00:33:42,814 --> 00:33:46,401 {\an8}Six years ago, the Saint Louis Rams played the role of the massive favorite. 587 00:33:46,401 --> 00:33:49,571 The Patriots start in the role the Giants will be enjoying Sunday. 588 00:33:51,031 --> 00:33:53,158 [Scott Van Pelt] Now the Boston Herald reports 589 00:33:53,158 --> 00:33:55,661 a source close to New England at that time 590 00:33:55,661 --> 00:33:59,998 says a member of the Patriots' staff filmed the Rams' final walkthrough. 591 00:34:02,376 --> 00:34:05,963 [Holley] Splashed on the back and front pages of the Boston Herald 592 00:34:05,963 --> 00:34:08,799 was this revelation that the Patriots 593 00:34:08,799 --> 00:34:11,467 {\an8}recorded the Saint Louis Rams 594 00:34:11,467 --> 00:34:14,721 before Super Bowl 36. 595 00:34:15,889 --> 00:34:18,016 People immediately came out and said, 596 00:34:18,016 --> 00:34:20,978 "No wonder they won the game. They were cheating!" 597 00:34:20,978 --> 00:34:24,731 [reporter] I think that what we're really talking about here is fair play. 598 00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:26,692 The edict of fair play. 599 00:34:26,692 --> 00:34:29,402 This is impactful. This is changing games. 600 00:34:29,402 --> 00:34:33,156 You are now getting inside the other teams' huddle. You know what's coming. 601 00:34:33,156 --> 00:34:35,242 I don't care what you say. That's a problem! 602 00:34:36,702 --> 00:34:39,454 [Jonathan Kraft] The story was absolutely not true. 603 00:34:40,330 --> 00:34:43,876 And I told the editors of the Boston Herald 604 00:34:43,876 --> 00:34:48,422 in no uncertain terms that if they didn't retract that story, 605 00:34:48,422 --> 00:34:51,216 we were gonna come after them guns a-blazing. 606 00:34:52,259 --> 00:34:55,012 {\an8}I think I said something to the effect then, you know, 607 00:34:55,012 --> 00:34:56,889 {\an8}"We're gonna own your paper pretty soon." 608 00:34:56,889 --> 00:35:00,017 {\an8}And if the paper was worth owning, we would've owned their newspaper. 609 00:35:00,017 --> 00:35:02,060 But it wasn't something worth owning. 610 00:35:03,687 --> 00:35:08,358 Ultimately, the Boston Herald ran a full apology. 611 00:35:08,358 --> 00:35:10,903 But the damage had already been done. 612 00:35:14,698 --> 00:35:18,076 {\an8}[reporter] Super Bowl 42. The revelations recently about Spygate 613 00:35:18,076 --> 00:35:20,329 further fuel the public perception 614 00:35:20,329 --> 00:35:23,540 that what the Patriots have accomplished is tainted. 615 00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:25,876 [crowd chanting] Boston sucks! Boston sucks! 616 00:35:25,876 --> 00:35:29,046 Boston sucks! Boston sucks! 617 00:35:31,548 --> 00:35:35,010 That Super Bowl, it was like you've got the cheater. 618 00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:37,596 It's the New England Patriots. That's how the country saw them. 619 00:35:38,597 --> 00:35:40,891 They've got the pretty boy quarterback. 620 00:35:40,891 --> 00:35:44,853 They've got the coach who's a rule-breaker. 621 00:35:44,853 --> 00:35:46,563 So we'll watch for that. 622 00:35:46,563 --> 00:35:48,190 We'll hate-watch them. 623 00:35:50,692 --> 00:35:53,028 [Buck] The Patriots trying to go 19 and 0, 624 00:35:53,028 --> 00:35:56,198 and the New York Giants trying to shut it down. 625 00:35:56,198 --> 00:35:58,867 Everybody talkin' about a dynasty. 626 00:35:58,867 --> 00:36:00,410 Our dynasty starts today. 627 00:36:01,954 --> 00:36:05,249 [Michael Strahan] By that point, the Patriots had become the villain. 628 00:36:05,249 --> 00:36:08,293 That's what the energy of the building was. 629 00:36:08,293 --> 00:36:11,421 {\an8}It felt like darkness against light, good against evil. 630 00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:15,175 [Buck] Tom Brady and company head to work. 631 00:36:15,926 --> 00:36:18,095 [Strahan] We understood Tom Brady's the catalyst 632 00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:19,888 for how well that offense worked. 633 00:36:19,888 --> 00:36:24,685 So we had to hit him almost every time he dropped back. 634 00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:26,687 Let's kick the devil's ass. 635 00:36:28,355 --> 00:36:31,275 [Verdi's Requiem Mass playing] 636 00:37:08,437 --> 00:37:11,190 [Strahan] To sack Tom Brady is special. 637 00:37:12,149 --> 00:37:14,985 Not because he's cuddly and soft, which he is, 638 00:37:14,985 --> 00:37:17,279 but it's like a Christmas gift. 639 00:37:18,197 --> 00:37:20,991 I just... I just wanna open that present over and over again. 640 00:37:20,991 --> 00:37:23,785 I never get sick of it. [laughs] 641 00:37:23,785 --> 00:37:27,331 [Verdi's Requiem continues] 642 00:37:38,133 --> 00:37:41,428 [Buck] Tom Brady has been under fire all night. 643 00:37:41,428 --> 00:37:44,848 This New England offense, which was the highest scoring offense 644 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:46,850 in the history of the league, 645 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:49,478 held in check by the Giants defense. 646 00:37:49,478 --> 00:37:53,190 Ten-seven, the Giants leading here in this final quarter. 647 00:37:58,278 --> 00:38:00,906 [Moss] You know, me and Tom, 648 00:38:00,906 --> 00:38:03,325 {\an8}we were struggling most of the game. 649 00:38:03,325 --> 00:38:06,286 [Buck] You know, all the talk about his ankle a week ago, 650 00:38:06,286 --> 00:38:08,413 it was a real factor, and I've got to believe 651 00:38:08,413 --> 00:38:12,918 that even though he's saying it's okay that it's still bothering him a lot. 652 00:38:12,918 --> 00:38:17,464 That was my first Super Bowl, so as a professional, 653 00:38:17,464 --> 00:38:20,050 I don't know what it feels like to come in first. 654 00:38:20,050 --> 00:38:26,515 You know? So, for me to come this close, only to come in second... 655 00:38:26,515 --> 00:38:27,850 Hell, no! 656 00:38:28,851 --> 00:38:34,147 And Tom Brady looks at me and gives me that... that... you know... 657 00:38:34,147 --> 00:38:37,234 Hey, any quarterback wide receiver know. 658 00:38:37,234 --> 00:38:38,944 Y'all know what. 659 00:38:38,944 --> 00:38:43,031 Yeah, that... that look. That means, "Hey, I'm coming to you." 660 00:38:43,031 --> 00:38:44,449 Hike! 661 00:38:45,951 --> 00:38:49,955 [Buck] Brady, to Moss, third catch, makes a move, has a first down. 662 00:38:49,955 --> 00:38:52,457 [cheering] 663 00:38:52,457 --> 00:38:55,878 [Buck] Play action, Brady lobs it for Moss. 664 00:38:55,878 --> 00:38:59,256 [Troy Aikman] Well, now you're finally starting to see New England 665 00:38:59,256 --> 00:39:03,093 get into some kind of rhythm, and this is not uncharted territory for them. 666 00:39:09,183 --> 00:39:12,394 [Buck] Brady... throws. Moss! 667 00:39:12,394 --> 00:39:13,687 Touchdown! 668 00:39:13,687 --> 00:39:16,899 [crowd cheers] 669 00:39:17,733 --> 00:39:21,236 [Buck] A methodical drive put together by the game's best. 670 00:39:23,530 --> 00:39:28,744 Patriots lead by 4 with 2 minutes, 42 seconds left in the fourth quarter. 671 00:39:29,578 --> 00:39:31,830 They don't score, we win. 672 00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:36,710 Let's take control over the game up front. Shut them down. 673 00:39:37,628 --> 00:39:40,923 [Bruschi] Defensively, we knew what we had to do. 674 00:39:42,591 --> 00:39:45,219 The perfect mark, 19 and 0. 675 00:39:46,345 --> 00:39:49,890 One more stop and it was ours. 676 00:39:49,890 --> 00:39:53,727 [fan] Come on, defense! Come on, defense! 677 00:40:06,281 --> 00:40:09,076 [Buck] Pressure from Thomas off the edge. 678 00:40:12,538 --> 00:40:14,081 Gonna be hit! 679 00:40:15,207 --> 00:40:17,125 Gonna be sacked! 680 00:40:18,335 --> 00:40:20,420 - [Aikman] No! - [Buck] No, he got out of it! 681 00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:22,798 How in the world did he do that? 682 00:40:22,798 --> 00:40:25,384 [Aikman] Eli Manning... I don't know how he got out of there. 683 00:40:25,384 --> 00:40:27,302 I thought he was on the ground. 684 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,806 [Buck] Airs it out down the field. 685 00:40:42,901 --> 00:40:45,279 It is caught by Tyree. 686 00:40:48,782 --> 00:40:50,367 [Aikman] Oh, my gosh! 687 00:40:52,369 --> 00:40:57,249 My first thought was, "Eli just got out of a sack," which never happens. 688 00:40:57,249 --> 00:41:00,460 Uh, my second thought was, "Did he catch it? He didn't catch it." 689 00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:01,712 I didn't think he caught it. 690 00:41:03,213 --> 00:41:06,800 Looking at the replay, David pins it against the helmet, 691 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,303 then clutches it and goes down. 692 00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:14,183 I... [stammers] I just... My mouth dropped. 693 00:41:15,726 --> 00:41:19,021 [Brady] I was like, "Fuck, man. How the fuck did you do that?" 694 00:41:19,938 --> 00:41:22,107 {\an8}That play, I was looking at it the other day. 695 00:41:22,107 --> 00:41:25,527 {\an8}If that ball bounces up, we have five guys there to intercept the ball. 696 00:41:26,612 --> 00:41:27,946 It's a million to one. 697 00:41:30,908 --> 00:41:34,161 [Bruschi] I'm looking at the Giants after that play. 698 00:41:34,161 --> 00:41:38,624 And I thought, "Damn, I've been on that other sideline before." 699 00:41:39,416 --> 00:41:43,378 And I've beaten Goliath before, in the Saint Louis Rams. 700 00:41:43,378 --> 00:41:47,341 Where nobody thinks you got a shot, 701 00:41:47,341 --> 00:41:50,135 you double-digit underdog in the Super Bowl. 702 00:41:50,135 --> 00:41:55,516 And I'm like, "Oh, shit, I know what they feel." 703 00:41:55,516 --> 00:41:57,392 [sighs] 704 00:41:58,060 --> 00:41:59,770 [Buck] Thirty-nine seconds left. 705 00:42:01,647 --> 00:42:06,485 Manning lobs it. Burress alone! Touchdown, New York! 706 00:42:06,485 --> 00:42:08,487 [crowd cheers] 707 00:42:08,487 --> 00:42:11,240 [Buck] Seventeen-14, Giants. 708 00:42:13,450 --> 00:42:15,285 With ten seconds left. 709 00:42:16,161 --> 00:42:20,415 The Patriots would have to get it to the 34-yard line for a field goal. 710 00:42:21,667 --> 00:42:23,669 At stake is the perfect season. 711 00:42:25,921 --> 00:42:31,301 [Strahan] At that point I'm thinking, "Okay, this thing is in hand." 712 00:42:31,301 --> 00:42:34,429 But anytime the Patriots have the ball, 713 00:42:34,429 --> 00:42:36,348 no matter how much time is left, 714 00:42:36,348 --> 00:42:39,351 when Tom Brady's your quarterback, you always worry. 715 00:42:41,603 --> 00:42:46,275 [Moss] The last play... all we needed was a try for a field goal. 716 00:42:48,026 --> 00:42:53,198 So, Tom told me, "Hey, Randy, we canning that. 717 00:42:54,908 --> 00:42:56,410 Run the play. 718 00:42:57,077 --> 00:43:00,038 When I look at you, reverse field." 719 00:43:07,129 --> 00:43:09,089 [Buck] Brady rolls. 720 00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:13,802 Heaves. 721 00:43:24,229 --> 00:43:25,480 [Moss] I ran. 722 00:43:26,899 --> 00:43:28,942 The ball comes... 723 00:43:28,942 --> 00:43:31,987 [Buck] Moss down field... 724 00:43:31,987 --> 00:43:33,447 broken up! 725 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:44,625 [Moss] And out of all the plays 726 00:43:44,625 --> 00:43:47,628 that I've made my whole life, that still haunts me. 727 00:43:47,628 --> 00:43:49,296 My fingertips touched it. 728 00:43:49,296 --> 00:43:50,631 I nipped it. 729 00:43:52,841 --> 00:43:55,093 [Buck] They run out the clock. 730 00:43:55,093 --> 00:43:57,471 The Giants have won the Super Bowl. 731 00:43:57,471 --> 00:43:59,681 [cheering] 732 00:44:11,860 --> 00:44:14,780 [Stallworth] You know, seeing that ball hit that ground 733 00:44:14,780 --> 00:44:18,992 when you had seen Brady and Moss make connection after connection, 734 00:44:18,992 --> 00:44:20,619 {\an8}I was just like... 735 00:44:23,747 --> 00:44:26,041 {\an8}"Did... did that just happen? 736 00:44:26,041 --> 00:44:29,586 Did we... did we lose?" 737 00:44:29,586 --> 00:44:31,421 [cheering] 738 00:44:34,967 --> 00:44:37,803 [Stallworth] I just think everybody's heart just dropped to the floor. 739 00:44:38,971 --> 00:44:42,474 And it's just like a total... 740 00:44:42,474 --> 00:44:45,269 Just your soul leaving your body. 741 00:44:46,728 --> 00:44:48,063 Yeah. 742 00:44:49,648 --> 00:44:51,567 Sorry. [laughs] 743 00:44:51,567 --> 00:44:53,777 Ah, that sucked. 744 00:44:54,862 --> 00:44:57,114 [crowd roaring faintly] 745 00:45:07,791 --> 00:45:11,170 [Belichick] Uh, the Giants were better than us that day. 746 00:45:13,297 --> 00:45:16,508 {\an8}They, uh, outcoached us, outplayed us, and deserved to win. 747 00:45:22,097 --> 00:45:24,600 [Jonathan Kraft] Following the loss to the Giants, 748 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:29,938 that locker room was, by a factor of ten, 749 00:45:29,938 --> 00:45:32,774 {\an8}the most emotional... 750 00:45:35,152 --> 00:45:36,945 Let me... Sorry, let me just start over, 751 00:45:36,945 --> 00:45:40,490 because, I mean, I'm watching guys throw up and cry on the floor. 752 00:45:40,490 --> 00:45:43,660 You know, I've never seen that. I've never ever seen that. 753 00:45:43,660 --> 00:45:47,164 But I want to figure out how to... describe it. 754 00:45:53,504 --> 00:45:55,172 [Brady] We were crushed. 755 00:45:56,340 --> 00:45:59,635 I was crushed, my teammates were crushed. Coaches were crushed. 756 00:46:00,636 --> 00:46:03,055 That was our history-making game. 757 00:46:04,348 --> 00:46:06,266 That would have been everything. 758 00:46:07,309 --> 00:46:11,647 I mean, I remember getting to the bus in Arizona, 759 00:46:11,647 --> 00:46:14,191 and it was... there was not a sound. 760 00:46:14,191 --> 00:46:15,859 We were... It was pitch dark. 761 00:46:15,859 --> 00:46:18,779 We were as devastated as you could be. 762 00:46:19,655 --> 00:46:21,406 There was no sleep. 763 00:46:21,406 --> 00:46:24,034 There was no sleep for... for a long time. 764 00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:32,042 [Kraft] I know Tommy wanted this game for so many reasons, 765 00:46:32,042 --> 00:46:35,045 and he's harder on himself 766 00:46:35,045 --> 00:46:41,176 than anyone else could ever be, and feels things so deeply. 767 00:46:41,176 --> 00:46:47,140 So, when he would do something where he felt he failed, 768 00:46:47,140 --> 00:46:49,768 it would make him feel even worse. 769 00:46:58,485 --> 00:47:01,071 [Holley] That 2007 season, 770 00:47:01,071 --> 00:47:05,200 people were just waiting for the Patriots to slip up and lose. 771 00:47:06,076 --> 00:47:07,786 {\an8}Lose, so we can make fun of you. 772 00:47:07,786 --> 00:47:10,497 {\an8}Lose, so we can get a response, because so far, 773 00:47:10,497 --> 00:47:12,708 we don't have anything to hold over you. 774 00:47:12,708 --> 00:47:15,460 Okay, we can say, "Yeah, you cheated," 775 00:47:15,460 --> 00:47:17,087 but you keep winning. 776 00:47:18,589 --> 00:47:20,674 But now they had their answer. 777 00:47:20,674 --> 00:47:23,468 Finally, they had to wait until the last game of the season, 778 00:47:23,468 --> 00:47:25,762 but they had their comeback. 779 00:47:25,762 --> 00:47:28,098 And everybody celebrated when they didn't win. 780 00:47:37,399 --> 00:47:41,403 [Strahan] It felt like finally... finally, the good guys won. 781 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,490 The devil got kicked in the butt. 782 00:47:46,325 --> 00:47:49,077 The rest of the country could celebrate. 783 00:47:49,995 --> 00:47:53,290 I think that gave hope for the future. 784 00:47:54,958 --> 00:47:57,794 But... the devil was not done. 785 00:47:57,794 --> 00:48:00,130 [announcer] And now, ladies and gentlemen, 786 00:48:00,130 --> 00:48:03,467 here are the New England Patriots! 787 00:49:28,635 --> 00:49:30,637 Translated by