Would the New England Patriots Have Won Any of Their Championships Without Spying?

Justin Peters by Contributor Written on February 15, 2008
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The New York Jets may have opened Pandora's Box when they caught the New England Patriots video taping their signals during week one of this past season.  

New England only defeated St. Louis and Carolina in the Super Bowl by a game winning field goal by Adam Vinatieri, and barely snuck past Philadelphia for their thirrd crown in the decade. 

Can you imagine the advantages of knowing what plays your opponent is going to run?  Defenders can prepare to be in place prior to the play even beginning.  

The fact that New England was unable to complete the perfect season only adds to the uncertainty.  This year's Patriots team quite possibly being the best during the Tom Brady era, at least offensively anyway, but was still unable to finish the job.  Could it be because they didn't know what plays their opponent was going to run?  

Is it a mere coincidence that the year the Patriots were forced to cease their spying ways that they fell short on the sport's biggest stage for the first time in four tries? 

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