That's just football

Fishy tactics part of the game
posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | Print Entry

The NFL doesn't have any plans to investigate rumors that Dolphins coach Nick Saban may have purchased audio of quarterback Tom Brady's cadence and protection calls. The reason is simple. A league spokesman said, "that's just football."

First of all, the league would have no chance of proving it. Saban has already gone on record as saying he tried to pick up a team's cadence from television broadcast. "You always try to get the other team's cadence," Saban said. "I'm sure they try to get ours, so when you know when a guy's checking off, when he isn't checking off."

Teams are always trying to steal signs and signals off other teams. As the NFL said, that's just football.


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