PITTSBURGH — According to an ESPN investigation reported Tuesday, the New England Patriots recorded opponents' signals at least 40 times between 2000 and 2007.
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However, according to ESPN's investigation, the NFL did not disclose the discovery of a room that the Pats maintained that was filled with scouting material.
The ESPN report says that scouting material was reportedly destroyed shortly after it was found.
<span>"Inside a room accessible only to Belichick and a few others, [NFL investigators] found a library of scouting material containing videotapes of opponents' signals, with detailed notes matching signals to plays for many teams going back seven seasons. Among them were handwritten diagrams of the defensive signals of the Pittsburgh Steelers,<span> </span>including the notes used in the January 2002 AFC Championship Game won by the Patriots 24–17. Yet almost as quickly as the tapes and notes were found, they were destroyed, on Goodell's orders: League executives stomped the tapes into pieces and shredded the papers inside a Gillette Stadium conference room."</span>
After the ESPN report surfaced on Tuesday, the Patriots released the following statement:
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