This one, however, may be the most diabolical one yet.For starters, I don't know how these things start.Or where they start.
Or why they started.The internet is the Wild Wild West at this point.
It's a vast landscape, and I, frankly, can't keep up with it.Nor do I want to.BILL BELICHICK CONFIRMS FEUD WITH TOM BRADY WAS FICTION, PRAISES HIS QUARTERBACK'S LEADERSHIP FROM DAY ONEBut, here we go ...A viral post on X claims the Patriots, and Belichick, used the team's home scoreboard at Gillette Stadium to mess with opposing kickers during field goals.
How?By showing the goal posts live on the scoreboard right behind the goal posts, thus creating four yellow lines right in the view of the kicker.New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick yells at officials during a game against the Miami Dolphins on Oct.29, 2023, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)The claim was made by Ryan Paganetti, who previously worked in the analytics departments for the Raiders, Jags and Eagles."Much has been made of the Patriots’ mysterious 'Pink Stripes.' How about yellow ones?" he said in a now-vrial post that has nearly 10 million views.BUFFALO BILLS IN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE OVER THEIR $2.2 BILLION STADIUM THAT IS GETTING CRUSHED ONLINE BY FANS"I went through more than a decade of TV broadcasts and uncovered a diabolically clever piece of Patriots gamesmanship.When opposing kickers lined up at Gillette Stadium, the video board displayed a reverse view of the kick, placing a second, offset set of yellow uprights directly behind the real ones."Paganetti continued."I found dozens of examples.
In the same games, I reviewed 52 Patriots field goal attempts.The illusion appeared on Patriots kicks exactly zero times."We actually tried copying the idea when I was in Philadelphia, but the location of the video boards at Lincoln Financial Field made it nearly useless.
It is the perfect encapsulation of the Patriots dynasty.No detail was too small, and ...