Manning is possibly the hardest QB in the league to intercept, true because no one knows what the hell he is saying at the line, all the jibberish. But don't forget the old Manning did not audible as much as he did now.
Also most other teams in the past 3 or 4 years do not audible like crazy, and are pretty basic and easy to pick off. You see it on the field all the time where the defensive players hear something and then audible, but now a days there are fake audibles too, like they make it look like a run and then pass it.
If there was no point in BELLIDICK taping all the other teams, then why would he do it, if there was no advantage for him? It's not like the Pats knew every play that the other team was going to throw, but I can guarantee you they knew for sure at least 2 plays in a game that were potentially game changing plays.
Does anyone remember that game vs the RAMS where it seemed that balls were thrown right to Pats db's? Warner did not throw a pick like that all season and then in playoffs balls are thrown right to PATS db's and its not like they are making great plays, they look like they jumped the pattern and knew what the play was against them.
My bad they were intercepting defensive signals which happens all the time in any football league. Most teams keep the same defensive signals, and have words to indicate what they are in. So if a coordinator taps his head it means Man. What has happened is simple, BELLIDICK tapes the coordinator and then matches all his defensive signals and then matches it up with the defensive formations on the field. This is nothing new, as any team can look at the D coordinator and then look what D they played on the field, however BELLIDICK was taping it so he could analye and decode the defensive signals. Ex- They pick off a man to man signal, audible and then throw a quick deep td man to man. HE probably picked off the hurry Up Defense audibles and that is why BRADY was so successfull at the end of games, in reality. The PATS are just plain and simple SMARTER than every other team in the league. What other coach would bother taping the other team, u think BILLICK OR LEWIS would do that. I gotta give BELLIDICK credit he will do whatever it takes to win.
BELLIDICK has created a slight advantage for him, the same advantage that a card counter has at blackjack. WHy do people card count, to win and it gives them the edge. BELLIDICK was creating an edge, anyone who thinks he did not gain anything is crazy, he just lost a draft pick out of this and a big fine.
