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Former Rams RB Marshall Faulk: ‘I’ll never be over being cheated out of the Super Bowl’ by Patriots 01.30.13 at 11:53 am ET
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Marshall Faulk

Former Rams running back Marshall Faulk, now an NFL Network analyst, said he hasn’t made his peace with the way the Rams lost to the Patriots in the 2002 Super Bowl.

“Am I over the loss? Yeah, I’m over the loss. But I’ll never be over being cheated out of the Super Bowl,” Faulk told CSNNE’s Tom E. Curran on Tuesday. “That’s a different story. I can understand losing a Super Bowl, that’s fine. … But how things happened and what took place. Obviously, the commissioner gets to handle things how he wants to handle them but if they wanted us to shut up about what happened, show us the tapes. Don’t burn ‘em.”

Faulk was referring to tapes the Patriots allegedly made of the Rams’ coaches’ defensive signals before the 2002 Super Bowl, although none of those tapes were ever found and commissioner Roger Goodell said in 2008 that he had no evidence of the Patriots taping the Rams’ pregame walkthrough.

Still, Faulk said he doesn’t believe the game could have gone the way it did if the Patriots didn’t have prior knowledge of the Rams’ plans.

“I understand Bill [Belichick] is a great coach,” said Faulk. “But No. 13 [Kurt Warner] will tell you. Mike Martz will tell you. We had some plays in the red zone that we hadn’t ran. I think we got to fourth down — we ran three plays that we hadn’t ran, that Mike drew up for that game — Bill’s a hell of a coach … we hadn’t ran them the whole year [and the Patriots were ready for them].”

“Bill has done a great job,” Faulk continued. “I love [Robert] Kraft and what he’s done. They almost drafted me. I remember [Kraft's] vision for that organization. I respect everything about that organization. But am I bitter about how that went? Am I bitter about how the league handled them taping people? If Bountygate was that bad and Sean [Payton] got suspended for a whole year? If we want to talk about some unfair assessment of how we’re assessing things? Man.

“If you lost a game and your brother cheated you, you’ll remember that.”

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  • jimromeisanass

    you are living a bitter life my friend

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/ZVFM2HRNC5CTO2OUXD4XTX65O4 Dennis

     13 years and he still has a “bone?”  Nuts. 

  • Pas8263

    Get over it

  • Anonymous

    More evidence of how you don’t have to be smart to play football. 

  • Philp

    LOL!!!! I hope Kevin Faulk rubs it in his stupid face every day!

  • TedSox

    News for you Faulk. That superbowl ended 20-17. 7 of the 20 came on a pick 6. 3 more points were scored on a last minute drive where to defensive signals were used. Perhaps the offense needs to take some responsability because if the Pats were stealing signals the did it poorly since they scored 10 points during times when the signals were being sent.

  • Dontgiveafaulk

    so the Rams coaches’ used “defensive signals” to call red zone plays? huh?

  • Anonymous

    No talk about the regular season meeting, Rams knew the Pats were their toughest & best coached opponent they beat in regular season. That’s back when you could hammer the receivers and it was ok to “feel the power”. 
    Can’t even play the game like that anymore, you lost get over it!!!

  • Anonymous

    I don’t blame him for feeling “cheated”.   But he can’t honestly be comparing bountygate, which could have resulted in ended careers or even lives, with spygate, which resulted in (at best), a minor competitive advantage.

  • Jimskelly

    Stop whining Faulk, you sound like such a whimp

  • Johnny Spygate

    So what you yahoos are saying is that, sure we cheated, but it was a long time ago so Faulk should just get over it.  Do I have that right??  Because of course your team cheated.  Everyone knows your team cheated.  The league admitted your team cheated.  And you have not won a thing since your team has said it stopped cheating.  
    These are the facts of the case, and they are undisputed.
    Let’s move on.

  • Bob_Ryan

    Just like I feel cheated by the 2 loses to the Giants? They should have beaten the Patriots either. Just go away you clown, your team got out coached.

  • DJKuulA

    No, Johnny Morongate, Faulk claims that the Pats secretly taped the Rams’ practice/ walkthrough before the Super Bowl. There’s no real evidence of that. What was admitted was taping of signals *during* games, not before them.

  • cabeza

    if u think a pay-for-hits scheme is no worse than a tape that shows opposing signal calling, then you must have been hit a few too many times mr faulk

  • Trollingenemyblogsisforlosers

    Th Pats have won several AFC championships as well as AFC East championships. That “is not winning a thing?” People keep saying the Pats have “not won anything” since spygate. They have. Plus ALL teams are cheaters. All teams have guys using PED’s. That is cheating also. The Pats have won championships since spygate. Other teams cheat. THESE are the facts and they are undisputed.

  • King_Messier

    Sour grapes because you weren’t the better team.  I’m tired of the “cheating” talk.  Funny how they expect the Pats to prove they didn’t cheat.  If it was such a big deal, do you actually think the Pats would have kept all the tapes?  Would their illegal video guy on the sidelines be wearing a Pats shirt?  Grow a pair and man up.  The better team won!

  • Monstatroll

    He’s talking about taping walk throughs before the Super Bowl. Did you read his whinny little quote at all? There are no walk through tapes. Are you um… are you dumb?

  • King_messier

    Wrong Johnny D-bag.  The Pats have the best winning percentage since 2007 and if not for a very flawed D and TWO PLAYS, would have 2 more SBs.  You’re the one that needs to move on.  Must be a whiney Jets fan…

  • Njmb24

    Actually the Patriots are the winningest football team in the league since Spygate, and it’s not even close.  They have made it to two Super Bowls since then and it came down to the Giants final drive before they lost.  This is indisputable. Your argument is weak, and you are obviously a bitter part time fan of some other loser football team.

  • jaypop

    stop being a whinny little bi##h,  you lost  !!!!  just go away….

  • Chuckchamp

    What a loser! What little respect he earned as a player is no longer valid. Kevin is his cousin why doesn’t he confront Kevin for cheating him out of the Super Bowl? Because in his true heart he knows he was beaten by a better team.

    w

  • Clhsr

    I don’t remember him bring a factor in that game. I guess I don’t blame him and I wish goodell would have made the tapes public. Just wondering, would a pregame walk thru even show new plays and D tapes would not show new plays . From what I heard fox say the pregame stuff goes over the first few plays they will run and it wouldn’t make much difference anyway. I know it easy for me to say cause my team won but you gotta let it go.

  • King_messier

    I say the Rams should release all of their film and tapes through that season.  Let’s see what they were doing and how they did.  Why not?  That’s what he wants the Pats to do.  Maybe other teams that cry about this issue should do the same.  You won’t hear a peep out of them because almost all teams have attempted to steal signs.  Step up whiners!

  • Ttocs99

    It’s amazing they let someone so dumb and misinformed work in the media. Doesn’t Faulk even know the rules ? Doesn’t he know that stealing defensive signals, even videotaping them, was not illegal UNTIL 2007 (when the Jets caught the Pats doing it). Anyone who thinks the Pats cheated, and there should be an asterisk next to their Championships (2001, 2003 & 2004), is just as dumb as poor Mr. Faulk. Unfortunately, that’s most football fans.

  • http://nellewrites.net nelle

    Ah, but steroids never impacted any games in football, nosiree, just those dastardly Patriots, doing what every team in baseball has a long tradition of doing. The rules said you can’t steal signs in football, I get that. But I doubt teams ignore if they see something, and that includes his own team.

  • EveryTeamInTheNflDidSpygate

    Gotta love these patriot haters that are stuck on spygate. Dont let the facts get in the way of there logic. Every team tries to get an edge. Every team in nfl history has videotaped. its a technicality of being warned of where they were videotaped from. If your team is good enough they can switch there signals up on the spot, and switch there playbooks up. Sorry if the pats win alot of games to this day by by watching videotape and not falling for the same weak plays that the rest of the league gets beat on. As far as not winning since, lol. The pats are the only superbowl or bust team in the nfl perennially. Highest winning% in league since spygate. Again dont let facts cloud your opinions.

  • Monstatroll

    Has anyone ever read/heard the quotes from Jimmy Johnson and Bill Cohwer regarding taping signals? That should have ended this controversy for anyone with half a brain cell. Why do people still just assume that it was only The Patriots? It’s just hallow fuel for haters and washed up bitter players apparently.

  • San Diego Dreamer

    Bill is a smart coach. He knows how to disguise his signals. You lost and whatever tapes Bill had wasn’t the reason. Look how he ID’s game plans and reads plays now. You all were taken by surprise, admit it and stop looking for excuses. You didn’t take the Pats seriously and you lost. Did I mention that you LOST.

  • The Greatest Team on Turf was
  • Steamrollers44

    maybe i need to stop watchin faulk on nfl network.  

  • San Diego Dreamer

    We have won a ton of games since including division and conference championships. The two superbowl losses were close and a play going differently in either game would have resulted in two more wins. Fact is you all have trouble admitting the Patriots are the best team of the 1st decade with or without spygate.

  • Johnny Spygate

    Just so I’m clear, the cheating is ok because it was a long time ago?  Is that it?  Because I keep reading the yahoos say that people need to “get over Spygate”.  So I guess that means there’s a statute of limitations on someones lack of integrity.
    And give me a break with this winning percentage B.S.  Isn’t the goal to win Super Bowls?  The Patriots have 3 JV teams in their division so they start every season 6-0.  I don’t see any “Winning Percentage” banners hanging at Gillette.
    Let’s move on.  The David Ross era starts in 17 days.

  • Budsox

    Who cares? Get over it Marshall. You’re pathetic.

  • Monstatroll

    I like your avatar picture. SO let me get this straight, if they had Spygate then Welker catches that ball huh? Or Tyree doesn’t catch a hail Mary, or Asante doesn’t drop an INT? Your logic is amazing. You just went full Rtard my friend. YOU NEVER DO THAT

  • Eharrington13

    What a loser!

  • Blazind777

    @Jonhny spygate… How many playoff games or Super Bowls did the Pats go to after “spygate” ?? The Pats went to what 2-3 Super Bowls and a bunch of playoff games… No they haven’t won a SB but if they cheated so bad then why do they still make the playoffs every year?? The Pats have been one of the best offensive scoring machines after spygate.. Remember ppl were saying the Pats were running up the scores and this was the next season after spygate. Plus do u think no other team was doing things like spygate?? They were, Pats just got caught at it..
    Stop crying about your losses.. And by the way the Pats could have had two more SBs if it weren’t for a few ridiculous plays and that’s after spygate..

  • Mike Hunt

    You just made Johnny Spygate the classier one.  Clean up the language je rkoff

  • Blazind777

    Have a message up to for u..

  • Matt

    1) The Rams made exactly one trip into the redzone that entire game and scored a TD
    2) If they were plays that you hadn’t run before how would the Pats know the signals unless they filmed the walkthrough (which was investigated and found to be untrue. Not inconclusive, untrue)

  • John Charbonneau13

    What a moron……teams had been doing that type of thing for decades!  I hate this “holier than thou” attitude. 

  • NYSteve

    %$#@ him

  • Monstatroll

    Oh, did “Rtard” offend you? I’m sorry. Maybe I should have used the term je rkoff? Oh and nice user name. I guess you’re the voice of maturity huh? Idiot.

  • Johnny Spygate

    Stop it.  You’re just embarrassing yourself now.  You plagiarized half your post from the “Yahoo’s Guide to Defending Spygate Against All Logic”.
    Oh, and you want to talk about “ridiculous plays”??  How about a 45 yard field goal in a raging blizzard?  I’m pretty sure you’ll take that “ridiculous” play.
    Now go get your f ing shine box

  • Bucyk

    Wow! Excellent form of denial that you were simply beaten in the game by a better team.

  • Bruinman86

    Waaaahhhhh!!!  That’s all this guy does is whine every year about how his team lost.  Maybe if they had played better they would have won.  Teams have many sets of signals.  If they has suspected that the Pats knew them – something they could have taped from a legal location, then use another set.  Their lack of adjustment is what cost them the game. The Pats defense hit their receivers every chance they could and threw off the timing routes as well as made them drop a few possible catches as a result of those hits.  If that game was played 10 times, Pats probably would have only won maybe 3 times.  If the Pats knew every play before it happened, then it would have been a 14-0 shutout. Bottom line:  One team showed up, the other didn’t, case closed.  Move on Faulk-Head.

  • Anita Cocke

    Who are you, Joe Flacco??  Shameful.  No need for that in civil discourse fu cktard

  • Mrichards5

    Like Charles Barkley once  commented on what difference it COULD have had, ” every team we play, we know every play there gonna run”. God, get Over it!

  • Monstatroll

    lol, how many usernames do you have? I like your new user name better. Why not ask Johnny Spygate as I’m sure he would be happy to oblige you. 

  • guest

    WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! over and over and over!!!!!!! Shut up already!!

  • WTNY!

    The real reason THOSE teams won Super Bowls? Richard Seymour, Willie McGinest, Lawyer Malloy, Ty Law, Teddy Bruschi , Ted Johnson, Tebucky Jones, Otis Smith, Bobby Hamilton,Mike Vrabel, Bryan Cox, Rodney Harrison, Asante Samuel, Eugene Wilson, Vince Wilfork AND Adam Vinatieri with a Balanced offense!

  • Mmac1235

    U bitter bitch,execute better!!! You F’n lost so shut the F**k up you wuss!!! Your team was supposed to be the “Greatest show on Turf” and the Pats shoved it down your throat!!! Get a life Faulk

  • Ty

    For someone who likes to say, “Let’s move on”, you sure have a hard time doing so yourself.  And just look at Faulk here.  The guy is admitting he’s still not over it, despite the fact there is no evidence to support his claims.  So since the Patriots were able to defend against plays the Rams hadn’t ran all year, it had to be because the Patriots cheated?  That is absolutely ridiculous, and even more so when you consider the fact that Faulk actually played the game.  The plays he is referring to came down to execution and who beat who matchup-wise.  That’s why the Patriots were “ready” for them.  The Patriots out-executed and out-played the Rams, and they absolutely deserved to win that game.

    I’ll say it again; every team is allowed to film people’s defensive signals from up in the booth.  It’s been done every single season by every single team.  You’re not allowed to do it from the field.  It’s a technicality, not “cheating” like many people like to put it.  Every team changes their signals from game to game because of how much film is out there, and the fact that the Pats are still have the best winning % since “Spygate” just shows you that the cameras mean nothing.  A fluke catch by David Tyree and a drop by Wes Welker is all that separates the Patriots from winning two more championships.  Don’t tell me the Patriots gained some sort of competitive advantage; it’s all about execution and out-playing your opponent (along with a little luck).

    NOW I think we can move on, Johnny boy.  Come on, give it a try.  I’m sure you’re more than capable of doing so.

  • Gronk

    WAHHH!
     

  • 364NKL

    So, I guess going to the Super Bowl twice since 2007, plus having winning seasons ever since, means NOTHING????  God, you are a troll.  You wouldn’t make a very good lawyer since you can’t even present a legitimate case.

  • Dfx523

    Get over it Marshall and stop whining like a little biatch. The article quotes “Faulk was referring to tapes the Patriots allegedly made of the Rams’ coaches’ defensive signals before the 2002 Super Bowl, although none of those tapes were ever found and commissioner Roger Goodell said in 2008 that he had no evidence of the Patriots taping the Rams’ pregame walkthrough”, does this not say it all.

  • Revenge was sweet!

    Coming from a Baltimore fan who hates the Patriots and actually comes on here to drink your tears after the AFC Championship (Sorry it makes me happy especially after how cocky some of you were) you just hammered Johnny Spygate. Game Set Match lol. I hate the Pats but you cant take away what they did from 2001-2004 because of ”Spygate” it’s a non story and always has been and you hit on the all the reasons why. You used to have a defense like the Ravens do now and ever since your defense went downhill you can’t get back to the top because of it. Nothing to do with cameras being in the wrong spot…

  • jj

    Thats right, and Vinitieri kicking TWO huge field goals in a blizzard was all an illusion.

  • Dope Hunter

    Come on shut up…you lost….

  • Qtrback

    The facts sucks for all those Patriots haters……good job TedSox!

  • Kman1020

    He and Eric Allen really need to start a support group called “Players of Playoff Losses Anonymous.” Maybe Ray and Bernard will join next week when they complain when they lose on Sunday. Get over it already.  

  • Juangalarza80

    THey never proved that the Pats were taping the walk thru on that 2002 super bowl dude!, and WE have not won a THING since??.  THEY WON 2 SUPER BOWLS after that. , and since they HAVE appeared in what .. 3 AFC championships and 2 SUPER BOWLS??  granted yes, they havent wont IT in 8 years, but how the hell else would they win all of those games and get at least to the championship rounds??? In 2007 they won all of their games but 1 ,did they CHEAT then too??.  IF YOUR GONNA DISCREDIT THEM FOR NOT WINNING THE SUPER BOWL WHICH IS ONLY 1 SINGLE GAME ON A EVEN PLAYING FIELD , THEN be fair and ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT that they have been consistent ever since they got ( caught) and have been having double digit win seasons and constant afc and super bowl appearances !.it goes both ways buddy!.  So after 2004 all of those games won in the regular season and playoffs because they were good enough , but yet THEY havent gone all the way because now they dont have tapes on hand?. thats REDICULOUS!!.  and STUPID!. 

  • Pauzuotaku

    Baby

  • Rmals14

    There were no rules about taping opposing teams’ signals in 2001. Everyone did it. And if your coaching staff wasn’t smart enough to change up the signals and who calls them from game to game, then shame on them. And the whole thing about the Pats taping the Rams’ walk through is bunk. Players still have to execute. Sour grapes Marshal.

  • Juangalarza80

    EXACTLY, the same thing im saying man,  im trying to tell this clown that, i HATE when people say that.  THEY havent won the super bowl which is 1 game!,because they dont have tapes,  wow what about the games before..!!?!.. smh..

  • Juangalarza80

    THESE 2 AFC CHAMPIONSHIPS LOST AND 2 S.B WERE LOST BECAUSE THE OTHER TEAM JUST PLAYED BETTER, NOT BECAUSE THE PATRIOTS DIDNT HAVE A FEW SIGNALS ON HAND, !.. 

  • Johnny Spygate

    Funny how logic & reason go out the window among Patriots yahoos after another big-game loss (and the obligatory stinker played by Brady).  So funny.

  • Boslad

    Somebody change his freakin diaper. Doesn’t he realize what a jerk he’s making of himself? 

  • Fab4ever

    You’re such an ahole…it’s guys like you that keep me off these pages…If I had to face you, I’d wipe that smirk off your face in a heartbeat so we could have some common ground…so I just try to remove myself from WEEI nowadays…it’s one thing to watch sports and have games come out on the short end of the stick…it’s another thing entirely to have to listen to total miscreants such as yourself…..you win Spygate…I’ll just go on living my wonderful life and not participate in normal sports dicussion…

  • Boslad

    Don’t become excited over trollers like Johnny Spygate, that’s exactly what he wants. Better to ignore the fool. Life is better ignoring idiots. 

  • Johnny Spygate

    Now, now.  It’s all good.  You people don’t want to deal in facts which is why normal discourse is so challenging.  But I don’t hold it against you.  You want to say the Patriots never cheated?? Fine, go ahead.  But I’ll stick to the facts.  You want to say Brady’s been a big-game player over the past 5-6 years?  That’s fine too.  I’ll just rightly point out that that is simply incorrect (and be proven right in the AFC Championship).  
    But like I said, it’s all good.  Don’t let the haters bring you down.  Come over to the side of truthfulness and you’ll feel better.
    BTW – Even with Brady’s big-game meltdowns, I still say that the patriots make teh SB next year.  You heard it here first.  How’s that for bringing the sunshine on a cold winters day.
    And to that Ravens fan: good luck with that, jacka ss

  • Anonymous

    Marshall Faulk …. making up stories as he goes

    Dumbest announcer on TV

  • Dpastreck

    SPYGATE GATE ,WAKE UP BRO!!! bradyBUNCH is just another danMARINO BUNCH withOUT SPYGATE MAN…

  • H Bouley

    Sounds like sour grapes.  Though the Pats lost to the Rams in a regular season game that year, it was obvious after that game New England was at least the equal to St Louis. 

  • Daysofthenew

    atleast we’re not on here talking about baseball and the Red Sox.

  • Revenge was sweet!

    And I am that Ravens fan you speak of sir. They will pull it off. Better QB, Better WR’s, Better RB and just as tough of a defense as the niners with the way they are playing now. I wish Cundiff wouldnt have missed that FG because we would’ve beat your Giants last year too. I get your whole lets rile up the Pats fans act which is one I love to take part in myself being a fellow hater. I actually agree with Brady being not clutch anymore but it has nothing to do with age, he’s played average in the playoffs since 2005. That is nothing new. But for yout to say the Pats Championshps were a result of cheating your out of your mind.   

  • Dpastreck

    no moving on man.. u a murderer in 1985 U STILL a MUDERER IN 2013..

  • Njmb24

    Blah, blah, blah…you bring zero validity to the table.  Rule regarding spygate enacted in 2007…not 2001.  Stop liking your own comments.

  • Anonymous

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    Marshall Faulk = F R A U D

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  • Nefbl

    Actually, they do still allow it…when they want to. The Ravens got away with it against the Patriots last week. The Patriots receivers were raped.

  • Monstatroll

    lol, @ Johnny. “come to the side of truthfulness”. Dude, who is your team? The “truthfullness” is that they obviously haven’t done jack this year either. Is it the Jets? Your team sucks so all you have is to live vicariously as a fan so all you have left is to root against the Pats and troll. So really, you have no place to talk. Don’t feel bad though, I do that with the Yankees too. :D  

  • http://www.facebook.com/justinphoto Justin Fisher

    Kevin!

  • Fab4ever

    Who the F cares? It ain’t that big a deal ahole. You’re the moron setting the precedent. You’re the nincompoop here, day after day, dogging Boston fans. Well EXCCCUUUSE US for liking our teams. That ruffles your panties soooo much that you continue to ramble on. Get a life pinhead…just go away. Commiserate with “your kind”. There’s got to be someplace on the web that idiots unite? …BTW, you want the Yanks to return their 2009 trophy in light of Arod? Nothing like the pot calling the kettle black bonehead….again, I don’t care. I don’t care that Arod cheated…he did what so many others did…and the Yanks and MLB were complicit. The Pats? Everyone did it…the Pats were unlucky and got caught. That changes nothing. They won and it wasn’t because they stole “defensive signals”. Do me a favor and slap yourself for me.

  • Fab4ever

    And as a Pats fan, I respect your logic…but you’re not really a hater…you just love your Ravens. There’s a difference.

  • Gmenfan/we own you

    Pats haven’t won since spygate hahaha.. THE CURSE OF SPYGATE!!!! WOOOOOOO

  • YOURCAPSISON

    LOUD NOISES!!!! 

  • Yankee27/GMEN baby!

    Pats suck it’s the curse of SPYGATE AND BRADY IS A CHOKE ARTIST! DEFENSE AND ADAM GOT BRADY 3 RINGS!! HAVENT WON SINCE SPYGATE HAHAHHAA WAAAAAAAAAAAA PATS SUCK COME GET SOME ANYBODY! GMEN FAN IN WALTHAM!

  • Anonymous

    “Faulk was referring to tapes the Patriots allegedly made of the Rams’ coaches’ defensive signals before the 2002 Super Bowl, although none of those tapes were ever found and commissioner Roger Goodell said in 2008 that he had no evidence of the Patriots taping the Rams’ pregame walkthrough.” 

    Ok alleged tapes, and no evidence has ever been found, so your going to go the rest of your life feeling bitter about being “cheated.” Did it ever occur the patriots were just lucky or very well prepared?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/L6D3BQ7EYZHKF72LVRHJTRL5ZA Mark

    What I can’t understand is that ALL teams were stealing each others signals. Vic Carucci (spelling?) stated that in a column in a Philadelphia paper. This “cheating” is a bunch of Bullsh**. Jealousy is all that this stems from. It’s so OLD. The Jets and every other team do it. In 2006 the Colts piped in crowd noise @ a super sonic jets level. Everyone seems to just ignore that. If you win everyone accuses you of cheating. If you loose, no one cares.

  • Anonymous

    Shessh

  • Uncle Buck

    I feel cheated out of 15 seconds of my life for reading your nonsensical crap.  You are a full  load of nothing, undisputed.  Get a life loser.

  • Uncle Buck

    Yes he is a little slow.  Stuck in the past and unable to function normally on a daily basis. Also, he is a textbook troll.

  • Uncle Buck

    You preaching about integrity ?  Purely laughable.  

  • Uncle Buck

    Thank you Ty.  You took the time to write what I think.  I can’t waste my time on the little prick.

  • Uncle Buck

    Hmmm.  I smell Giant Dave.  BTW, Caps lock is stuck kid.

  • Biz

    Marshall, you’re not a cheated man, get over it! A little naive? Maybe. Still bitter? Clearly. A stinking cry baby in a deep pool with other Patriot hater cry-babies? Without a doubt! But a cheated man? Not even a little. 

    Greatest show on Earth, my as. Your team was good indoors, for 2 seasons and only good enough for 1 ring. Be happy with that.

  • Dee-fense, dee-fense!

    Being a nitwit doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy, right?

  • Trollingenemyblogsisforlosers

    The Pats have won 3 SB in this millenium. (you anti-pats trollers know what a millenium is don’t you?) How many SBs have the troller’s teams won individually since 2000?

  • EveryTeamInTheNflDidSpygate

    Cant take anyone serious with a team that doesnt make the playoffs every other year. The giants basically stink around 2 playoff runs. Even those seasons are mediocre til playoffs. They consistently stink!!! The pats are the only superbowl or bust team in the NFL. Why? because they are sick. Stop hating and enjoy the show. Tom will be here for at least 2-3 seasons, and you and I both know who the SB favorite will be in all of em.

  • Dfn0517

    Johnny, the Patriots have the best record in the NFL over the past 10 years. To say they haven’t won anything shows a certain ignorance of football, not to mention math. The Patriots were accused of stealing defensive signals which, unless Marshall played D that game, shouldn’t have impacted the greatest show on turf. Later, the Boston Herald reported the Patriots as video taping the Rams walk through. After further investigation, they found there source to be not credible so they published a retraction. Belichick is still a head coach in the NFL. Where’s Martz today?

  • Ty

    Just like he accuses “yahoos” of throwing logic out the window after big-game losses, he too throws all logic to the wind and tries dumbing down the game of football and the legacy of Tom Brady & the Patriots’ organization.  I guess his big game against the Texans didn’t count for anything.  I mean, I guess it truly isn’t really a big deal to avoid being one-and-done in the playoffs these days.  Just ask Peyton Manning.   I’m sure he’d tell you it’s not that big a deal either.

    Brady’s had some clunkers, and he’s had some stinkers.  We get it.  It’s been a mixed bag for him over the years.  That still doesn’t change the fact he easily could have been the Superbowl MVP in 2008 if not for the Tyree play for leading the Patriots down the field on a huge TD drive in the latter part of the 4th quarter.  It doesn’t change the fact the Patriots haven’t had a defense that you can rely on to come up with plays when it matters most since 2004.

    When you’re expected to win the SB virtually every year (how many times in the past decade have the Pats been dubbed the favorite to win the SB by the oddsmakers? 4 or 5 times at least?), you’re going to have disappointing exits.  The fact is, you still need a pretty decent, if not good defense to win it all.  The two teams playing in the SB this season are yet another testament to that.  On one side, you’ve got the Ravens who have gotten hot & healthy at the right time, and on the other, you have a stout 49ers D that has been solid pretty much all year.

    I can’t take so much time out of my day to spell things out for people, but sometimes I just feel the need to put out these little reminders.

    Remember, Johnny–bitterness is not your friend.  Marshall Faulk looks pretty pathetic to still be whining about this after all these years.  He should have taken the high road like Kurt Warner and a couple of his teammates did long ago in 2002.  What the Pats accomplished that season was truly amazing, and almost nobody saw it coming.  I’d also like to point out just for the sake of pointing out something awesome, that the Pats were the first team to be introduced in the SB as a team–something that has now become a new SB tradition.

  • Elliot Levine

    OMFG – Marshall is nuts. The Pats allegedly stole their opponents defensive signals. Marshall is talking about when the Pats were on defense. The Pats tapes were from teams in their division – it would take a week to break down the signals and they would try to use it the next time they played. Unfortunately, for the Pats, “everyone” knew they were taping which is why the tapes show the other team waving into the camera. Teams simply changed their signals game to game.

  • Fab4ever

    Good Lord my man!!! So well written…thank you. I stand accused of trying to reason with this fool. Not gonna happen. Clearly he has issues with “something”, not sure exactly but it’s obvious someone/somebody bearing the name “Boston” emblazened upon a hat or hoodie pissed on his corn flakes. Maybe he just consistently loses arguments in barrooms and finds a darkened room with cyberspace a place to “toughen” up…I know it’s cliche but somebody wins, somebody loses…and yes, the Pats are an annual pick to be in the hunt..when they lose, it’s a big deal…much like those Yankees. But with John Spygate, he’s the ultimate hypocrite because he rarely, if at all, will own up to his own teams faults and failures. He disappeared when his Yanks folded like a cheap pup tent in October. So, I choose not to engage him anymore….in fact, we’d all be better off with that measure….

  • Dano S

    Move on from that Faulk you are a great broadcaster and  even were a better running back.
    Pats Predictions 5.0 1 Trade Ryan Mallett to Jaguars for their second round pick.
    Sign Free Agents Wes Welker,Matt Moore QB Miami,Brandon Moore G Jets,William Moore S Atlanta
    and Brian Hartline WR Miami.
    Pats Draft 1 Barrett Jones c/g/ot Alabama 2 Sam Montgomery DE LSU 2 Eric Reid S LSU
    3 Landry Jones QB Oklahoma 7 B.W. Webb CB William&Mary 7 Ray Graham RB Pittsburgh.

  • Kraig627

    sour grapes you has been. I’ve heard of sore losers but he’s ridiculous. Get over it!!!

  • Coco Peachy

    BTW taping signals was not the illegal moron. It was camera location that
    was the issue

  • http://www.facebook.com/vince.tammaro.5 Vince Tammaro

    let it go, it’s bogus

  • Docmbou

    Faulk is a like a whining baby, just get over it. The PATS flat out beat your team up, if they knew all of your plays the game would have been a blow out. The fact that your whining about this is a disgrace and your supposed to be a professional analyst. Your anything but a pro. I would like to see you tell Willie Mcginest to his face that they cheated, you don’t have the stones.

  • Ruth’s Truth

    the moderator for these WEEI forums are a big f-ing JOKE! 
    Sure, allow trolls to speak their opinion but when someone calls them out w/o using profanity or malice you don’t allow the comments? Whomever moderates this is a FRAUD!!! Peace EEI, you’ve lost another viewer/listener. 

  • LondonAunt

    miserable human being – still shocked at his behavior in London.

  • Tonyfranco

    I am a little confused.  How exactly does taping the Rams DEFENSIVE signals help the Patriots stop the Rams OFFENSE?

  • Enough Said

    They didn’t, and it doesn’t.

  • Jack Spygate is a Fraud

    Jack Spygate once again getting owned by Ty.. you are a fraud and your lack of response proves it

  • Fieldsy1969

    Moron! They have a better winning percentage, and a 16-0 season since that period. Spy gate was and is nothing, ask any coach in the league. Stealing signals has been going on since day 1 in the league.

  • Highlandmg

    Give me a break. You lost.get over it.  to those saying we have not won in a while two great passes won it for other teams. so you all must think the Pats are still cheating since they are in playoffs almost every year. but stop cheating in playoff. The RAMS CHOKE Your QB CHOKE. You team Choke. You lost by 3 points > If the pats were cheating the score would have been higher.

  • Highlandmg

    so I guess the Cheater on the Ravens will not be suspended for using “grouth hormons:
    But the :Golden Boy” will play his last game and get away with cheating. No punishment. How many other Ravens are also cheating. The commish should suspended him now..

  • Hbouldry

    Grow up and become a man take responsibility. The Rams lost because Marshall Faulk sucked and then he sat out the end of the game. I did not hear Marshall complain that 2 weeks before they cheated the Buccaneers out meeting the Pats in the Superbowl . The play was so bad that the rules committee changed the rule immediately as soon as the season ended. Grow up you little baby and become a man. 

  • Hbouldry

    Phillip Rivers  wore a large white wristband because they changed the # of the plays twice a quarter he said so in an interview. Bill studied film to learn what his opposition did in certain situations. It was not to find out a Marshall Faulk was running left on play # 15 because they were changing the # constantly. Bill was learning that on third and 1 they normally went that side. The Patriots won 3 SB’s because Bill and Tom put in 20 hours a day studying. Thats also why the run is over because Tom has a family now and does not put that same amount of time studying.  

  • Anonymous

    Just so I’m clear, going to TWO MORE Super Bowls doesn’t count, only winning them? And here I was thinking that even making the SB was a huge feat that many teams never accomplish. I’m glad you are here to set us all straight.

    How about winning more games since 2007-2008 than before? How did the Patriots even reach either SB if their entire success was based on taping signals?

    No one is saying the “cheating” was ok because it was a long time ago. The “cheating” 2002-2003 Patriots went 9-7 and didn’t even make the playoffs. The “cheating” 2005-2006 Patriots were one and done in the playoffs. The “busted and no longer cheating” 2007-2008 Patriots broke offensive records and went undefeated in the regular season, and missed winning the SB by “thismuch”. 

    Just keep cherry picking whatever suits your argument to console yourself over your own team’s failures.

    And as far as Patriots vs. Rams, you don’t win games by throwing interceptions and fumbling the ball 3 times.

  • Hbouldry

     The facts are if was not for Oakland you could take home the losers trophy which is the only trophy SD will ever see. Listen to your own QB Phillip Rivers he knows that the player # were changed 8 times during that game. The stupidiest part is so does Marshall Faulk. He keeps denying it because he is the one that quit on SD and its fans and he is not a big enough man to admit it. I have respect for Phillip Rivers and most of your players. Do not fall into Marshalls hole. 

  • Anonymous

    This non story has more lives than 100 cats. I wonder if Bountygate will live as long.

    Here`s what I`ll never get over.

    21 weeks of every Patriot accomplishment being questioned.
    In week two aganist San Diego, Andrea Kreamer, before kickoff saying they were investigating reports that Chargers playbooks were missing…only to never hear about it again.
    NFL people saying it goes on all the time, including a story about the KC-Oak rivalry in the 60`s where it was common to find team officials in a tree with pad and pencil, watching the opponents practices.
    Great football minds like Sen. Arlen Spector, continuing to push for sanctions againist the Pats and coach Belichick including on Superbowl Sunday.
    Officials saying they were reaching to throw a flag for holding against the Giants on the last drive…but didn`t.
    Officials saying they were going to blow the whistle for “in the grasp” on the last drive…but didn`t.
    And my #1 pet peeve
    In the post game interview with Antonio Pierce, he said the Giants knew what play the Patriots were going to run before they ran it, and not one media member, local or national asked him to clarify. Not a unfair question based on what the Pats dealt with all season.

    The Giants deserved to win, but there are less questions to answer if the Pats loss. I really believe the NFL wasn`t above influencing a close game.

    Finally, I believe Belichick and the Pats fell on their swords. They could have opened up a can of worms that would have exposed most if not all NFL teams. They took the high road…. and have been paying for it ever since.

  • Birdman

    Every Team in the NFL did the same thing at that time, the real crime was, that not one active coach came out in his defense, not necessarily admitting that they still did it but admitting that it had been a practice that they all had taken part in, in previous years, prior the Commissioners’ Letter of that year.

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  • Hammer

    What a cry baby!!

  • Rick in NH

    Such drivel! Jimmy Jones has publicly admitted that every coach he knows did the same thing. The Rams had a game of smash-mouth football thrown at them and they couldn’t man up and overcome it. If the Rams were so great then why haven’t they been back to the Superbowl since? The Commisioner came out against the practice AFTER the Pats beat the Rams. What a poor loser!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/VHOUVPXSW3EOI4D76CZOPWG2CY HonestyHurts

    Boo friggin hoo

  • NotTheGreatestShowOnTurf

    The time to move on has long since past, Marshall.  Also, the words are “run” and “ran.”  You might want to learn how to use them in a grammatically correct way.

  • Marshall 1 ring Kevin 3 rings

    1. There is a video breakdown of the Walsh tapes on NFL.com… and Marshall Faulk  is even one of the ones doing the breakdown.
    2. If the Rams don’t change their defensive signals at all during the year, (and we managed to steal them in week ~12) then they deserve to be stolen. This isn’t pee wee leagues.
    3. At no point did Matt Walsh ever admit he had any goal line footage, the Super Bowl pre practice story was all about media hype.
    4. If anything Goodell went over board on punishing BB, considering every other video taping violation that has occurred in the NFL came with half the punishment at the most, if the Pats suck at the time then the Pats don’t lose a first round draft pick and BB gets 1/4 the fine.
    5. Bountygate was about a team trying to ruin athletes lives, careers, and ability to take care of their families. This doesn’t compare to any video taping that was been proven to occur.

  • True Facts

    You could argue that Antowain Smith actually outplayed Faulk during that game, at least rushing-wise.  Not that Faulk had a bad game, but if he had the type of rushing performance that Smith had, maybe he wouldn’t be so whiny about that game.

  • Whassup02724

    I THINK THAT JOHNNY SPYGATE MUST REALLY BE ERIC MANGINA!!
    BOTH LOSERS!!

  • Dpastreck

    bro any given sunday!! any team can WIN.. too get too play SUPER SUNDAY the pats used SPYGATE all during the SEASON..CHECK OUT all the plays that got them too the BIG GAME BRO! nobody is saying the pats weren’t a talented TEAM… we are saying NOT JUST in the SUPER BOWL but all the games that got them too the BIG GAME they were using SPYGATE..

  • adamsdad

    I have officially lost all respect for Marshal Faulk. Stop Whinning

  • Enough Said

    The Pats weren’t using SPYGATE to help them get to the Super Bowl… sigh… You do realize they started out 5-5 in 2001, right?  You do realize they never made in the playoffs the following season in 2002, right?  You do realize they were 5-11 in 2000… right?  Consider yourself now more informed.

  • Anonymous

    The pats of 10 years ago hit like today’s Ravens. Much as I hate the Ravens I gotta give em their due. Flacco will be in the league long after Brady, Peyton & the old guys are gone. Flacco’s gonna hold his share of record book when he’s done

  • Anonymous

    Faulk = Fraud

  • Anonymous

    Johnny AzzWipe …  2007 case vs 2002 superbowl … wake up clown

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1227188910 Roger Surprenant

    Marshall every game could be blamed on something either a call by a referee or something else.  Grow up you cry baby.  There were no tapes ever found and every other coach interviewed with the exception of Mangenius said they did the exact same thing Bill did but in different ways.  And how did they go on to win two more Super Bowls?  They are a good football team and the Rams did not get it done in that game.  Take some responsibility or shut up.

  • Gfandtj

    Every team was doing the same thing according to all the past coaches now on network TV.  How do you defend how they were the only team to go undefeated after that.  Sorry your team sucks, and that makes you feel better.  What do you think about Ray Lewis?
    Who has the balls to say he cheated and should not be playing Sunday.
    Should the Pats and Denver be watching the game when a Murder and Cheater is playing?All teams push the limits to what they can get away with.  By the way video taping off the field is legal.Do you think doing it from the field or from the booths makes a difference?Facts are they won 3 superbowls.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000149090774 Carlos Rojas

    the man is out of the spot lite and now he’s lookn for attention. some that he is probably not gettn anywhere else. dude get over it nothing is going to change and you’re in the past, done over with.
    crawl back in ur hole. ? to mr marshal were u ever on the rod or peds ummmm i wounder!

  • LegionOfDo

    What a dork.

  • Boring Media Hype

    Waaaaaa, waaaaaaaa.  Mommy, the bad men cheated and took away our trophy.

    Hey, there must be a left wing group in Washington who will lobby for legislation to avoid this tragedy from ever happening again huh? 

  • Faulk_Thinks_Earth_Is Square

    This is coming from the guy who thinks the moon landing is a hoax set up by the US government.

    http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Faulk-thinks-moon-walk-was-a-flight-of-fancy-2881858.php

  • Count25210

    You are a complete moron. They haven’t won anything? Whta team do you root for? Hmm 16-0 after being exposed. Also, every other former coach on tv admitted every team did the same thing. Look up the facts moron. You should only be so lucky as to have a team like the Pats playing in your loser city.

  • Anonymous

    Yes they did, but now 2 months later & they’ve been totally picked apart. AFC is a vacuum now… No more Deer Antler Spray pipeline in Baltimore

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