It was a nice play by Samuel, a nasty one by Vrabel. There was no flag, for some reason.
So a NY paper tries earlier in the article to infer that the play was illegal (it wasn't - maybe a missed call but that is a factor that can affect either team) and then later infer's, as quoted above, that that the refs were in on throwing the game. This article is a pathetic attempt to rile up NY Giants fans and players - what a joke.
BigJohn - you are the biggest conspiratorialist I have ever read on FR - sports or politics - and that is putting you at the top of a unique heap. When I saw the thread title I knew I would see your name. Everything, EVERYTHING related to the Patriots is a conspiracy or cheating not just this season but over the years. To be blunt - it's quite pathetic.
PS: Pats are 18-0 and they are going to be 19-0 in two weeks.
Whoa there Torch; get back on your meds. I know the facts about the Patriots' cheating are hard to accept. I didn't write this latest article; don't blame the messenger.
As far as the cheating occurring over a number of years is concerned, that has been written in a number of sources. One early reference to this is the allegation by Hines Ward of the Steelers that the Patriots spied on the Steelers in the 2001 AFC championship game. Ward said of the Patriots "they were calling our stuff out. They knew alot of our calls." See http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-09-12-1294083353_x.htm
The Patriots were able to upset the Steelers at Heinz field that year to go on to their first super bowl "win."
Some members of the Eagles also claim that the Patriots cheated in similar fashion in the 2005 super bowl. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/13/AR2007091301655.html
No doubt you and other Kool Aide drinkers are clinging to some mealy-mouthed little opinion about the Patriots' documented cheating being irrelevant to these prior incidents. Good for you. But your side has already lost the argument; the country knows the Patriots are a tainted organization.