New England Patriots lose pick as part of penalty for filming Bengals sideline, per report

New England Patriots lose NFL draft pick as part of penalty for filming Bengals sideline, per report

Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz USA TODAY
Published 9:11 PM EDT Jun 28, 2020

The New England Patriots have been stripped of a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft as part of the organization's penalty for filming the Cincinnati Bengals' sideline during a game last December, ESPN reported Sunday.

The Patriots also were issued $1.1 million in team fines and have had their television production crews barred from shooting any games this season, according to ESPN.

In a statement last year, the team said an independent production crew hired to record footage on an advance scout for its online "Do Your Job" series "unknowingly violated a league policy by filming the field and sideline from the press box" during a Dec. 8 game between the Bengals and Cleveland Browns. The Patriots visited the Bengals the following week and won, 34-13.

Coach Bill Belichick maintained the video crew was not part of New England's football operation.

"Yeah I heard about this," Belichick told WEEI in December. "You know, evidently this is our production people on the TV show that were there. We have nothing to do with anything they produce. ... I've never even seen their tapes. This is something we had 100% nothing to do with."

The Patriots were also penalized in 2007 for illegally filming the play signals coming from opposing team benches. Belichick was fined $500,000 while the organization was docked $250,000 as well as a first-round draft pick.

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Published 9:11 PM EDT Jun 28, 2020


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