Bill Simmons Twitter: Responds To ESPN Patriots Spygate Scandal

Bill Simmons is the Sports Guy. More importantly, he's a fan of all things New England sports and when the Patriots rekindled their Spygate war – not DeflateGate – he of course went down to the gallows for his team. The moment ESPN, his former employee, posted an article that said Roger Goodell linked Spygate and Deflategate, Simmons went on to say that the Patriots didn't cheat; it's just that the other teams involved were awful. He cited Super Bowl implosions with lopsided scores by the Rams and Eagles as proof.

Simmons started his rant by saying he agreed with the report when they said Goodell linked the two scandals. This was his starting point for trashing the Steelers, Eagles, Rams, Colts and Panthers.

Finished OTL piece. Agree w/ theory that Goodell's DeflateGate botching was a crazed overreaction to his bizarre Spygate performance. But...

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

Not sure what to make of the sour grapes stuff. Sure seems like everyone who ever lost to 2001-07 Pats now has a built-in excuse for failure — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

Also doesn't explain the Patriots' ongoing success from game 2 2007 through SB 49 which mirrored their success from 2001 thru game 1 2007. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

I'm just happy the 2001 Steelers can blame stolen signals for losing and not their special teams breakdown or Kordell shitting the bed. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for Rams - who scored a TD on their only SB36 red zone appearance but can now blame the Pats for stealing red zone signals.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for the Eagles - who fell apart down stretch in SB39 like they did in 20 other McNabb/Reid games but now have a good excuse. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for the Colts - who kept blowing big games to NE until Polian got the NFL to change the passing rules, but now have an excuse. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

And I'm happy for Carolina - went 14-18 in the seasons before & after SB38, heavy underdogs in 03 playoffs, but somehow robbed of a title. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

Dammit. I've run out of ways to defend the Pats. I'm out of ammo! Somebody send me more bullets!

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 8, 2015

Roger Goodell responded to ESPN's allegations on the Mike & Mike radio show and said he was "unaware" that the two situations were related. This statement contradicts another one from where Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent said that the team has a history of cheating.

"Here, there are several factors that merit strong consideration in assessing discipline. The first is the club's prior record," Vincent said.

Back when Spygate first went down former Senator Arlen Specter investigated the NFL's investigation of the Patriots and what he found was a mess. He suspected some sort of cover-up when much of the team's evidence that they stole signals was destroyed. His exact words were "fatally flawed" and in his notes he wrote the wods "cover-up."

What do you think of the latest saga between the New England Patriots and their legal woes with Roger Goodell and his NFL Empire?