BSJ Daily Briefing 12.11.19: Patriots taping drags on, Belichick-Saban, Celtics & Bruins on road

Good morning!

A few random thoughts while I wonder how long this stupid Patriots video thing is going to last...

• I'm already tired of this Patriots video story. Yeah, they have a bad history. Yes, people love to hate the Patriots and blow things out of proportion. Sorry, I'm not covering the blow by blow on this thing, I don't care how mad the Bengals supposedly are.


• When the NFL finishes its investigation and doles out any punishment, then I'll care. There's no way the Patriots were taping the Bengals' signals from the press box. No way. A couple of morons — and I've heard two people may have already lost their jobs over this carelessness — totally forgot where they were and who they were working for. End of story.


• If there was purposeful illegal taping, then Ernie Adams — this is his area — needs to go and we need to move on.


• Enjoyed Saban-Belichick last night on HBO. Recommend it, but there wasn't a whole lot of new ground, especially for someone who's covered both coaches in the NFL. I did find the discussion about assistants-turned-HCs taking other assistants as line crossing. And some of the fault lies with the assistants moving laterally.

• It was interesting considering Eric Mangini but, especially, Brian Flores who took three Patriots assistants with him to Miami.


• Man, I didn't realize how much Nick Saban talks until he's next to Belichick. He never shuts up.


• Celtics face the Pacers for the first time since the playoffs.


• Bruins face the Caps and Braden Holtby again tonight.


• Gerrit Cole is going to get $1 million per start with the Yankees? Holy cow.

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— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) December 11, 2019