I still cannot stand "Cheatin Brady and the Patriots". If they were in a college sport, they would have been suspended from post season play in almost all of their seasons and had to relinquish their wins.
Here’s what Coach Spagnuolo said this week about the Patriots knew the Eagles’ signals during Super Bowl XXXIX:
“The biggest thing we learned was make sure you have two signal callers, not one signal caller. Because they may have all your signals.”
“I remember through the course of the game, [defensive coordinator Jim Johnson] saying, ‘They’re getting our signals. They know when we’re blitzing … try to hide it, etc. etc.’ He was right. When you go back and look at that tape, it was evident to us.”
So they hid and falsified their signals to try to win the game.
I would bet $ the Patriots did the same thing in the second half last year against the Falcons. Just didn't get caught, or the league looked the other way like in the past.