Everyone has an opinion on the New England Patriots taping incident involving the Cincinnati Bengals, which is now under investigation by the NFL.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and Bengals owner Mike Brown have offered comments. So has a Pittsburgh Steelers player.
Feel free to toss in former Bengals and current Los Angeles Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth too. He recently appeared on the “Rich Eisen Show” and noted that Patriots week always felt different in Cincinnati.
“I think it creates a lot of skepticism,” he said. “It’s like, hey, why does it always seem to be that they’re involved in something? But at the end of the day, it sounds like it’s something that’s pretty harmless. But it’s also very strange that you’re just filming the Bengals sideline.”
Whitworth seems to be right in line with the general theme surrounding the ordeal — this might’ve been an innocent mistake, but the organization in question doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt.
Whether the vibes surrounding the situation amount to anything when the NFL concludes its investigation remains to be seen. But it’s nice to have the perspective of a player as well-respected as Whitworth.
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