Eagles had a fake walkthrough prior to SuperBowl

[Elias]

This is one way to ensure that none of your plays get stolen. Doug Peterson is a genius.

ESPN:

In the days following their victory in Super Bowl LII, some members of the champion Eagles are making it sound like they weren't going to take any chances at their walkthrough the day before the big game.

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) runs drills during a practice before Super Bowl LII. AP Photo/Eric Gay
Earlier this week, Eagles long snapper Rick Lovatotold WDAE radio in Tampa Bay that the team ran what he called a "fake walkthrough" and that he overheard others saying they were using plays not in their playbook during it.

And on Friday, safety Malcolm Jenkins said on SportsCenter: "I think there are still a lot of coaches out there that don't trust the Patriots, so sometimes they'll overthink it and do some fake plays in case anybody's watching."

The Eagles went through their walkthrough about an hour after the Patriots completed theirs at U.S. Bank Stadium.

"We weren't going to show anything to anyone, especially being at the stadium," Lovato told WDAE.

The Patriots and coach Bill Belichick were fined and the team was penalized with the loss of a draft pick in 2007 as part of the league's "Spygate" investigation, when they were caught taping their opponent's sideline signals during a game with the Jets.

In 2008, The Boston Herald reported that the Patriots had videotaped the Rams' walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, a story the newspaper later retracted.

 

[butterscotch]

cheating the cheaters...I like that

 

[cheaterhater]

After I heard the cheetahs had lost, I stayed up very late watching everything that I could. I was half asleep but I remember someone talking about practicing a play in secrecy just in case.Like I said, I was half asleep but pretty sure it was Foles talking about his touchdown catch. Who ever interviewed him said something like, looks like everyone is catching on to what the cheetahs do and taking precautions.

 

[cheaterhater]

I heard Pederson had a spy working for him. He was meeting secretly in a small bar named Cheers with a mailman named Cliff Clavin who posed as a cheetah fan but was actually video taping cheetah practices. Clavin said he was a cheetah fan who was just tired of all the cheating and wanted to see a fair game.

Pederson apparently met Clavin at Cheers so often that when he walked in the door to the bar, everyone shouted out his name

 

[Jetsfanatic]

If you want to beat a cheater, you have to think like a cheater.

 

[McJet]

Is that why Patricia looked soo stunned on the sideline when the Eagles kept advancing the ball and scoring touchdowns?

 

[SackExchange]

Teams don't do this unless they believe there is a reason to do this.

And remember, both Blount and Long were on the Patriots last season.

 

[The Wicker Man]

That's f'n awesome!