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.

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?