Raheem Morris, who had accused the Patriots in a post-game interview of cheating, reviewed the tape on Monday and attributed the fault to his team. Morris had claimed that New England illegally mimicked the Falcons’ snappe count during a crucial drive late in the 4th quarter, when Atlanta was trailing by one point. Near midfield facing second down, center Ryan Neuzil sent a snap toward quarterback Michael Penix Jr. that he wasn’t prepared to receive, resulting in an intentional grounding under duress.Morris previously said the Patriots confused Neural by simulating Atlanta’s snap count. Morris told reporters Monday that the players had told him they simulated snapping out in the field. They heard something and clearly they did. This is why he snapped the ball. There was no intention that the guys did anything bad. Just telling you what happened. Was asked by a friend why the ball was broken so early. We were responsible for the ball being snapped.
It was our fault. Whatever anyone does, it’s not going to work. We have to focus more on ourselves. It was me getting angry yesterday. Someone asked what happened. I told them the truth. I don’t wanna make it into a Snapgate. I did that already.”Patriots’ coach Mike Vrabel acknowledged Morris’ postgame remarks on Monday. He said he “certainly didn’t believe that was anything we had done” in the final minutes. Vrabel also stated that he doesn’t spend time searching for anyone who claps pre-snap.”We have never talked or coached about that.” Vrabel told the press on Sunday, “I can’t focus so much attention on it.” “Did it briefly and didn’t believe that that was something we did.” I was glad that we were able to take off when the ball was snapped. It was very loud and everyone is trying to line up.
Vrabel called Morris’ initial claim a “waste of time” before moving on to further questions.Disconcerting signals are illegal in the NFL and result in a 15-yard penalty. The Falcons would have had to start anew at the Patriots 33-yardline, with a score of 24-23, if officials deemed New England’s “clapping’ as simulating an actual snap.”They were cheering.” Morris, after the match, said that the simulation had made us snap the ball. Morris said that the ball was snagged early because of this. [Penix]”He wasn’t prepared for the snap.”
Penix stated that after the match, his center had heard clapping.Penix stated, “Supposedly there was clapping.” “For us when I clap, I want the ball. I knew [Neuzil] He said that he heard the clapping and thought it was mine. So he snapped a ball. I threw it in [Kyle Pitts’] direction. He had just been released from a route. I thought that I would be able to handle the grounding. It was obvious that this wasn’t the situation.
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