Of course we got signals when we had an opportunity to do that, and so did Deion."
I hope Deion is not saying we did something illegally. That's all part of the game, but doing it legally and illegally, that's the difference. And I'm not sure what Deion is referring to, really. "And you looked over there because you wanted to know as a defensive player: Is it going to be three wide receivers? Is it going to be two tight ends? Who's in the game? There's a person over there signaling and Deion Sanders and every other defensive player would look at the offensive sideline to get that signal. The Hall of Famer Dungy, who led the Colts to a Super Bowl title and at least 10 victories in all seven of his seasons as coach, said Sanders probably used to see who was calling in signals during his 14-year playing career. Sanders stood by his comments Wednesday on Twitter: Stealing signals? You can go back to the 1800s in baseball, you can go anywhere there were signals done, and people were looking and watching and trying to get signals." "People accusing us of cheating? I don't think that's the case. "I think we have to go back to what is cheating," Dungy said. That was real and that was happening in Indy."ĭungy was on "Pro Football Talk Live" on Wednesday to explain that the Colts, like all other teams, did steal signals, but never cheated. Stealing Bananas Blue Wire Sports 4. "Come on, you don't walk up to the line and look over here and the man on the sideline giving you the defense that they've stolen the plays of. 151 episodes From the minds behind Stealing Signals and Money in the Banana Stand, RotoViz brings you a strategy and analytics podcast that will change the way you think about fantasy football. Cops believe would-be thieves roam close to properties at night with a relay amplifier and transmitter in the hope of receiving signals from keys. "Those same critics, did they say anything about the wins that the Indianapolis Colts had? You want to talk about that, too? Because they were getting everybody's signals," Sanders said on NFL Network. Sanders, an analyst for NFL Network, made the comments after Sunday's Super Bowl about the Colts cheating when colleague LaDainian Tomlinson said some might question New England's success because of Spygate, the 2007 incident in which the Patriots broke the rules by videotaping the opposition's signals from an unauthorized location. - INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Dungy said the Colts never cheated during his years as coach of the team after Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders accused Indianapolis of doing so.