Antonio Smith is accusing the Patriots of … something.
The Texans defensive end said it was “very suspicious” that New England knew Houston’s first-half defensive calls that had been prepared specially this week.
Check out the series of tweets below to see what Smith was saying.
Antonio Smith said it was "very suspicious" that #Patriots were prepared in the first half for new defensive calls the #Texans had this week
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) December 1, 2013
Antonio Smith: "It could just be good film study. But like I said, very suspicious."
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) December 1, 2013
Antonio Smith: "Second half, we just went on and decided to just line up. They kinda went away from it."
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) December 1, 2013
Antonio Smith on NE: "We had some ways that we were going 2 play this week that just got put in this week. It was miraculous that (more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
More Antonio Smith on NE:"they changed up some things they did on offense that keyed on what we put in this week 2stop what they were doing"
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
Antonio Smith says Texans put N specific calls they haven't used B4 that NE was ready for: "Either teams R spying on us or scouting us(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
More Antonio Smith:"I don't know what it is. It is a specific thing that was impt 2what we were going 2do today that they did all year(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
More Antonio Smith: "…They changed it up N a way to where(there was) indecision N calling the defense. It was kind of fishy.""
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
MoreAntonio Smith on NE prep 4Texans: "U would have 2B a descendant of Tonestradamus 2know what we put N this week2 B able2change that fast"
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) December 1, 2013
It’s interesting that Smith is accusing the Patriots of cheating — apparently — in the first half, since New England put up just seven points before halftime. It’s also unclear how teams would spy on the Texans in their own facility. Is there a rat in Houston?
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