After reviewing game films of last week's Steelers loss, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin filed cheating charges with the NFL league offices, claiming the Patriots used 11 players on a Rob Gronkowski touchdown. Gronkowski was left uncovered by the Steelers, allowing the Patriots an easy first half touchdown. Tomlin later withdrew the complaint when the league offices reminded him that teams were allowed (and in fact encouraged) to field 11 players. Tomlin seemed unaware of this league rule, often times fielding only 10 players during the game.
NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell said the Patriots were indeed within their rights to field 11 players, but since he'd already spent $7 million dollars hiring an investigative team upon receipt of the complaint, the investigation will continue, saying, "the chances are pretty good that they cheated somewhere else in the game."
Patriots' coach Bill Belichick seemed unphased by the charges, saying, "I understand the rules are complicated, it took me a few minutes to memorize all of them myself, but at this point we're focusing on Buffalo — we have to put together a solid game-plan for dealing with their forthcoming cheating allegations."