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NFL Confirms Patriots' Mirrored Video Board Tactic Remains Legal

The NFL stated that the New England Patriots' use of reversed All-22 footage on video boards during kicks does not violate league rules.

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The NFL confirmed that the New England Patriots' use of reversed, live All-22 footage on video boards during opponents' field goal attempts is completely legal. [1] Photographer Roger Farrington will publish a book titled 'Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs' on September 8. [2] Roger Farrington captured images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono at The Hit Factory studio in August 1980, marking Lennon's return after a five-year hiatus. [3] Former NFL strategy and analytics coach Ryan Paganetti discovered that the Patriots displayed a reversed, live view of the field on their video board during opponents' special teams snaps for over a decade. [4] New England logged the lowest away-team field goal percentage (76.6%) in the NFL during Bill Belichick's tenure, according to Paganetti. [5] The reversed video board created a mirror image of the field, showing a second set of uprights behind the actual goalpost from a kicker's perspective. [6] John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980, four months after the photos were taken. [7] The Boston Globe reported that Farrington accompanied the couple from the Dakota building to The Hit Factory for the recording of the album 'Double Fantasy'. [8]
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  1. The NFL confirmed that the New England Patriots' use of reversed, live All-22 footage on video boards during opponents' field goal attempts is completely legal. · CBS Sports
  2. Photographer Roger Farrington will publish a book titled 'Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs' on September 8. · RPP
  3. Roger Farrington captured images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono at The Hit Factory studio in August 1980, marking Lennon's return after a five-year hiatus. · RPP
  4. Former NFL strategy and analytics coach Ryan Paganetti discovered that the Patriots displayed a reversed, live view of the field on their video board during opponents' special teams snaps for over a decade. · CBS Sports
  5. New England logged the lowest away-team field goal percentage (76.6%) in the NFL during Bill Belichick's tenure, according to Paganetti. · CBS Sports
  6. The reversed video board created a mirror image of the field, showing a second set of uprights behind the actual goalpost from a kicker's perspective. · CBS Sports
  7. John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980, four months after the photos were taken. · RPP
  8. The Boston Globe reported that Farrington accompanied the couple from the Dakota building to The Hit Factory for the recording of the album 'Double Fantasy'. · RPP
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