[Porsche-O-Phile]

No, more like Bellichick was doing his homework and what he believed (correctly or not) was an accepted part of the game.

Think about it - if you're an offensive coordinator or a head coach and you've got 10 people shouting in your ear on every play about what they think the opposition is going to do, how much stake do you really put on the guy squinting through a camera lens saying "I think he's calling for a blitz" or whatever?

Ultimately this probably has very little to do with the outcome of plays. It helps certainly, but it's not the "silver bullet" everyone thinks it might be. Hell, even if they stole the other team's play book in its entirety, there's no guarantee of winning (teams can improvise, change plays on the fly, etc.)