Apparently New England isn’t the only team being investigated by the NFL.
According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the league is looking into whether the Atlanta Falcons were piping in artificial crowd noise at the Georgia Dome for the past two seasons while the opposing team was huddling and attempting to call its play.
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Additionally, Schefter is reporting that the Falcons and the team could face a fine and “quite possibly lose a draft choice.”
A Falcons spokesman acknowledged the investigation to Schefter.
“We were informed during the season that the league office is looking into crowd noise during our games,” the spokesman said. “We have cooperated fully with them, and we’re awaiting the outcome.”
The plan to use the artificial crowd noise “originated from the Falcons’ game operations department,” per Schefter, but with many teams around the league using silent snap counts, Schefter says it’s “difficult to discern how much of an advantage it gave the Falcons.”
The Falcons were 3-5 at home in each of the last two seasons.
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