Bill Belichick was a guest on Monday night’s ManningCast to take in the Week 5 matchup between the Chiefs and Saints. And while Belichick and Peyton Manning have crossed paths many times over the years, the former Patriots head coach just couldn’t resist a chance to roast the Colts.
Even if he was likely making an accusation up.
During the first quarter, Peyton asked Belichick how he was able to simulate the Arrowhead Stadium crowd noise in preparation for playing the Chiefs. But instead of focusing on Arrowhead — the Guinness World Record holder for loudest outdoor crowd roar — Belichick revisited a Colts-related controversy from 2007.
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He said:
“Well, I’ll tell ya, Peyton, the crowd noise there at Arrowhead wasn’t as bad as it was when you guys piped in music at the RCA Dome. And then when the crowd noise skipped, that’s how we knew you were pumping it in.”
Belichick was referring to a 2007 matchup between the Colts and Patriots where the league looked into an accusation that the Colts were pumping in fake crowd noise. The league and CBS both found that the issue was specific to the broadcast — where the crowd audio skipped — and not something people in the stadium were actually hearing.
So, it was a bit odd to hear Belichick make up a part of that story. Now, had he said that to Matt Ryan, he would’ve had a point because the Falcons *did* get caught for pumping in fake noise. Atlanta forfeited a 2016 fifth-round pick for that violation.
The Colts, though, were cleared of wrongdoing.
