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John Harbaugh Backtracks on Pats' Criticism

Associated Press

Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh saw his team fall just short in losing to the New England Patriots in last season's AFC title game. He still sees a black mark, however, in how the Patriots achieved their great success under Bill Belichick — based on what happened five years ago.

In an interview with Baltimore FM radio station WIYY 97.9 ("98 Rock") on Tuesday morning, Harbaugh fielded a question about the New Orleans Saints' current bounty scandal, and used it as an opportunity to the revisit the Patriots' Spygate controversy from 2007 — when it was revealed the team had videotaped the opposition's defensive signals in a game against the New York Jets.

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