Bengals coach Zac Taylor said Monday he is "aware" of asuggestion that a Patriots employee could have been filming play calls from the pre s box in Cleveland during Sunday's Browns-Bengals game, but he did not comment further.

HC Zac Taylor says he is aware of the suggestions that the Patriots may have been videotaping Cincinnatis play calls this weekend, but he had no further comment.

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According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Patriots advanced scout Patrick Beverley Jersey was actually the one being filmed Paul George Jersey for a feature titled, "Do Your Job." Hewas credentialed and cleared by Cleveland's media relationsstaff to shoot B-roll video fromthe pre s box.

According to a new report from , the video crew taped eight minutes of footage of the Bengals sideline, including hand signals as players ran on and off the field.

Late Monday night, the Patriots acknowledged in a statement their production contractors"inappropriately filmed the field from the pre s box." New England maintained it was not on purpose.

Statement from the New England Patriots.

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Patriots advance scout was not filming but being filmed, per a league source. He was being filmed for a feature the team produced Tobias Harris Jersey called, "Do Your Job." The video crew was credentialed by the Browns to shoot video in the pre s box and their PR person was aware, per the source

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An official for the Bengals, who were playing at Cleveland Sunday, saw a member of the video crew wearing a Patriots shirt and alerted the league, which confiscated the video, according to Los Angeles Clippers Jersey the source. NFL has video; Patriots say video is a pre s-box feature of the advance scout.

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According toneither the Bengals nor the NFLwere informed of the videographer in the pre s box, whichled Cincinnati to alert league officials to have the situation investigated. Breer also reportedthis is part of a larger video seriesNew England is filming.

Bill Belichick on addre ses report of Patriots video at Bengals Browns game.

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The skepticism surrounding thisgoes without sayingconsidering New England's history of illegallytaping opposing teams to gain an advantage. In by ESPN, which detailed , former New England video a sistant Matt Walsh told investigators that one of the criteria for filming would be to explain they are filming for a "team Landry Shamet Jersey show," the same qualification here.

"During games, Walsh later told investigators, the Patriots' videographers were told to look like media members, to tape over their team logos or turn their sweatshirt inside out, to wear credentials that said Patriots TV or Kraft Productions. The videographers also were provided with excuses for what to tell Chris Paul Jersey NFL security if asked what they were doing: Tell them you're filming the quarterbacks. Or the kickers. Or footage for a team show."

The (1-12) Bengals, who were in Cleveland for an AFC North matchup, face the (10-3) Patriots next Sunday in Cincinnati.