Last season Ben McAdoo and the New York Giants were fined $200k for the illegal use of a walkie talkie on the sidelines.

NFL game-ops rules state that walkie talkies aren’t allowed on the sidelines. If one team has communication issues, the opposing team’s communications will be disabled.

Directly from the NFL’s statement last year on McAdoo: “League policy prohibits a coach from using such devices in a game,” an NFL spokesman told NFL.com, “because he would not be cut off from talking by the switch operator for the coach-to-player helmet communication system. Communication is cut off when the play clock reaches 15 seconds or when the ball is snapped.”

Well here we are, Mike McCoy, offensive coordinator for the Broncos was spotted on the sidelines with a walkie talkie and I haven’t seen a single thing or heard a peep about it. If this was the Patriots it would lead the evening news, be joked about on late night television, and give ESPN something to talk about for the next week. You’re not getting away with this one Denver, I hope this post singlehandedly costs you $200k. The NFL must have a pretty basic checklist when it comes to these types of issues: Was it the Patriots, no. Will anyone else care It was another team, no. Then don’t worry about it. Integrity!!!