When the Dolphins traveled to New England in October, they went the extra mile to make sure the Patriots couldn’t create an unfair advantage.
According to the Miami Herald, the Dolphins took extra equipment staffers to Foxboro to make sure valuable Miami belongings, such as headsets or footballs, didn’t fall into the wrong hands. The extra precautions didn't help much as the Patriots blew out the Dolphins 36-7.
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Mike Tannenbaum, the Dolphins executive VP of football operations, was the general manager of the Jets when they blew the whistle on the Patriots for illegally videotaping defensive coaches in an attempt to steal signs. That event, which likely had an influence on the Dolphins' security measures earlier in the season, is now more affectionately known as Spygate.