By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY  NEW YORK  NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he does not expect the New England Patriots to receive any further sanctions in the case known as "Spygate" after meeting with former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh for more than three hours on Tuesday and viewing the eight game tapes Walsh gave the league.  Those tapes included offensive and defensive signals by coaches of five opponents in six games from 2000-02. "The information is consistent with what we knew last September," Goodell said.  "As I stand before you today, and having met with Matt Walsh and more than 50 other people, I don't know where else I would turn," Goodell said.  In September New England coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team was fined $250,000 and forced to forfeit its 2008 first-round draft choice after the Patriots violated league rules by recording the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sideline during the 2007 opener.  Walsh also told Goodell that he had no knowledge of anyone with the Patriots taping the St. Louis Rams' final walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, Goodell said. The Boston Herald reported in February that an unidentified employee taped the walk-through before the underdog Patriots upset St. Louis, 20-17.  Walsh did acknowledge, during questioning, that he witnessed parts of the walk-through and shared information with an assistant coach, Brian Daboll, who is now with the New York Jets. NFL lawyer Gregg Levy said Walsh's comments were "uncorroborated" but would be investigated.  The Patriots released a statement in response: "We hope that with Matt Walsh's disclosures, everyone will finally believe what we have been saying all along and emphatically stated on the day of the initial report: 'The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue.'"  After the formal news conference had concluded, outside NFL counsel Gregg Levy added that Walsh provided the coaching staff with information on the Rams after watching some of their walk-through. He was in the stadium, visible in his Patriots gear, setting up some equipment during the walk-through. Walsh said he told then assistant coach Brian Daboll about running back Marshall Faulk returning kicks, something Walsh said he didn't anticipate, and that Daboll had asked about offensive formations, in particular how the tight ends were used. Walsh said the conversation with Daboll lasted less than 10 minutes.  Daboll is currently an assistant for the New York Jets.  When Walsh left the NFL offices shortly before 11 a.m. ET, he did not speak to the crowd of about 50 reporters waiting on the sidewalk for him but his attorney, Michael N. Levy told reporters: "Mr. Walsh is pleased to have been able to assist the National Football League in its investigation of the New England Patriots' videotaping practices." The two then left for an afternoon meeting with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in Washington, D.C.  Walsh met with Specter for three hours before leaving without making a public statement.  Goodell said Walsh had no information about any additional spying by the Patriots. "There was no bugging of locker rooms," Goodell said. "There was no manipulation of communication systems. There was no crowd noise violations anywhere that he was aware of. No miking of players to pick up opposing signals or audibles."  Goodell also said Walsh knew that recording opponent's signals was against league rules because he took caution so that no one discovered what he was doing. He also said he had no contact with Belichick over the practice. "He described (Belichick) as the man behind the curtain, someone they didn't see very often," Goodell said.  Belichick has said he believed recording a team's signals was permissible as long as that information wasn't used in the same game. "I didn't accept Bill Belichick's explanation when it happened and I still don't till this day," Goodell said.  USA TODAY's Larry Weisman contributed to this report.  You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.
The NFL's Spygate story wrote another chapter Tuesday when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell heard from former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh, who, according to Goodell, knows nothing of any violation of league rules by the team other than the...