After former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh told commissioner Roger Goodell he'd had a conversation with Pats assistant coach Brian Daboll after a Rams' walkthrough practice the day before the 2002 Super Bowl, Daboll was re-interviewed by the NFL.
Daboll, now the Jets' quarterbacks coach under Eric Mangini, said he didn't recall the conversation. No further action will be taken.
Here's the NFL's statement on the issue:
"Our security department re-interviewed Brian Daboll on Wednesday and he has no recollection of a conversation with Matt Walsh about the Rams’ walk-through practice. Even if such a conversation occurred, it would not be a violation of NFL rules.
"Matt Walsh was authorized to be in the stadium to perform his job duties along with other members of the Patriots’ video department, members of the Rams’ video department, and other people preparing for the Super Bowl.
"Mr. Walsh told the commissioner that he was wearing Patriots’ attire at the time and did not conduct himself in a clandestine manner. He said that he saw Rams employees while he was there and also was on the sidelines. He stated clearly to the commissioner that nobody from the Patriots requested or directed him to observe or report on the Rams’ walk-through."
Walsh told Goodell that Daboll asked him what he'd seen after the walkthrough. He told the commissioner he saw Marshall Faulk returning kickoffs. Walsh said Daboll asked how the Rams were utilizing their tight ends, and then drew up plays to help him try and recollect some of their patterns.