Matt Walsh, the former Patriots' video employee now at the center of the Spygate controversy, met for more than three hours with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this morning at the league's Manhattan headquarters.
We camped out on the front steps of the offices at 280 Park Ave., and Walsh emerged shortly before 11 a.m. with his attorney, Michael Levy.
"Mr. Walsh is please to have been able to assist the National Football League in its investigation of the New England Patriots' videotaping practices," Levy said. "Sen. Arlen Specter has waited quite a while to meet with Mr. Walsh, and we are heading immediately to Washington, D.C. for an appointment this afternoon with Sen. Specter. Out of respect for Sen. Specter, neither Mr. Walsh nor I will speak with the media prior to meeting with the Senator."
Right now, we're in a room at the Intercontinental Hotel watching the tapes that Walsh surrendered.
On the one we're watching now, from a game against the Dolphins in 2000, the tape shows a Dolphins' assistant flashing signs from the sidelines.
The thing that strikes me most about the signals: They're extremely simple. On one, the Dolphins' assistant moves his right arm by his side three times. On another, he gives a thumbs up with both hands, followed by his right arm in front of his face as if he's hammering an imaginary nail.