What about Bob?

... no new bombshell evidence is dropped in Roger Goodell's lap tomorrow when he meets with former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh.

Even with all the questions that Goodell will surely have for Walsh, the bottom line here is this: Regardless of the inner workings of how the Patriots went about taping teams' defensive and/or offensive signals and the chain of command of the program, I doubt that Goodell will be in position to slap further sanctions on Belichick.

Nor should he.

Unless Walsh has some evidence that we don't know about (and remember, there is NO tape of the Rams' walkthrough the day before the Patriots' first Super Bowl win after the 2001 season), then Goodell's punishment meted out last September will stand. And Belichick will not be punished further, even if the public relations fallout from the league showing actual films of the taped signals at a press conference will surely prompt some to call for further action.

If there had been a tape of the walkthough, then we're talking a wide investigation. You tape another team's practice, then that's grounds for further discipline, including a suspension and perhaps even expulsion from the league. But there is no tape, so it's a moot point.

In the meantime, Goodell's punishment issued last September covered the taping of signals, and it addressed the fact that Belichick had been taping the signals since he joined the Patriots in 2000. If Goodell was at fault for anything, it was for not making it clear earlier that the punishment was for past taping activities.

And Goodell should have made a stronger effort to contact Walsh much earlier than now, since this whole episode could have been over and done with months ago.

Be that as it may, only the disclosure of some new information from Walsh will be grounds to begin another investigation into any wrongdoing we don't know about.

If there are no new bombshells, then this should be it.

The only thing left will be the predictable whining from Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who will surely find something to bellyache about and threaten the NFL's antitrust exemption. After that, it ,looks like it's over.