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NFL says Patriots had nothing to do with headset malfunctions (Shutdown Corner)

The NFL quickly and decisively squashed a New England Patriots controversy before it got too big, saying the team had nothing to do with malfunctioning headsets in Thursday night's game.

A lot of time, money and energy would have been saved had the league done something similar last January. But I digress.

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The latest thing that had people freaked out was the Steelers' headsets not working properly in the first quarter of the season opener. The Steelers' coach-to-coach headsets were getting the Patriots' radio broadcast piped into them.