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Steve Young on ESPN: No NFL investigation needed if Bengals just show what Patriots taped

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ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Steve Young said during NFL Live on Thursday that the Cincinnati Bengals "obviously have a copy of the tape" and urged the team to "just play it for us all," suggesting that a league investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the New England Patriots would be "done in the first five minutes."

Young's response - when asked about his take on allegations that the Patriots filmed the Bengals' coaches and sideline during last Sunday's game in Cleveland to gain an advantage in advance of this Sunday's Bengals-Pats game at Paul Brown Stadium - was as follows:

Super depressing, to be honest with you.