Matt Vautour: Another dumb rules violation is further tarnishing Patriots

It’s getting harder to tell if the Patriots are bumbling their attempts at gaining an edge or simply stupid as they covered another square on their increasingly crowded bingo card of dumb rules violations. It’s both shocking and yet not at all surprising given New England’s recent history. The latest gate — OTA-gate perhaps — comes because the Patriots violated off-season practice/workout rules. According to Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard, Joe Judge ran special teams meetings over the league’s four-hour maximum time frame. It’s a violation that could have been...