A day after losing at home to the Kansas City Chiefs in an upset with AFC playoff implications, the New England Patriots were struck with possibly worse news: an accusation of another videotaping scandal.

The issue comes about when an employee of the Cincinnati Bengals—the Patriots' Week 15 matchup—reported to NFL security witnessing a Patriots employing filming Bengals coaches (possibly to steal information or play calls). New England head coach has responded to the allegation, flatly denying he had anything to do with the allegation.

Via Michael David Smith in ProFootballTalk:

“Yeah I heard about this. You know, evidently this is our production people on the TV show that were there. We have nothing to do with anything they produce,” Belichick said. “I’ve never even seen their tapes. This is something we had 100 percent nothing to do with.”

Belichick's, 67, rejection of the Patriot's involvement in filming opposing coaches comes off the heels of Spygate, the 2007 controversy that saw the multiple Super Bowl champion head coach fined half a million dollars and New England forfeiting a first-round draft pick.

The Patriots since then have had a tenuous relationship with both the league and other franchises due to multiple accusations of cheating over the years and during Belichick's tenure as head coach. Of course, star quarterback Tom Brady was suspended the first four games of the 2016 season for his involvement in Deflategate.

While the recording may have been, as Belichick suggests, filming for television purposes, it's no question that everybody and the NFL higher-ups are on edge for another potential Patriots scandal to break open.