The New England Patriots are under fire for their filming of the Cincinnati Bengals' sideline on their Sunday bout with the Cleveland Browns while the NFL investigates into the matter, their Commissioner, Roger Goodell, comments.

“It’s under review. We’re going to be thorough and take our time,” said Goodell, via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. He also noted that the circumstances are different from most teams. In 2007, the Patriots were caught filming opponents' sidelines, otherwise known as SpyGate.

“That’s a factor. But most important is this incident,” said Goodell on the Patriots' past correlating with the recent one, via Rapoport.

During a press conference on Monday, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said the team had no involvement with the production crew at the event; that was for the entertainment side of the organization.  He said the scout on the sideline, in Patriots gear, was just doing his job.

“He was doing his job,” Belichick said, via Henry McKenna of The Patriots Wire. “That’s what we all try to do. … I just answered the question. That’s it. We have no involvement in it.”

While the past may warrant consideration of cheating, times have changed in the 12 years since SpyGate. NFL teams rarely transmit calls with their hand signals. Instead, there are “green dot” helmets, indicating players with microphones that receive calls directly from offensive and defensive coordinators.

Nonetheless, history is “a factor” according to the head honcho. It is unknown how long the league will take to resolve it or if potential punishment is coming.