Pace: 'Suspicion' lingers after Patriots defeated Rams in Super Bowl

Hall of Fame left tackle Orlando Pace still has lingering doubts as to whether the New England Patriots received an assist in defeating the then-St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.

"There's a little bit of suspicion there. I think guys all feel that way," the 42-year-old Pace said on Pro Football Talk Live on Tuesday. "They had a pretty solid game plan for us, so I don't know. ... They knew exactly what we were going to do down there."

The Patriots shut down "The Greatest Show on Turf" on that day, posting a 20-17 victory over the Rams on Feb. 3, 2002.

Five years after the game, a report from the Boston Herald claimed the Patriots filmed the Rams' walk-through the day before that Super Bowl. Months later, the reporter who published the story apologized and admitted he had no evidence to support his claim.

Pace was the cornerstone of a Rams offensive line en route to being named a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.