The NFL has not yet seen the tapes, only the certification letter. The tapes will be delivered to the league office today.
Under an agreement between the NFL and Walsh, today marked the deadline for Walsh to turn over all materials in his possession that related to the Patriots' videotaping of opponents.
As part of the agreement, the Patriots agreed not to pursue legal action against Walsh as long as he returned the stolen tapes and boxes of stolen memorabilia, and speaks truthfully with commissioner Roger Goodell Tuesday in New York.
According to the certification document obtained by the Globe, the tapes include:
Signals from Dolphins coaches in a game Sept. 24, 2000.
Offensive and defensive signals of Dolphins coaches from a game Oct. 7, 2001.
Signals from Bills coaches from a Nov. 11, 2001, game.
Signals from Browns coaches from a game Dec. 9, 2001.
Two tapes of signals from Steelers coaches from the 2001 AFC Championship game, held Jan. 27, 2002.
Signals from Chargers coaches from a game Sept. 29, 2002.
Yet perhaps more noteworthy than what Walsh will provide to the NFL is what he won't - the tape of the Rams' walkthrough.
The Boston Herald, citing an anonymous source, reported Feb. 2 that a Patriots employee had filmed the walk through, which the Patriots strongly denied. Walsh's lawyer, Michael Levy, told the New York Times yesterday that Walsh - who worked for the team from 1997-2003 - was not the source for the article.
In early April, Goodell said that if Walsh provided a tape of the Rams' walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, he would consider additional penalties against the Patriots.
Goodell explained that the league's penalty against the Patriots early last season was for the totality of the team's videotaping actions, and that coach Bill Belichick acknowledged he had videotaped opposing signals since the start of his Patriots head coaching career.
If Walsh had new information, Goodell reiterated that he was committed to seeing it.
"If it's just taping of defensive signals, we know that," Goodell said April 2 at the NFL's annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. "The Patriots admitted to that. He seems to imply that he has something different and certainly something I would be concerned with if it's true. So, I'd like to see the evidence."
