Here's my theory on how this went down:
1. League figures out what happened; tells Patriots to come clean and apologize and the penalty will be less.
2. Belichick holds PC, says he knows nothing, ask Tommy.
3. Tommy holds PC, says he doesn't know anything either.
4. League calls Patriots, says obviously you didn't hear us the first time; we'll give you one more chance.
5. Belichick holds second PC, spins wild scientific theory out of pure horseshit, basically dares league to show its hand.
6. We just saw the first card.