The wait is over.

Some of the New England Patriots’ illegal footage of the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline is available for public consumption. FOX Sports obtained a short clip of the footage showing a Bengals’ security staffer taking a video of the Patriots’ monitor, which was playing what the New England staffer recorded of the Bengals’ sideline during their game against the Browns in Week 14.

The Patriots released a statement to admit they broke NFL rules. They explained their violation was an accident. New England has a production team for the Patriots’ website, which the team says operates autonomously from the football operation. The production crew was working on a video series for the website, which chronicled the day-to-day work of an advanced scout, who attends the team’s upcoming opponent’s game. As a part of that video feature, they wanted to capture the sideline. An advanced scout will often watch the sideline — though they cannot record it.

It’s more or less what was expected. The Patriots production staffer said he didn’t know he wasn’t supposed to be taping the sideline and offers to delete the footage. Meanwhile the Bengals staff appears intent upon getting evidence of the rule-breaking to submit it to the NFL. The league is currently investigating the situation, though it has made no indication of a timeline or when they’ll decide on what discipline, if any, will result from the Patriots’ actions. Surely, the NFL will factor New England’s history of illegally videotaping during Spygate into its decision (the league also aggressively pursued its investigation into Deflategate, in which the Patriots were accused of manipulating footballs.)

It will be interesting to see how the court of public opinion changes if more of this footage becomes available.