Bengals coach Zac Taylor confirmed Monday the NFL is investigating an incident that took place during his team’s loss at Cleveland on Sunday, one that involves his next opponent — the Patriots.

During a press conference, Taylor was asked if he had any reaction to rumors that a Patriots employee was caught videotaping Cincinnati’s sideline signals during the game. It was the first public acknowledgement of such an incident. The Pats will travel to Cincinnati this weekend for a 1 p.m. kickoff Sunday.

The Herald has learned the Pats had a video crew credentialed for the Sunday’s game to film another installment of the franchise’s ongoing behind-the-scenes documentary, Do Your Job, which provides a look at various departments within the organization. The Patriots’ advance scout in attendance was being filmed, not the Bengals’ sideline, though Cincinnati was unaware of the film crew. The Pats cleared their credentials through the Browns, who hosted Sunday’s game.

The Patriots have since provided the footage they obtained to the league for its investigation.

A complete transcript of Taylor’s back-and-forth with the reporter is below.

Reporter: Rumors are out there that the Patriots had a videographer up in the Bengals press box area working with an advance scout that was taking video of the Bengals’ sideline. Do you have any reaction to that?

Taylor: I’m aware that there was an incident. But I know the league is investigating it, so I’ve got no comment.

Reporter: So the league is investigating. So it’s out of the norm — it’s not standard operating procedure.

Taylor: I don’t have anything to say about it.

Reporter: But there was somebody up there.

Taylor: I’ve got no comment.

This is not the first time the Patriots have been under investigation for illegal videotaping.

In 2007, the Pats were caught filming defensive play signals from an unauthorized location during their season-opening win at the Jets in an incident later dubbed as “Spygate.” The NFL eventually discovered the Pats had illegally taped opponents for years. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000, the maximum fine allowed by league rules, while the franchise was fined $250,000 and docked its first-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft.