If the Patriots were cheating, they'd have won every game. If they were cheating, they wouldn't have looked suddenly human at several points during the regular season.
I hate the Pats as much as the next guy and am sick of seeing them win all the time, but the notion that they cheat is ridiculous. The notion that the NFL rigs games in their favor is even more ridiculous... if anything, Goddell comes down on them harder than others just because they're the Patriots.
The AFC Championship ultimately came down to shitty rules. If the Chiefs' defense hadn't looked like swiss cheese late in the game, it possibly wouldn't have gone to overtime, but the fact that they didn't get a chance to score in overtime is ridiculous. Adopt the college rules for overtime. Hell, I actually like the CFL's current overtime rules better. No game- especially a championship game- should come down to a coin flip.
So in short, the Patriots DID NOT CHEAT. End of story.