Raiders-Patriots 'Tuck Game' turns 10
Vittorio Tafur
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Today, Tom Brady should buy himself a cupcake, put a candle in it and blow.
It's the 10th birthday of the enforcement of the "Tuck Rule," or NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article 2, Note 2, and one could argue it changed Brady's, the New England Patriots' and the Oakland Raiders' fates forever.
It was a snowy night in Foxborough ... wait, do we really have to go over all the details? Surely every football fan remembers what happened Jan. 19, 2002, in the AFC divisional-playoff game. The Raiders were up 13-10 with less than two minutes left when Brady pump faked a throw, was hit by Oakland cornerback Charles Woodson and the ball came loose.
The Raiders recovered the ball and should have been on their way to the AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh. But someone pointed out the stupidest rule in the history of sports ...
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I remember this; it should be a fumble...
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"A pass should only be ruled incomplete if the ball comes loose in the actual act of passing the ball," he said. "If it comes loose in the tucking motion, then it should be a fumble." Pereira is now an analyst for Fox and he admits that the Tuck Rule stinks and should be changed.
Pereira, then the NFL director of officiating, defended the call at the time. "I may agree that Brady was not trying to throw the ball" but "he never controlled it long enough to consider him a runner."
