10th anniversary of the "Tuck Rule" game

[LeesburgSkinFan]

It's been ten years since the Patriots beat the Raiders in Foxborough. Since then, the Patriots are 137-42, the Raiders 56-104 and have had 6 head coaches.

[sideshow24]

I think Bob Kraft pulls the strings for the league. Just look at what his team gets away with.

[thebluefood]

I think Bob Kraft pulls the strings for the league. Just look at what his team gets away with.

While the Pats are shady (VERY shady), I have to ask: do you think it was the right call.

I've seen it over and over again and I have to say "yes."

[ACW]

I STILL can't figure out when the Tuck Rule applies and when it doesn't. And I don't know why it's just not ALWAYS ruled a fumble.

[sideshow24]

While the Pats are shady (VERY shady), I have to ask: do you think it was the right call.

I've seen it over and over again and I have to say "yes."

Yes, it meets the definition of the tuck rule to a tee. That was called a fumble for every situation I'd seen prior to the invention of the "tuck" rule..

[wysknz1]

Remember at the Broncos a couple years ago? Should have had a safety, but no, the tuck rule rears its head again.

[GhostofSparta]

I think the Tuck Rule should be considered Intentional Grounding, but that's just me.

[HailGreen28]

Yeah, it's another example of needless complication of the rules. If the hand's going forward, then it's an attempted pass. Otherwise, fumble.

The "tuck rule" needs to be thrown on the same scrap heap, that the old "QB in the grasp" rule is in. End of story.

[Dirt]

HailGreen, your sig is nice and appropriate for this thread lol.. 10 years later, the 'golden boy' still gets the 'golden treatment'

[FSUSkins24]

Add me to the group that doesn't understand why the tuck rule is a rule.

[HailGreen28]

HailGreen, your sig is nice and appropriate for this thread lol.. 10 years later, the 'golden boy' still gets the 'golden treatment'

Thanks. Yeah, we ought to count all the "Brady Rules" and interpretations. Starting with the "tuck rule" as interpreted against the raiders, and how "roughing the QB" became enforced differently.

[Dirt]

The tackling by the knees thing is quite literally a 'brady rule' that was implemented after his injury. Jason Campbell had his kneecap dislocated in similar fashion the year before and no big deal.

[FanboyOf91]

The tackling by the knees thing is quite literally a 'brady rule' that was implemented after his injury. Jason Campbell had his kneecap dislocated in similar fashion the year before and no big deal.

I thought that was the Carson Palmer rule, but Goodell made it the Brady Rule because Kraft got mad.

[pjfootballer]

Damn the rules, I still say it was a fumble.

[charlton]

NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article 2, Note 2. When [an offensive] player is holding the ball to pass it forward, any intentional forward movement of his arm starts a forward pass, even if the player loses possession of the ball as he is attempting to tuck it back toward his body. Also, if the player has tucked the ball into his body and then loses possession, it is a fumble.