Comments on: The Tuck Rule is no more

By: gallyhatch

gallyhatch — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:20:50 +0000

The cognitive dissonance employed by bitter fans is astounding.

By: johntonioholmes

johntonioholmes — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:27:00 +0000

I saw one clear tuck this season–Manning in the Divisional round.

They got it wrong.

By: crush22

crush22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:01:31 +0000

psousa1 says:
Mar 20, 2013 4:17 PM

3 Super Bowls. Love the tuck rule.
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By: sanitytrek

sanitytrek — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:21:55 +0000

Anyone who thinks Brady or Belicheat could have any success without cheating is kidding themselves. Brady would be pedestrian on any other team wit any other coach. Belicheat was pedestrian until he started cheating in NE. Let’s not allow them in the hall of fame!!!

By: psousa1

psousa1 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:17:20 +0000

3 Super Bowls. Love the tuck rule.

By: mullman76

mullman76 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:54:33 +0000

Enough pats fans. It was a late hit in 1976 and it was a fumble in 2002.

Was it the steelers who voted no? Just one last opportunity for the Rooney’s to stick it to Al. The steelers are just another franchise whose dynasty was launched on the back of the Raider due to a suspect call.

Immaculate Reception? Only after the phone call came down to the field and made it so.

By: bdawk20

bdawk20 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:52:23 +0000

They should eliminate the arm is going forward rule too. If the quarterback loses the ball, at any time, when the ball is in his hands, it should be a fumble. For all you know, the QB’s arm is going forward and it could be a pump fake, not a throw. I understand that when that rule was instituted, we did not have instant replay, but now we do and we can tell if the ball has left the QB’s hands before he fumbled it.

By: crush22

crush22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:49:32 +0000

mornelithe says:

Crush22: What asterisk? The imaginary one in your brain?

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What are you? 12? You would have been better off saying “I know you are, but what am I”?
It would have been more mature.

By: harrisonhits2

harrisonhits2 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:38:38 +0000

The comments here can mostly be summed up by

WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Go call the wambulance for the Raiders fans, sounds like they need someone to dry their tears.

By: phatbuddha57

phatbuddha57 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:31:07 +0000

Thanks to that stupid rule the raiders missed out on a super bowl, Brady got the starting job and the dynasty was made, if they would have made it a fumble Brady would have still bin back on the bench the next year the tuck rule made his career…think about it

By: luckyarmpit

luckyarmpit — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:24:38 +0000

Tom’s gonna stink up the NFL this year. His favorite target, Welker, is now a Bronco. His two TEs can’t stay healthy for an entire season. Now the Tom Brady Rule is no more.

By: skleech22

skleech22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:37 +0000

Now let’s put an ASTERISK by the Patriots Super Bowl XXXVI victory along with their other two for CHEATING!

By: lombardisshineinfoxborough

lombardisshineinfoxborough — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:58:18 +0000

I don’t know any fellow Pats fans who don’t think Brady fumbled, but it wasn’t a blown call and any real football fan acknowledges that what the Pats still had to do to win that game after the call was made was remarkable.

And Raider fans, you should always remember that you stole one from us in 1976 with the phantom roughing the passer call on Sugar Bear Hamilton. One of the worst calls in the history of the NFL and paved the way for your SB victory that season.

We’re even. Let’s all move on.

By: sanitytrek

sanitytrek — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:21:07 +0000

Baby errrr Brady can go cry some more now, one less BS rule to designed specifically to protect him.

It’s so obvious that the NFL tries to protect him more than other players and when he doesn’t get his way he cries!

Go cry to Belicheat Baby!!!

By: returntoexcellence

returntoexcellence — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:13:15 +0000

nzayir says:
Mar 20, 2013 12:48 PM
What a lot of people choose to ignore is that the Patriots still had to get in range for a miracle 40+ yard field goal in a driving blizzard after the call was made. Not only that but Brady had to convert a 4th and 4 to get close enough for the GW field goal.

Point being the Raiders had their chances. They didn’t get the job done the Patriots did and that’s why they were the Super Bowl champions that year.
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What a lot of Patriot fans choose to ignore is that the Pats should of never had a chance to get in field goal range for a miracle 40 yard kick. All the Raiders would of had to do is run the ball and burn the clock. That game would have been over.

If you’re just going to give the ball to the team that shouldn’t have it in their possession for another chance than I figure a lot of games will turn out differently.

By: db105

db105 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:01:23 +0000

Terrible rule but the most enioyable rule when it was used.

By: jaialaicharger

jaialaicharger — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:01:05 +0000

Hey JoTor, this is your sorry teams best victory in 11 years. What a joke of a franchise.

By: ziggy26

ziggy26 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:00:58 +0000

Stiller43,

I respectfully disagree. The arm moving forward is part of the tuck, which is why the rule existed in the first place.

Your team agrees with me, as the Steelers were the only team to vote against the change.

By: armchairqb

armchairqb — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:00:18 +0000

11 years too late for the Raiders.

By: datmilehighswagistoodamnhigh

datmilehighswagistoodamnhigh — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:49:20 +0000

convenient they abolish that rule after they botched it with Peyton Manning in the divisional round along with countless other calls on both sides. Now they pass the helmet rule. Seriously they need to just set rules and be consistent. Officiating was horrible across the board all season, even after the “real” refs came back. Shoot too many rules will cause hesitation on players part and cause more injuries. They also need to get rid of the qb strike zone and defense reciever bull ish too. But hey what’s done is done, can y’all start doing some scouting reports or something. I’m getting sick of the owners and Goodell. The lockout, the saints crucifixion, and all the Pansy rule changes are really making me start to hate them. Well except Pat Bowlen of course haha

By: ron69

ron69 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:49:06 +0000

It was the worst call in sports history ever, with the inmaculate deception close second.

By: shackdelrio

shackdelrio — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:44:53 +0000

“realfootballfan says:
Mar 20, 2013 12:44 PM
Somewhere, Al Davis is smiling.”

Scientifically unlikely

By: wrdtoyrmama

wrdtoyrmama — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:40:19 +0000

Glad to see this “rule” finally put to rest, but would it surprise anyone if the 1 “No” vote came from the Raiders?

They are that dumb….

By: citizenstrange

citizenstrange — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:38:57 +0000

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. — Cheatriot Fans

By: mornelithe

mornelithe — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:38:19 +0000

Jvillenole: According to how the game was called, and thus history, you’re incorrect. Pretty sure the Pats won that SB.

Crush22: What asterisk? The imaginary one in your brain?

By: broncobeta

broncobeta — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:35:15 +0000

It just passed?

I’m pretty sure this started in the Broncos Ravens playoff game.

By: crush22

crush22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:30:05 +0000

The Patsies asterisk just got larger.

By: jvillenole

jvillenole — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:26:47 +0000

So does that mean that the NFL is going to strip the Pats of that BS victory years ago, and thus strip them of the SB (sarcasm of course). Everybody knows Tom Brady fumbled. That was a horsecrap then, and it is still a horsecrap call now.

By: ampats

ampats — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:23:35 +0000

Raiders fans are still crying about a rule that has been called in several games during this time period.

But then again, the Raiders have been one of the worst teams for the past decade and look to continue that trend.

Must really suck to be a Raiders fan !

By: primemundo

primemundo — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:22:11 +0000

it’s about time!