| Redlemon |
02-08-2005 06:27 AM |
Another of the "few" Pats fans checking in here. I think what confuses people about the Patriots is that they look like a different team each week. The Playoffs were a great example of this. Indy: we're a slog-it-out, just keep running and short yardage team. Pittsburgh: rack up the points. Philly: mess with the offence just enough to force the turnovers. The Patriots morph to hit the weaknesses of whoever they are playing.
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Originally Posted by Rdr4evr
2001... Whether you’re a fan or not, you and I damn well know it was a fumble, no ands, ifs or buts about it. It WAS a fumble and we were clearly robbed of it.
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Rules is rules, buddy. It doesn't matter that it looked like a fumble, that's the way the Tuck rule is written, look it up. And, the Competition Committee didn't change the Tuck rule after that game either. Here's the best summary I could find, I'll pull up my rulebook at home tonight if you want.
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1. Once a qb intentionally moves his arm forward, he is attempting a forward pass.
2. If, instead of releasing the ball, he continues the motion backwards, toward his body, he is simultaneously attempting a forward pass (even though he has no intention of releasing the ball) and a tuck.
3. An attempted pass/tuck isn't a completed pass/tuck if the qb has not finished bringing the ball to his body before it is jarred loose due to the qb's unwanted contact with a defensive player.
4. The attempted pass/tuck thwarted by an aggressive defender should be ruled an incomplete forward pass--whether it has gone forward, backward or sideways--when the ball that the qb isn't trying to throw and doesn't want to lose hits the ground.
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