Not a member? Yes, we have hit the 20-year anniversary of the famous infamous Tuck Rule game. After two incomplete passes and a Brady scramble, Vinatieri came on to hit a game-tying 45-yard field goal through the snow with just 27 seconds left, a kick considered to have been one of the most difficult kicks in NFL history,[15] or the most "clutch-kick ever. It's been nearly two decades since he walked out of a snow-covered Foxboro Stadium on the wrong end of a 16-13 overtime loss to the Patriots in the infamous "tuck rule" game during the 2001 . Photos (and replay) clearly show Brady with both hands on the ball before its knocked out. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the most controversial use of replay in NFL history. Yes, keep the rule until each team has experienced it at least once. at Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Accusing of spying on . That should have been a roughing the passer call with 15 yards and a first down instead of just a second down. umm Big Ben is that you?? On Wednesday, N.F.L. The ruling made the game exceptionally hard to referee, as well as giving a big advantage to the quarterback. That's before and after the LOS so this would mean most passes would be contested on the field. However, in the fourth quarter, Brady led the Patriots on a 10-play, 67-yard drive, completing nine consecutive passes for 61 yards and finishing it with a 6-yard touchdown run with 7:57 left that made the score 1310. Tom Brady admits controversial 'Tuck Rule Game' play 'might have been a And as long as were griping about refs stealing playoff wins, at best the Raider should consider themselves even with the Patriots given the atrocious officiating in the 1976 Pats-Raiders game not only was the roughing the passer call on Hamilton just as big of a game changer as the Tuck Rule (BTW, that was totally a judgment call and it was BS), on the Pats previous possession, as they tried to pick up a first down to ice the game, LB Vilapiano locked Russ Francis arms at the elbows preventing him from reaching out and catching an easy pass that would have likely ended the game. Tweet text can contain up to 280 characters or Unicode glyphs in the majority of cases. A source told Ian Rapoport on Wednesday that the elimination of the "Tuck Rule" passed overwhelmingly at the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix. The Patriots should never had got that first Super Bowl. Even Brady said he fumbled. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Patriots went on to win the game and then win that year's Super Bowl against the then St. Louis Rams, starting the first of two Patriots dynasties and giving Brady his first of seven rings. Walt Coleman hasn't refereed a single Raiders game since making the "tuck rule" call 17 years ago, a ruling that still reverberates throughout the league on occasion. It should have been inconclusive. Tuck rule (American football) - Wikipedia