Hells Yeah Patriots!

[Fatty]

Neither both hands on the ball nor having control of it are part of the rule.  Finshing the tuck is part of the rule, it was not done.

Oakland lost because their defense sucked and they were unable to stop the Pats at all late in the game, or in overtime.  Two field goals and a touchdown, unanswered.

[Mighty1]

So if the quarterback had ran with the ball but never tucked it to his body then he could have tried to run and if he didn't make it all he had to do was drop the ball and it would be an incomplete pass?

[moose]

I saw a pretty clear replay of the play last night at the 99 watching sportscenter.

in it, he starts to bring the ball forward and down but is hit before it reaches his other hand. if anyone could post the movie or a series of pictures showing so it'd be great.

at the time, all i had seen before was the replay from behind like most others did during gametime. on that replay, it looked like he was passing forward. on this one my 1st thought was, 'oh, that *was* a fumble'

however, they then explained above rule. yes, it's a pretty messed up rule but it works both ways. there was an article in today's paper about the referee. someone standing near the replay booth heard him say 'oh [bleep]' when he watched the call. his orignal ruling was wrong.

it was the *right* call. no doubt however that the rule will be amended next year.