Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
I've never been raider fan nor will i ever be but anyone who doesn't think that play was fumble is an idiot. I've never sen the tuck rule enforced any other time than that one. The rule is (and has always been except for one playoff game in 2001) that if the ball comes out before the quarterbacks hand starts moving forward (this means that even if the quarterbacks hand is moving in a wind up motion backwards) its a fumble. Brady's hand was not moving forward when the ball came out so it was called a fumble on the field and should've remained a fumble. The raider football team only got better since gannon left aside from the qb spot and look what happened. Its not hard to win when you're throwing to michael irvin and have the nfls all time leading rusher in your back field.
I have seen the tuck rule enforced since then but never in such a big situation.


I hate the protection all the offensive players get...and I played offense! Like boxing you're supposed to protect yourself at all times and when you don't it's your own fucking fault...QB's should have helmet to helmet hits EVERYONE ELSE DOES!!!

Smith was very good and so was Irvin and so was Moose and Novacek and so was their defense but Aikman was no slouch, he did damn good...he fit right in with those guys....I mean obviously they paid him to stay there they could have gotten a cheaper QB but it wouldn't have worked out the way it did had he left or been let go