The NFL's Tuck Rule
Just lost money on the Packers. Thanks Chuck and the rest of the defense for totally shitting the bed on this one.
Anyway - can someone please explain to me the NFL's tuck rule? I don't see how Rodgers' fumble at the end of this one is any different than Brady's "tuck" against the Raiders.
Stevie Breaston - amazing game BTW.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:09 PM ^
But I believe that the ball came out of Rodgers' hand, off his foot, and the guy on the Cards caught it. Admittedly I've only seen the replay once and wasn't even thinking about the tuck rule.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:10 PM ^
the ball was picked off so the tuck rule doesn't matter, for Brady, it hit the ground n they called it a fumble, then the tuck rule caused it to be called an imcompletion.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:14 PM ^
Good call. So if Rodgers doesn't kick the ball, is it incomplete per the tuck rule? Discuss.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^
After seeing the replay, it looks like he was tucking it in and if it would have just harmlessly fallen to the ground that it would've been an imcomplete pass.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
I will now light myself on fire.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:32 PM ^
Funny, though, that a defensive play ends a game in which both defenses were horrifically bad.
January 11th, 2010 at 1:48 AM ^
Don'cha think?
January 10th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
If it hits the ground it may be. Regardless the guy caught it so either way you call it the Packers don't get the ball back.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
The ball never touched the ground, so even if it's a tuck situation (considered a forward pass even though the quarterback has stopped passing and is pulling the ball back into the body ???) the ball never touching the ground would make it like any other interception.
If it's not a tuck situation, it's a fumble and advanced properly. I've included a link to wikipedia on the tuck rule. Not that everything is correct on Wikipedia - but it's a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuck_rule
BTW - when did Steve Breaston learn to catch like that. I remember him dropping a lot of passes while here.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:30 PM ^
Not that everything is correct on WikipediaWhat!? Wikipedia is perhaps the most truthful, infallible source of information on the planet. That's why all the top scholars in every field exclusively use it for a primary source.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
Cardinals deserved to win the game, but too bad for the Pack that the officials don't call the helmet-to-helmet contact on the Cards' on the preceding play, nor the facemask on the final play. Really wanted Rodgers to pull that out and thought he might when they went up-top to Jennings.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
Looked to me like Rogers arm had stopped going forward when the ball was knocked loose.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^
If the Cards would have lost, Neil Rackers would be looking for a job tomorrow.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:34 PM ^
nicely done. what that loop shows is a facemask which was not flagged. helluva play but a facemask nonetheless.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:08 PM ^
He shut down Fitzgerald except for the TD where he was bowled over.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:20 PM ^
had the ball not been caught in the air.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:30 PM ^
Didn't they change the rule after the Brady game, and, therefore, the ball would be considered a fumble and not an incomplete pass now if it had gone to the ground? Rodgers was clearly trying to tuck it, just like Brady was back in that Raiders-Pats game that spawned all of the debate and, I believe, the rule change.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:32 PM ^
I wonder if Rodgers kicked the ball intentionally.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:24 AM ^
I thought the tuck rule was that you had to model tight pants for someone, and if they couldn't tell then...
Oh wait. Sorry. Wrong tuck rule. Go about your business.
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