Tuck Rule

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Gmanc711
10-09-2005, 10:38 PM
Alright, the games over so I'm not trying to say what if this or what if that, I just have a basic statment for response....


How stupid is the Tuck rule? I mean seriously, I dont even understand where that rule came from. In 2001 against the Radiers, you can watch that replay 1000 times and 1000 times it will look like a fumble. If you watch Plummer today 1000 times, 1000 times it looks like a fumble. I just dont get it, and think its a stupid rule; any thoughts on the rule as a whole, not so much the game today.

Daseal
10-09-2005, 10:39 PM
I would have agreed with the tuck rule had he not tryed to grasp it with his other hand. He was trying to pump fake and when he brought it down it hit his other hand and went as a fumble.

SUNRA
10-09-2005, 10:42 PM
I would have agreed with the tuck rule had he not tryed to grasp it with his other hand. He was trying to pump fake and when he brought it down it hit his other hand and went as a fumble.

Great observation. So many chances, so many bad calls and no calls.

skinsguy
10-09-2005, 10:45 PM
Like they were saying today, I think the refs need to start considering intent when they throw the flag or in situations of a possible "tuck" rule. Plummer's intent was to pull the ball back in and scramble around. I think the rule needs serious changing. I said the samething in that Raider game a couple years ago.

I also believe that rules are becoming TOO mechanical. I've seen completions and fumbles called incomplete after the receiver had caught the ball and taken two steps. I think when you try to be too precise with a rule, it has a counter effect.

EternalEnigma21
10-09-2005, 10:47 PM
It was a fumble. That is a bunch of shit. Bad calls are bad calls no matter how they justify them.

HailSkins81
10-09-2005, 10:48 PM
Yeah, I would say if he was trying to actually throw it, and it came out it should be an incomplete pass. Once he started to bring his other hand up, it was obvious his intention was to pump fake. I suppose the current rule is that it is not a fumble unless after the trowing motion they try to tuck it into their body, then lose the ball. Well, really Plummer was trying to pull it back.


I am still confused about that review at the end of the first half when there was no penalty called on the field, but they went to review and called the penalty against Brunell for going over the line of scrimmage.

kingerock
10-09-2005, 10:48 PM
the thing that gets me is that if they intended to throw it there was no eligible receiver anywhere close and it should be a grounding penalty. The rule is dumb to me because it's win-win for the QB and lose-lose for the defense.

BigSKINBauer
10-09-2005, 10:48 PM
so if a QB was just to rotate his arm over and over and the ball fell out behind him it would be an incomplete pass, stupid rule. Only thing is that this isn't the refs fault, it is the stupid rule that needs changing. Cost us the game.

skinsguy
10-09-2005, 10:51 PM
the thing that gets me is that if they intended to throw it there was no eligible receiver anywhere close and it should be a grounding penalty. The rule is dumb to me because it's win-win for the QB and lose-lose for the defense.


That is an interesting thing, if the "tuck" rule comes into play, then it should be a penality for intential grounding because chances are, the QB is still between the tackles, and secondly, the ball didn't make it to the line of scrimmage. Should be an automatic grounding penality.

EternalEnigma21
10-09-2005, 10:52 PM
That is an interesting thing, if the "tuck" rule comes into play, then it should be a penality for intential grounding because chances are, the QB is still between the tackles, and secondly, the ball didn't make it to the line of scrimmage. Should be an automatic grounding penality.

Exactly.

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