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Walt Coleman said that he initially called it a fumble instead of an incompletion because he could reverse the fumble and not the other. He said that they were trained that way. So what has happened in those 10 years? Refs now are quick to blow a play dead. Good examples are Brees' fumble against Detroit and Ben's lateral/fumble against Denver. I hope the refs have enough patience this weekend.
Edit: Comment was made on ESPN countdown today.
Edit: Here is an article by espn. http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7451541/nfl-ten-years-later-tuck-rule-game-resonates
Edit: Comment was made on ESPN countdown today.
Edit: Here is an article by espn. http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7451541/nfl-ten-years-later-tuck-rule-game-resonates
"There wasn't much conversation with the other officials because everybody's looking at something different. Nobody sees the action of the quarterback except me. Based on what I saw and the information that I had, I ruled it as a fumble. If you ruled it incomplete you could not correct that with replay. That's basically just the way we were trained."
"The shot he gave me was from the front, which gave me a clear look at exactly what happened on the play. And what it showed is Brady's arm's coming forward. And Woodson hits him and the ball falls out of his hand. And that's clearly an incomplete forward pass. It was easy."
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