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After the Patriots-Buccaneers, a new episode of The Timeline will premiere about the Tuck Rule. Based on this list of interviewees, what do you think the tone of this show will be:
Jon Gruden – Former Raiders head coach
Amy Trask – Former Raiders CEO
Ice Cube – Actor/Musician & Raiders fan
Tim Brown – Raiders Hall of Fame wide receiver
Mike Pereira – Former NFL Vice President of Officiating
Adam Vinatieri – Former Patriots kicker
Eric Allen – Former Raiders cornerback
Bill Belichick – Patriots head coach
Tom Brady – Patriots quarterback
Charles Woodson – Former Raiders cornerback
Lincoln Kennedy – Former Raiders offensive tackle
The Brady and Belichick interviews are from the archives, so we'll be treated to former Raiders complaining about about a call that didn't go their way fifteen years ago. Again.
It would be nice if the people putting this together could do something like that editing job that made John Harbaugh look ridiculous complaining after the 2014 divisional game. He said how no one ever saw an eligible receiver line up at the left tackle spot and then they immediately showed Alabama running that play. Have one of the Raiders claim the tuck rule was never called before and show the clip of the Patriots recovering Testaverde's fumble only to have it overturned because he was tucking the ball.
Back in January, when we hit the 15th anniversary and the story was re-hashed in the news, Matt Chatham sent out a great series of tweets on this topic. One of them was about something I never noticed: On Vinatieri's tying kick, the ball went right over the head of one of the Raiders near the center of the line who didn't even raise his hands. It was a low kick, so jumping and raising your arms might have made a difference. Not putting in that effort (Chatham had more examples of this) contributed more to the Raiders loss than a call not going their way.
Jon Gruden – Former Raiders head coach
Amy Trask – Former Raiders CEO
Ice Cube – Actor/Musician & Raiders fan
Tim Brown – Raiders Hall of Fame wide receiver
Mike Pereira – Former NFL Vice President of Officiating
Adam Vinatieri – Former Patriots kicker
Eric Allen – Former Raiders cornerback
Bill Belichick – Patriots head coach
Tom Brady – Patriots quarterback
Charles Woodson – Former Raiders cornerback
Lincoln Kennedy – Former Raiders offensive tackle
The Brady and Belichick interviews are from the archives, so we'll be treated to former Raiders complaining about about a call that didn't go their way fifteen years ago. Again.
It would be nice if the people putting this together could do something like that editing job that made John Harbaugh look ridiculous complaining after the 2014 divisional game. He said how no one ever saw an eligible receiver line up at the left tackle spot and then they immediately showed Alabama running that play. Have one of the Raiders claim the tuck rule was never called before and show the clip of the Patriots recovering Testaverde's fumble only to have it overturned because he was tucking the ball.
Back in January, when we hit the 15th anniversary and the story was re-hashed in the news, Matt Chatham sent out a great series of tweets on this topic. One of them was about something I never noticed: On Vinatieri's tying kick, the ball went right over the head of one of the Raiders near the center of the line who didn't even raise his hands. It was a low kick, so jumping and raising your arms might have made a difference. Not putting in that effort (Chatham had more examples of this) contributed more to the Raiders loss than a call not going their way.