11/8/2023 0 Comments Tom brady charles woodson![]() ![]() The game where Bledsoe went down - Jerry Thornton August 31, 2018 The Tuck Rule went AGAINST the Patriots vs the NYJs in the 2001 season. I think there’s a good chance I’m not the starter at that point if we lose that game,” Brady said. “I’m probably the backup quarterback going into 2002.” He said in the film that if he’d won two Super Bowls in Oakland, he would’ve been “a Raider for life.”īut the most interesting what-if moment in the film took place when Brady asked what would’ve happened to him had he lost in the Divisional Round as still-unproven second-year pro: Louis Rams to win Super Bowl XXXVI, with Woodson ultimately lifting the Lombardi trophy in back-to-back years. Some crafty editing depicted Oakland beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC title game and the St. They opted to explore an alternate universe and several alternate endings by which “The Tuck Rule” moment either played out differently or never happened at all, resulting in the Patriots losing the game and missing out on what became a world title. Until it wasn’t thanks to one of the most memorable and controversial replay reviews (and reversals) in sports history that introduced so many of us to the infamous “tuck rule.” New England won the game in overtime and went on to win the first of six Super Bowls with Brady at quarterback.Īlong with the two football legends- college teammates in the 1990s at Michigan, no less- reminiscing while watching the game and still arguing about the rule, directors Ken Rodgers and Nick Mascolo went further. Brady takes the snap and Woodson has a free run at the quarterback, sacking him and causing what was believed in the immediate moment to be a game-sealing fumble recovered by the Raiders. Down 13-10 at home in blizzard conditions with 1:50 left, New England has a 1st and 10 at Oakland’s 42 yard line. Given the timing of TB12’s retirement, which became official Tuesday, the timing could not be more poetic. 19, 2002 playoff game between the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders for the first time. As Brady said himself: “I’m probably the backup quarterback going into 2002.”ĮSPN’s newest “30 For 30” documentary, The Tuck Rule: The Call That Changed it All, premieres Sunday after the 2022 Pro Bowl, putting the two central figures in one of the most impactful plays in NFL history - Tom Brady and Charles Woodson - together to watch the iconic Jan. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.A new film explores an alternate universe in which the infamous Patriots-Raiders game went differently. It shouldn’t happen.”Īn incompletion on the final play of the game caught Woodson’s eye as well, though for all the wrong reasons. “I was just trying to flick it out of bounds. “I was trying to throw it away and I didn’t,” Brady said after the loss. His explanation for the interception lent some credence to Woodson’s read on the situation. The Patriots signal-caller threw a floating pass that was easily picked off by Pittsburgh cornerback Joe Haden. … At some point in time, it just catches up with you.”īrady’s performance in New England’s 17-10 loss to the Steelers on Sunday - 25-for-36 for 289 yards, a touchdown and an interception - included a play that Woodson said Brady would have made earlier in his career. “I think he’s actually starting to feel all the hits, all the sacks of the NFL. “I just think the NFL is catching up to Tom Brady,” Woodson said of his former Michigan teammate on ESPN on Monday. On the heels of Tom Brady’s very un-Brady-like performance Sunday, Charles Woodson had some theories about the Patriots quarterback. Tom Brady's retirement reality is starting to sink in: 'Different perspective'īill Belichick remains coy on Patriots' backup quarterback depth chart Patriots star's airport gun charges dropped ahead of season AFC East preview and predictions: Jets go from worst to first ![]()
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