

Brady goes 32-of-52 for 312 yards with an INT. Patriots 16, Raiders 13 (OT): Tuck Rule overturns a late fumble by Brady, allowing Patriots to kick tying FG then win in OT over the Raiders in the AFC divisional playoffs in Foxborough. The fumble was overturned and the patriots rallied to win in overtime in what is now known as the Tuck Rule Game. 19, 2002 - Tuck Rule Game Tom Brady fumbles on this sack by Oakland’s Charles Woodson in a Jan. Cool customerīrady wins at a rate far above other contemporary QBs, who have at least 225 pass attempts in games that experience temps 40 degrees or below and have precipitation. The results of this statistical analysis reinforce the notion that Brady is a stellar cold-weather QB, in comparison to his NFL quarterback peers, but they don’t offer the kind of statistical outliers that overtly suggest wrongdoing. Granted, these parameters exclude last week’s AFC title contest, but that doesn’t preclude similar actions in other games from affecting performances or outcomes. Because a less inflated ball is easier to grip, throw and catch, the benefits of such a maneuver presumably would be more apparent in bad-weather games.īased on that assumption, The Post sought the help of numberFire to track down the stats from such games - which we deemed to be any contest in which the temperature dipped to 40 degrees or below and there was some sort of precipitation. If someone with the Patriots purposely was deflating approved game balls, there has to be a reason. Without physical evidence, witnesses or a confession, we are forced to turn to the most unreliable of evidentiary standards - the circumstantial variety. No eyewitness of wrongdoing has come forward. If the NFL has physical evidence, they haven’t disclosed it, or even suggested its existence. Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady have voiced their denials.

Sometimes you have to dig beyond the basic facts - like the Patriots having at least 11 of 12 official game balls underinflated for last week’s AFC Championship rout of the Colts. Often, hard evidence is hard to find, or kept under wraps. NJ man sentenced to three years in prison for selling 'Brady' Super Bowl ringsįormer All-Pro NFL receiver rips league after it denies him disability benefit
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