vmax Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 You have to open this link and listen to the audio.Ray goes off....i mean, he loses it...publicly. Lewis, the former Ravens linebacker who now serves as an analyst for ESPN, told Sirius XM Mad Dog Radio that Brady built his Hall of Fame legacy on a fortuitous call from officials in a divisional playoff matchup against the Raiders in 2002."When we -- the first time we created something called a tuck rule, it's the only reason we know -- I'm just being honest -- the only reason we know who Tom Brady is, because of a tuck rule," Lewis said. "There's no such thing as a tuck rule! If the ball is in your hand, and I knock it out your hand, whether it's going backwards, forwards, lateral, sideways, however it's coming out, that's a freaking fumble." "But guess what we created? We created a freaking tuck rule!" The tuck rule was established in 1999, three years before Charles Woodson separated Brady from the ball at old Foxboro Stadium. The NFL excised the rule in 2013. Continue, Ray ..."They don't go to that championship game -- they don't go to that championship game if that tuck rule, if that ball is not called a tuck! That's a fumble!" he said. "Charles Woodson made that man clearly fumble the ball and they named it the tuck rule, something that we've never heard in today's game. So now you've got to ask yourself: When did the legacy really start?"This was all part of a larger rant by Lewis, who was fired up -- seriously, he's yelling into his phone at one point -- about how rules are hurting the game. Sample quote: "There are so many rules to a game that's really very simple!" http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000458877/article/ray-lewis-we-wouldnt-know-brady-without-tuck-rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjr83 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I think his analyst career may be coming to an end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Holy crap!! That's the only thing I can say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutsideRzAcE Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 He's right about the tuck rule. That was a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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