Bill Belichick Has Brutally Honest Admission On ‘Tuck Rule’

Bill Belichick has something to say about the Tuck Rule. Yes, the New England Patriots head coach knows this rule better than anyone else. Oh wait, he is one of the very few people who know this rule.

ESPN aired a 30 for 30 on the Tuck Rule game the New England Patriots played against the Oakland Raiders. New England won the AFC Divisional Playoff game. This game made the Tuck Rule famous. Charles Woodson stripped former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the game, but the fumble was referred to an incomplete pass. What happened during the game?

Bill Belichick knew the tuck rule

On the 30 for 30, head coach Belichick talked about the rule. He is the best head coach in the NFL and he knows each and every rule out there.

Apparently nobody knew about the Tuck Rule except for Belichick ? @30for30

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— ESPN (@espn) February 7, 2022

The documentary goes through the 2002 playoff game and of course, it opened old sores. Brady talked about the tuck rule, too. According to the former Patriots quarterback, this rule saved his job as a starter with the team. He knew that the Patriots had to win this game. He knew that he’d lose the starting if his team finishes the game with a loss.

We all know that Brady was a replacement for Drew Bledsoe. The team entered the season with two straight losses, but Brady led them to an 11-5 record. The rest is history.

The Patriots got rid of Bledsoe and he left the team in the offseason. Brady and Belichick won six Super Bowls together. They set up the foundation for the Patriots dynasty after all.

This leads us to the following question. Did the tuck rule actually save Brady’s career? Belichick decided to trust his rookie quarterback and parted ways with a veteran. He would have kept Bledsoe, but yes, the tuck rule changed Brady’s career.

TB12 left the Patriots after two decades and joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He won another ring with the team and called it career. The Buccaneers lost the game to the Los Angeles Rams, and Brady announced his retirement. It was a wild 22-year career!