It's not often that an NFL quarterback gets away with completing two pa ses on one play, but that's what did to the last season, and now the
Jazz Chisholm Jersey Rams are proposing a rule change to make sure no one else ever gets stuck in the situation that they found themselves in last November.Under the Rams' proposed rule, teams will lose a down if they throw a second forward pa s from behind the line of scrimmage or if they throw a pa s from behind the line of scrimmage after the ball has already cro sed the line of scrimmage. This might seem like a very specific rule, but the Rams are proposing it because of what happened with Brady back in Week 11.On a third-and-10 play for the in the fourth quarter, a pa s thrown by Brady was batted back to him and he responded by throwing another pa s, which ended up being an 8-yard completion to . Brady really caught a pa s and completed a pa s on the same play
Kyle Barraclough Jersey on ESPN The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) The officials saw the second pa s and threw a flag, but it left the Rams in a tough spot. If they accepted the penalty, it would only be for 5 yards, which means Brady and the Buccaneers offense would get to come back on the field for a third-and-15. If they declined
Caleb Smith Jersey the penalty, the second pa s would COUNT and the Buccaneers would be facing a fourth-and-2. From the Rams' point of view, there was nothing fair about this situation. Even though Brady committed an egregious penalty, the Buccaneers were either going to get another down (if penalty is accepted) or gain 8 yards (if penalty is declined). The Rams ended up declining the penalty and Brady got credited for an 8-yard pa s (The Buccaneers also decided to punt on fourth-and-2 from their own 42 in a game they would lose
Miguel Rojas Jersey 27-24).When someone throws a forward pa s from the line of scrimmage, the penalty is 5 yards and a lo s of down, and that's the same punishment the Rams want for anyone who throws two pa ses. If the Rams' proposal had been in place, they would have accepted the penalty on Brady and the Buccaneers would have faced a fourth-and-15. If this rule gets voted through, we can go ahead and call it the "Tom Brady rule" because the Rams would have never proposed it if Brady hadn't
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