They say ‘Time heals all wounds.’ but 17 years after the infamous ‘Tuck Rule’ game, those words don’t seem to be holding true for Raider Nation. The emotional scars from that fateful January night in 2001 run deep.
It’s hard not to wonder how the course of NFL history could have been changed had Walt Coleman not come back on the field after a booth review and jobbed the Raiders. Not only did the Patriots go on to beat the Raiders, it was the birth of the legend of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots dynasty.