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About the controversial call:
If you read the rule book, it states once you begin the forward pass motion, and the ball gets knocked out, it's an incomplete pass UNLESS you have control of the ball and it's tucked.
If you look closely at the replay, when the ball was knocked out, Brady's right hand was moving forward and his left hand was patting the ball, he was in the process of getting control of the ball but the ball was not clearly tucked and in control....therefore we have the incomplete pass.
(That's my subjective opinion. This opinion and the fact I am a Pats fan is entirely coincidental)
In 1976, the Pats got a call against them that was controversial too (for those that remember).
Now the Raiders have something to ponder the next 25 years.
Anyway, the Pats move on to the Championship game, hopefully in Foxboro.
Go Pats!
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