you want to discuss illegal plays
Did Beebe intend to step out of bounds or was it happenstance?
Don not pretend that Belicheat didn't know what he was doing. The genius was well aware of what the rule book said. He and Tommy flaunted it in our faces. They took advantage of a rule hardy ever used in football and exploited it.
For the record, YES, Homerun Throwback was trickery, His foot was clearly behind that solid white line and the location of the ball when caught was at or slightly forward of the white line. Ergo and it was illegal as the pass was slightly forward!