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Originally Posted by SupDock
That's the confusing part. As soon as the ball is snapped, the clock is running, therefore you can spike the ball
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But there's ostensibly no reason to, if the clock is stopped...you just call a play and run the play.
The only reason to spike the ball is if the clock is running...
Right?
So...therefore, the ONLY time a spike would be valid would be when it's permitted to stop a running clock.
The clock was stopped after the penalty.
Mahomes may have actually committed intentional grounding, it's just that the refs AND the announcers didn't quite know how to explain WHY...