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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
I don't give a **** what the ref announcer said.
The PLAY CLOCK started.
25 seconds.
The GAME CLOCK was at 9 seconds, and due to the penalty by the Browns on the previous play, would not start until the ball was snapped.
MAHOMES said he thought he could spike the ball there, and Reid didn't know he couldn't either.
The rules states clearly that the QB can only legally spike the ball FROM UNDER CENTER and SPECIFICALLY TO SAVE TIME ON THE GAME CLOCK WHILE THE GAME CLOCK IS RUNNING.
The QB can ONLY spike the ball to save time on a running GAME clock.
the refs set and ran the PLAY clock.
It's in the rule book :
. https://nflcommunications.com/Docume...20Rulebook.pdf
Mahomes admitted that is exactly what he tried to do, and that he didn't know that he couldn't do that...and neither did Reid.
So the refs called it 100% correctly and so Reid screwed the pooch.
It's sad that I know that rule better than the announcers AND the coach. |
Cool, free timeout, no reason to even think about using your timeout or needing to save it for later, cool.
Now can we be friends?
One other thing, why’d the ref start the play clock only and then run like his hair was on fire?