Was time on New York Jets' side? - New England Patriots Forums

Kid~Brady · 10-22-2012, 05:30 PM

Here we go, Jet fans making excuses about the time clock.

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Does the clock operator at Gillette Stadium deserve credit for the New England Patriots' late comeback against the New York Jets on Sunday night?

That's what some Gang Green conspiracy theorists seem to believe when it comes to Devin McCourty's late fumble that set up New York's go-ahead score.

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The NFL reviewed the play and determined there was no clock-operator error, a league spokesman said Monday, according to Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com.

link: Was time on New York Jets' side? Maybe not vs. Pats - NFL.com

robbomango · 10-22-2012, 05:38 PM

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What do you think? A desperate theory concocted by a crushed fan base? Or did the Patriots get the advantage of some home cooking in a big spot?

The former of course..

Ice_Ice_Brady · 10-22-2012, 05:40 PM

-Regarding the beginning of the kickoff return, you're talking about maybe a one second delay- pretty standard. Beyond that I hardly think the clock operator had the clairvoyance to know what was going to happen and that it would ultimately benefit the Pats.

-It seems like the clock operator was off by a few seconds and it should have run down the the 2-minute warning. However, the clock operator should be on the field, because had the whistle been blown when the Jets player got possession and was down by contact, there actually was 2:01.

-Pats sill would have gotten the ball back with the same amount of time but one less timeout. This isn't like the Jets could have run the clock down to 0:40 and kicked a field goal. Patriots gameplan would have changed, as they would have gone for more sideline plays to get out of bounds. The way it played out, the Jets gave them inside routes, seemlingly to protect the sidelines.

-Overall, a very, very weak excuse from the Jets. The Pats lost games this year on some terrible calls that were blatant. I would take a one second clock error over some horrendous, game-changing officiating multiple times during a given game.

***BradyFTW!*** · 10-22-2012, 06:08 PM

Is there are a sorer bunch of losers than Jets fans? You'd think that, through 40 uninterrupted years of losing, they would learn to do it with a bit of dignity.

They're complaining more about this than we complained about the Ravens loss, which actually could be blamed on officiating (and was by many neutral observers).

supafly · 10-22-2012, 07:01 PM

Let's see, so far the Jets and their fanbase having whined about the following issues:

--taping from the wrong area (even though the NEP have plenty of stories of their own with the Jets doing this, and to deeper extremes)

--the "illegal" use of our no-huddle (funny how no one else has ever had a problem with it)

--the clock operator having screwed up some minor matter of a second or two

It doesn't seem to me like they want to just shut up and try to learn from their mistakes. I wouldn't even be remotely surprised if I found out that someone on the Jets staff alerted the NFL to Belichick's all blue hoodie yesterday. They complain about anything and everything, it's pathetic.

Just hearing this stuff today makes the win that much sweeter.

BSR · 10-22-2012, 07:12 PM

What is really pathetic is that the New York media would actually pick this up. Its one thing for a small contingent of a team's fan base to whine about a call, but rarely if ever does the media roll with it.

BSR · 10-22-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by supafly

Let's see, so far the Jets and their fanbase having whined about the following issues:

--taping from the wrong area (even though the NEP have plenty of stories of their own with the Jets doing this, and to deeper extremes)

--the "illegal" use of our no-huddle (funny how no one else has ever had a problem with it)

--the clock operator having screwed up some minor matter of a second or two

It doesn't seem to me like they want to just shut up and try to learn from their mistakes. I wouldn't even be remotely surprised if I found out that someone on the Jets staff alerted the NFL to Belichick's all blue hoodie yesterday. They complain about anything and everything, it's pathetic.

Just hearing this stuff today makes the win that much sweeter.

You forgot about how we somehow were to blame for the Jet's coach tripping a dolphin's player.

***fgssand*** · 10-22-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BradyFTW!

Is there are a sorer bunch of losers than Jets fans? You'd think that, through 40 uninterrupted years of losing, they would learn to do it with a bit of dignity..

Dignity?? Jet fans....LO freaking L.

One would think they have become totally used to losing by now, they do it quite well.

***jmt57*** · 10-22-2012, 07:21 PM

Considering the circumstances (score and possession at the time of the kickoff), if the clock operator was attempting to help the Patriots then he would have done the opposite and had more time come off the clock, not less.

By the way the NFL Network is run almost exclusively by former espn executives, and it shows in their approach that creating controversy sells; that same business decision seems to be fueling NFL.com as well.

***PatsDeb*** · 10-22-2012, 07:26 PM

But here's the problem with their theory (who is this guy by the way, who says, "Hey' there's a controversy here, even though there isn't, as the league already said there was no clock error.") - Brady had to wait at least five seconds at the end of the drive, to call the Pats' last time out. They weren't out of time at any point during that drive. If the Pats got down to the 30 yd. line with one second left and then quickly called time out their theory might have legs, but that is not what happened. As a matter of fact, I recall there was about 1:40 on the clock when we got the ball back, way past the 2 minute warning.