18 seconds inexplicably missing from MNF game

Integrity.

Tomlin: It happens everywhere, but it always happens here, in New England.

hit twitter and beat all the usual suspects over the e
head with this question until it turns into an impossible to ignore firestorm

The clock operator keeps the clock running after a touchback and no one directly involved notices. The officials don't see it. The Steelers and Chargers coaches and players don't notice. The staff in NY who are available for replays and challenges don't notice. Also, while they aren't playing, officiating or managing the game, the TV announcers miss it, also.

Last week, the officials miss a player batting a ball out of the endzone on MNF.

Yet we're supposed to believe that Walt Anderson accurately measured 48 footballs and is sure about those reading based solely on his memory. We're also supposed to accept that the halftime measurements were completely accurate, as well. Somehow, in their case against the Patriots, it's accepted as fact that the NFL got everything right, while operating on the fly in an activity they were undertaking for the first time in league history.

Patsrock said:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ock-error-near-end-of-steelers-chargers-game/

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It's called the temporal east-west effect. Football teams traversing multiple time zones create minor time-shift anomalies. This is a natural phenomenon, it's nobody's fault.

TBR said:

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That was my first thought too. Tomlin would've lost his mind, followed closely by the rest of the country.

The funny thing is, out of everyone who should have noticed, it's most inexcusable that Tomlin didn't. With 3 minutes left to drive the length of the field, how did nobody on the Steelers notice that 18 seconds had just disappeared?

Patriots cheating again, no doubt...

Right, Mr. Tomlin?

Just to get this out of the way.........Timing-mechanism-gate.

But even though the outcome of the game wasn’t affected, a mess quickly has emerged.

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the NFL has declined comment on the issue.

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That's funny Mr. NFL. 0.2 psi didn't affect the outcome of the game and you seem to have 8 months worth of comments on that.

All it does is further prove the media/NFL agenda against New England. All the hate we get makes me love this team even more, they are truly the greatest dynasty of all time.

The NFL will randomly do some tests this year on the concept of time. Gotta check these things, and then MAYBE share the results.

Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

The NFL will randomly do some tests this year on the concept of time. Gotta check these things, and then MAYBE share the results.

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Yea but Goody isn't sure if they will publish the results.

Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

The NFL will randomly do some tests this year on the concept of time. Gotta check these things, and then MAYBE share the results.

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Exponent will give them the results they want to hear. For a small fee.

Goodell is going to hire Wells for $4 million to look at Goodell's watch and tell him what time it is....And he'll probably get it wrong.....

nfl is more worried about getting twitter accounts suspended for posting gifs of plays.

Ted Wells is not available but they managed to get his brother..

Tony2046 said:

Just to get this out of the way.........Timing-mechanism-gate.





That's funny Mr. NFL. 0.2 psi didn't affect the outcome of the game and you seem to have 8 months worth of comments on that.

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Yeah, I don't really see how the "it didn't affect the outcome of the game" argument (I realize this is coming from PFT, not the NFL) somehow negates this issue. Put an extra 10-15 seconds on the clock for the last couple of plays and it changes how both teams approach it. Maybe the outcome is the same, but that's not excuse for missing an obvious error.

BradyFTW! said:

That was my first thought too. Tomlin would've lost his mind, followed closely by the rest of the country.

The funny thing is, out of everyone who should have noticed, it's most inexcusable that Tomlin didn't. With 3 minutes left to drive the length of the field, how did nobody on the Steelers notice that 18 seconds had just disappeared?

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same reason he called a time out with 1:40 to go in the first half with the ball at the 40, giving SD a shot at a FG...he's unaware of basic clock management