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Sorry, but the article mentions nothing about the DEFENSE getting "excess" timeouts. It only mentions the offense getting them. I stand by my statement that the refs got it wrong. That it should have been a 5 yard penalty on the defense with the clock starting on the snap.
If you can show me when it says that the DEFENSE also gets "excess" timeout due to injury, great. But please use the rule book.
The article to which I linked has many direct quotes from the rulebook that are relevant, so if you read that, you would find what you were looking for, and much additional useful information.
From the rulebook:
After the two-minute warning of a half, the following shall apply:
a) If a team has not used its three charged team timeouts, the team of the injured player will be charged a team timeout
It applies to defense or offense (the team of the injured player applies to either).
Here is the rulebook relevant part:
http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/7_2013_Game_Timing.pdf
The refs got it right. Read the article. Read the rulebook.