Pats loss to Bills: late timeout at 1-yard line discussion

[Rob0729]

Re: The Timeout

People are making too much of this call than it was. It was the right thing to do. In response to your points:

1.) You aren't going to know what the Bills are going to do until they snap the ball and you waste 40 seconds to find out. If they took the ball and scored a TD right away, there would still be plenty of time. There would actually be more time with the timeout than without.
2.) The rules are pretty clear. The runner was tackled in bounds, the clock would start the second the spotted the ball.
3.) I'm sure if the ref forgot to wind down the play clock, Chan Gailey would have said something. I doubt the Bills would blindly ignore the fact that the clock wasn't running when they were trying to leave the Pats with as little clock time as possible.

It was the right call.

 

[Haley]

Re: The Timeout

I thought he handled it pretty well, but really it was inconsequential to the loss.

Like Brady said in his press conference, "you can't have 4 interceptions and expect to win the game".

 

[groundgame]

Re: The Timeout

People are making too much of this call than it was. It was the right thing to do. In response to your points:
......3.) I'm sure if the ref forgot to wind down the play clock, Chan Gailey would have said something. I doubt the Bills would blindly ignore the fact that the clock wasn't running when they were trying to leave the Pats with as little clock time as possible.
It was the right call.

You are giving the Bills coaching way too much credit by assuming anything. There are many more Dave Wannstedts coaching NFL teams than Sean Paytons.

 

[Bigatrop]

Re: The Timeout

You are giving the Bills coaching way too much credit by assuming anything. There are many more Dave Wannstedts coaching NFL teams than Sean Paytons.

Assuming a professional coach of an NFL team doesn't know one of the more basic rules in the game, and assuming his entire group of coordinators and assistant coaches don't either is not too much credit. It's logical.

 

[Rob0729]

Re: The Timeout

You are giving the Bills coaching way too much credit by assuming anything. There are many more Dave Wannstedts coaching NFL teams than Sean Paytons.

C'mon. Even Wannstedt knows that if a player is tackled in bounds, the clock runs.