RolStoppable said:
SwitchUP had changed the context to make it solely about the instance of winding down the clock in the fourth quarter, so that's the only thing I called cheap. The timeout before the end of the first half is a case of plain boneheadedness because the chances to score another time when only 11 seconds are left on the clock are close to zero. 11 seconds on the clock, then the punt is executed and more than 95% of the time it's a fair catch, a roll out or a return for less than 10 yards. Best case scenario is that there's time for one more play left on the clock, so a good return would have allowed for a hail mary attempt. That's the kind of odds only a desperate team would gamble on, but any half-decent coach would have taken the 27-0 halftime lead and allowed the 11 seconds to run out instead of taking a timeout. |
No, I was only talking about the game being over at the half. Obviously, the game wasnt over, because theres time left. I said, it's over, as far as the way the packers were playing. I wasnt responding about the cheapness of running time off the clock. I think that's cheap as hell too, but it's in the rule book. I would almost bet the NFL will dump that rule. The first time I've ever seen that in a game was the titans-Patriots game. I've been watching NFL for 35 years, and only just saw it. Crazy rule, but nothing wrong in exploiting it.
