On the last play of the third quarter, Thomas Jones had a nice little run where he ran out of bounds (I think barely touched, but definitely not tackled in bounds) with about 10-15 seconds left on the clock and for some reason the clock kept running and the quarter expired. Why didn't the clock stop? Did anyone else notice this? In no way am I saying this was even remotely related to why ended up losing, but was curious about this considering some of the other calls that could have gone differently.
Really? Wow, where have I been? Here I am thinking it's been different for all these years. Just one more thing to add to my mindset of bewilderment today...
What's up Sundayjack...I've still been around. I love this board, check it multiple times daily. I wish I could contribute more, but I know I'll get too sucked into some of the conversations.
Actually, the clock does stop on out-of-bounds plays until the ball is reset and the then the clock continues. Therefore, the ball had to be placed at the closest hashmarks ready to play before the clock started counting again. However, this is one of my points. At that junture the Jets were down by a score of 16 - 3. Why not try to run another play? When you are down by two scores and you only have 15 minutes left to go in the game you have to try to lengthen the game as much as possible. Why not take advantage of what the rules provide and run another play before the end of the quarter?
That's kind of where I was going with things... Just another thing the coaching staff needs to get a clue on...
Yes, I know the rule. I didn't think it was necessary to go there because the thread starter thought the clock kept running as soon as Jones stepped out of bounds. When I saw the play happen, I figured the silly coaching staff would not get the team to run another play.
We had no sense of urgency offensively all game long why would we at that point? Every play the play clock had to be near expiration before we snapped it.
