I may have missed it, but did he not require assistance getting off the field? I thought on top of it being awful he got hurt, that in the moment it was going to also really hurt us because it was going to allow Arizona to keep the timeout because we were going to be charged with an injury timeout. It didn't though seeing as Arizona didn't have a timeout left after the 3rd down run. They had started that series with 2 timeouts left if I remember correctly.
Was it because the game didn't really need to be stopped to attend to him? They did RUSH him off the field pretty quickly lol
I just figured if you need any assistance - you get charged the TO instead of the other team.
Yeah I figured they called it right away, however usually even when that happens they give the team the timeout back when there is an injury. It's probably because he didn't require assistance to get off the field from the team staff.
but he did not get off by himself - weren't trainers helping him? Would be different if he got off on his own.
And I have seen where timeouts were given back to teams when there's an injury......that of course did not happen.
With another TO - who knows what these Giants would have done lol
Stu - it touched the ground but he had it secured so I think it was a catch IMO. That goes under the Bert Emmanuel Rule!!
Quote:
used the TO before realizing Barkley was hurt. The fact that Barkley was at least able to get up and hobble off the field was huge. That would have given Arizona another 40 seconds to get in FG range
but he did not get off by himself - weren't trainers helping him? Would be different if he got off on his own.
And I have seen where timeouts were given back to teams when there's an injury......that of course did not happen.
I dont think the trainers came on the field until after the TO was issued. I could be wrong.