Saints screwed AGAIN by officials on a complete F*ck up of the clock at the end of the first half.
The officials stole 15 seconds from the Saints, which basically cost them a Field goal and could have cost them another game.
Officials cost the Saints 15 seconds at the end of the first half, time which could have been quite valuable in a close game. Kicker Will Lutz missed a 56-yard field goal after the mishap, when they ostensibly could have gotten closer.
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The NFL is a F-ing clown show.
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From the moment they said 'the game clock is correct' - someone, either part of the NFL officiating crew not on the field, someone in the replay booth, someone - should have hit the red panic button and told them they had fucked up.
But for that to happen to the Saints, with half the fans wearing ref outfits as a sarcastic jesture, is just really really awful
The NFL will continue to get it wrong until they standardize what NY is responsible for vs. the game officials. Initiate all reviews from the "command center" and get simple things like the clock correct. It really is a shitty rule to charge a runoff on a play that is initiated for review to begin with.
Actually, the NFL should just get it right. There's nothing subjective about clock management.
The NFL should be embarrassed about how idiotic they are.
The NFL will continue to get it wrong until they standardize what NY is responsible for vs. the game officials. Initiate all reviews from the "command center" and get simple things like the clock correct. It really is a shitty rule to charge a runoff on a play that is initiated for review to begin with.
I don't think that's correct. I thought they intentionally wait for the offense to get set before going to the replay so that the offense doesn't get the benefit of an extra timeout. So letting the clock run down to 26 sec was correct (I think).
But they screwed up then taking an extra 10 seconds off the clock.
And what's the point in having a former ref in the booth if he's just going to justify the screw ups. He should be explaining what the rules actually dictate should happen.
Sitting at home you could tell right away that they messed up - they did the right thing with the runoff, but they didn't pick the right start time to run down from. They hosed the Saints.
And before anyone starts with 'the Saints should stop crying', you know if that happened to the Giants you'd be screaming bloody murder, and rightfully so. That kind of silly, egregious error is not supposed to happen with a professional officiating crew.
It makes no sense, but hey let's add challenges to PI calls that you still can't get right.
If a play is deemed reviewable, you need to get the exact time of the play, review the play, and if the offense has no timeouts, run 10 seconds off from that time.
Last night, they took 10 seconds off after NO had lined up...which was about 10 seconds from the end of the previous play. The reason for the rule in the first place!
That was the game where I knew Coughlin had lost his fast ball
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Where the 'Boys needed to drive the field with almost no time to try and pull a come from behind victory. Seemed the the Dallas clock keepers were very slow starting the clock after each Dallas play had started, saving them precious seconds each play. Of course, our D eventually failed and we lost, but there was an outrage about how much the clock guy helped. This is something else that needs to be fixed.
That was the game where I knew Coughlin had lost his fast ball
That was the opener in 2015? There was a rule that probably needing changing - not sure if it still is active.
Eli hit OBJ for a key first down to keep the clock rolling, but with no timeouts, Dallas also roughed OBJ on the play.
That stopped the clock. Bad rule!!!! We got the 15 yards (actually have the distance) but the clock did not continue.
Then the Giants screwed up the goal to go situation, kicked a FG and ended up losing.
But the point is, a team committed a penalty and it stopped the clock which aided them immensely.