45 seconds of mis-clock management
 

Alright I am second guessing here. At the end of the game, I believe we wasted about 45 seconds of time. I am doing this from memory so I'm approximating.

TB had the ball on our 20 yard line or so, 2nd and 1yard to go w/ about 2min 35 sec's left. We call TO. They make the 1st down and we let the clock run down to the 2 min warn. We then call our 2 TO's after they run on first and sec down for 0 yards. TB runs their 3rd down play, then lets the playclock run down to 1 min before kicking the FG on 4th down.

We could have used our 2 remaining TO's before the 2 minute warning and they would have had their 3rd down play w/ about 2 min 10 sec left. They would then have to kick the FG after the 2 min warning allowing us 2 minutes instead of 1 min.

Am I right here or am I missing something? 1 min would have made a HUGE difference. Thoughts...

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It seems right but you know what the out come of their drive was and are inserting the TO based on what happened after the fact. Its kind of a gamble when to use them. What if we used all 3 before the 2min and the Vikes make a first down then they could run the clock down to 3 sec kick the field goal and time is up.

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we actually should have saved all 3 for after the two minute warning in retrospect. they can waste less time that way.

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what game is this from? i see you say TB had the ball on our 20..

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[quote=Darrell_Green_28;214325]what game is this from? i see you say TB had the ball on our 20..[/quote]

My Fault...The Vikes

Re: 45 seconds of mis-clock management
 

[QUOTE=redsk1;214254]Alright I am second guessing here. At the end of the game, I believe we wasted about 45 seconds of time. I am doing this from memory so I'm approximating.

TB had the ball on our 20 yard line or so, 2nd and 1yard to go w/ about 2min 35 sec's left. We call TO. They make the 1st down and we let the clock run down to the 2 min warn. We then call our 2 TO's after they run on first and sec down for 0 yards. TB runs their 3rd down play, then lets the playclock run down to 1 min before kicking the FG on 4th down.

We could have used our 2 remaining TO's before the 2 minute warning and they would have had their 3rd down play w/ about 2 min 10 sec left. They would then have to kick the FG after the 2 min warning allowing us 2 minutes instead of 1 min.

Am I right here or am I missing something? 1 min would have made a HUGE difference. Thoughts...[/QUOTE]

Yes, you're missing something. Using the timeouts, if we had stopped them on 2nd and 3rd down we would have got the ball back with over 2mins left and with a timeout. Without using the timeouts the Vikes could run the clock until 2 mins, we would then still have to call 2 timeouts but would have less time left on the clock.

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They both sail ships. It's a common mistake.

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[quote=davy;214357]Yes, you're missing something. Using the timeouts, if we had stopped them on 2nd and 3rd down we would have got the ball back with over 2mins left and with a timeout. Without using the timeouts the Vikes could run the clock until 2 mins, we would then still have to call 2 timeouts but would have less time left on the clock.[/quote]

We used 1 TO when it was 2nd and 1. They made it making it 1st and 10 and we let the clock run down to the 2 minute warning.

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hindsight is 50/50 :P

looking back, yeah, using one on a 2nd and 1 isn't a great idea, but it's too late now.

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[quote=That Guy;214648]hindsight is 50/50 :P

looking back, yeah, using one on a 2nd and 1 isn't a great idea, but it's too late now.[/quote]

If they hadn't used it on second and 1 the vikes would not have had to snap before the 2 minute warning.