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Thread: Play clock
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10-21-2019, 10:31 AM #1
Play clock
Anyone else have severe anxiety attacks when we're consistently snapping the ball when the play clock hits zero? There was a few times I thought we didnt get the play off. I understand when you're trying to burn clock the need to use every possible second, but damn its too close for comfort sometimes.
That aside, loved the fire LJ displayed when Skura didnt snap the ball in time and then immediately goes up to him and pats him on the helmet.
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10-21-2019, 10:36 AM #2Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Play clock
Completely okay with it. Gone are the days when we needed to burn the clock only to snap it with 15 secs left.
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10-21-2019, 10:38 AM #3
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10-21-2019, 10:42 AM #4Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Play clock
I think I'd prefer to see it snapped as the clock goes from 2 to 1 rather that from 1 to 0 just to be safe, but unless we start regularly getting delay penalties, burn that thing down as far as we can.
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10-21-2019, 10:51 AM #5
Re: Play clock
I don't think it's done by design. Roman is incredibly slow getting calls in. It works very well when they're ahead (except for their flirtation with DoG), but it's a disaster when they're behind. I'll point to the Chiefs and Browns games as evidence that this is just who Roman is rather than an intentional choice.
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10-21-2019, 10:51 AM #6Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Play clock
Of all the things to nitpick, I think you may have gone too far. Play clock was fine. The one time it burned us, Jackson turned around and, after talking with Harbaugh, punched it in for the game winner (followed shortly thereafter by the defense ripping the still-beating heart straight out of their chest).
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10-21-2019, 10:52 AM #7
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10-21-2019, 10:59 AM #8
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10-21-2019, 11:05 AM #9
Re: Play clock
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10-21-2019, 12:48 PM #10
Re: Play clock
Show me where I was nitpicking. I said it gives me anxiety to see them take it down to zero.
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10-21-2019, 01:23 PM #11Four-eyed Raven
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Re: Play clock
100%. This was also an issue in San Francisco and in Buffalo.
In SF, the story was that the play calls were relayed thru Jim Harbs, with him giving thumbs-up or -down on every call. This was a cumbersome process, and it made them slow getting calls to the field. The Niners partially blame their loss to us in the SB on this. In that theory, we were perfectly set up for a kill shot on 3rd-down at the goal line; but they couldn't get the call in, and had to burn a timeout. After the TO, we were ready, and the rest is history.
But then the issue went with Roman to Buffalo, and suddenly the play-call-by-committee approach in SF didn't seem to be the only factor.
Last year Lamar evidently had play-callers repeat what was in his ear, due to the lengthy WCO verbiage. That slowed things down. It's one of the reasons for the big from-the-ground-up playbook rewrite. Things are supposed to be better this year, with the streamlined verbiage.
I guess not so much.
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10-21-2019, 01:38 PM #12
Re: Play clock
One thing I did like: when they went out to kick the last FG, with under 4 minutes left, it appeared that Tucker saw that they still had 20 seconds on the play clock, so he went through his setup again, which burned at least another 10. If he was thinking that was, it was quite a heads-up play.
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