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(01-03-2023, 11:12 PM)JaggedJimmyJay Wrote: I think the most likely reality is that both sides are being truthful, and that someone in the exchange didn't have a nuanced interpretation of the communication. The NFL will probably give teams a standard 5-minute period (or so) in the wake of significant injury timeouts, and when the ESPN broadcast team was looking for answers that's what they were told. Then Joe Burrow started tossing a football around, and it seemed confirmatory. The NFL could have still decided somewhere up the chain that the players would need more time than that (not necessarily so much time that the game is cut short, but more than 5 minutes) and communicated that to the officials and the head coaches.

I don't have much trust for ESPN or the NFL either, and if there really is a liar among them then I'd guess the NFL is the liar first. I don't think ESPN would have a sensible motivation to lie about this (certainly not Joe Buck or the broadcast team while covering the matter in real time). I believe the following reflects reality, in order of probability to be true:

1 - both sides legitimately believe they are telling the truth, and something wasn't communicated effectively
2 - the NFL is lying and trying to save face
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3 - ESPN is lying

Gonna have to go with Number 2.