01-05-2019, 08:14 PM
Defenses defend the sidelines at the end of halves when teams have no timeouts to prevent them from getting out-of-bounds to stop the clock, which just happened in the Colts game but the receiver got tackled five(?) yards from the sideline with 3 seconds left and the half ended.
I was thinking that, when that's happening, if a player is that near the sideline, why wouldn't he just throw the ball out-of-bounds? It would obviously have to be backwards, but why don't they do it to stop the clock and give them another play?
You see so many times that a player gets tackled right near the sidelines and the clock keeps running, so why wouldn't they just quickly flip it out-of-bounds? Or if a player dives to the sidelines but is about to land a little short, why not just flip it out-of-bounds?
Edit before I even post: This link says that the clock starts when the official places the ball to prevent things like that, but it would at least stop the clock for a few seconds, which sometimes that's all an offense needs to get to the ball to spike it or run another play, so why don't teams do this?
I was thinking that, when that's happening, if a player is that near the sideline, why wouldn't he just throw the ball out-of-bounds? It would obviously have to be backwards, but why don't they do it to stop the clock and give them another play?
You see so many times that a player gets tackled right near the sidelines and the clock keeps running, so why wouldn't they just quickly flip it out-of-bounds? Or if a player dives to the sidelines but is about to land a little short, why not just flip it out-of-bounds?
Edit before I even post: This link says that the clock starts when the official places the ball to prevent things like that, but it would at least stop the clock for a few seconds, which sometimes that's all an offense needs to get to the ball to spike it or run another play, so why don't teams do this?
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