The end of the first half…

[Doc]

forgive me if this is being discussed elsewhere, but at the end of the first half, didn't Clay go out of bounds and shouldn't clock have stopped because it was under five minutes? Maybe I'm not remembering it right, but I don't think that his forward progress was stopped in the field of play and then he went out.

[CSBill]

I wonder the same thing as it happened, all I could figure is they said his progress was stopped before he went out? Very similar to when Shady hit the turf on that last drive.

[vincec]

My understanding of the rule is this: If the player goes out of bounds while moving towards his own line of scrimmage, then the ref gives him forward progress to the furthest point upfield which was inbounds and the clock doesn't stop. If the player goes out of bounds going forward, then the out of bounds point is the furthest point upfield and the clock stops.

[Kelly the Dog]

My understanding of the rule is this: If the player goes out of bounds while moving towards his own line of scrimmage, then the ref gives him forward progress to the furthest point upfield which was inbounds and the clock doesn't stop. If the player goes out of bounds going forward, then the out of bounds point is the furthest point upfield and the clock stops.

That's what they called, yes.

[Doc]

I thought he was still going upfield when he went OOB.

[Beerball]

I thought he was still going upfield when he went OOB.

Perpendicular at best, but I thought he was coming back.

[John in Jax]

Speaking of that time frame: I thought that the Bills clock management was horrible there. They should have used a TO way earlier than they did, and they would have had ample more opportunity to go in for 6. Was sitting there wondering why they just wasted about 40-50 seconds of the last 2 minutes.