play clock ran out on 3-18 by a full second

[oldschoolfootball1963]

instead of reviewing if he made the first down why no review of that 

Edited January 5, 2020 by oldschoolfootball1963

[May Day 10]

Yup.  I was yelling well before the snap

[SectionC3]

Yup.  No doubt.  D knew, too.  Watch tre on the replay.  

[All_Pro_Bills]

Yes the clock ran out but on 3rd and 18 they should have made the stop.  And again in OT 

they had Watson dead to rights and let him get away.  The call I hated was the blindside block call on Ford with the Bills driving into FG range.  That call was weak at best and calling it in playoff OT is terrible.

[Niagara Dude]

I saw that

[row_33]

The TV screen is not the official clock

 

the TV screen is often wrong 

[buffalobillswin]

If the bills were on offense the refs would have definitely seen the play clock run out

[dubs]

Instead of 3rd and 18 it would have been 3d and 24.  Unreal. 

[Forward Progress]

So,.... it’s really a 41-second play clock?!?  I didn’t know that before today. 

[Kmart128]

[MJS]

There was also the play where time ran out and they allowed Josh to call a time out. That was more than a second after it read zero as well.

[ToGoGo]

16 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

Yes the clock ran out but on 3rd and 18 they should have made the stop.  And again in OT 

they had Watson dead to rights and let him get away.  The call I hated was the blindside block call on Ford with the Bills driving into FG range.  That call was weak at best and calling it in playoff OT is terrible.

 

In games this close, bad calls decide the game.

 

Imagine the refs made a bad call before the Immaculate Reception, or the Tyree Catch, or the Butler pick. 

 

People like to pretend that these games are always in the team's hands. They're not. Every great team relies on the refs in crunch time to make the right call. Even the greatest dynasties would not be dynasties with those types of calls. 

 

Thought experiment: when was the last time we won a game where the other team got absolutely hosed by the referees? 

[wvbillsfan]

I tend to blame the players more than the officials. We had our chances and didn’t make the plays 

[SDS]

I was screaming this too. I was hoping the review was going to catch this. 

[Another Fan]

Some here have pointed out the TV and on the field clock might not be the same?  I don’t know

 

But I feel I could accept the loss more if I knew for sure that wasn’t a delay of game.  It’s like at least I know there wasn’t a screw job involved 

[HavUHerdThaHoard]

we will get another letter from league to frame saying" sorry our bad ".

 

[Do The Reich Thing]

11 minutes ago, row_33 said:

The TV screen is not the official clock

 

the TV screen is often wrong 

So your argument is invalid here as there’s a clear shot from another angle of the play clock on the field at 0 with the ball not being snapped. 

 

for all you not at zero people because the game clock on TV isn’t official. 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

12 minutes ago, row_33 said:

The TV screen is not the official clock

 

the TV screen is often wrong 

 

True, plus then ref watches the clock, then looks at the ball so there's a delay.  You see that all the ime in every game, if it's within a  second or go they let it go as they know it's not  an exact science

[MJS]

4 minutes ago, SDS said:

I was screaming this too. I was hoping the review was going to catch this. 

Is that reviewable?

[eanyills]

7 minutes ago, MJS said:

There was also the play where time ran out and they allowed Josh to call a time out. That was more than a second after it read zero as well.

I’m going to keep banging this drum. Calls go both ways. The Bills benefitted from a blown delay of game call earlier in the game just as much as another hurt them later.

 

The team didn’t play good enough to win. That’s why they lost.

Edited January 5, 2020 by eanyills