Why Not Give Back Time After Replay Official's Challenges?
In the Chargers-Patriots game and the Giants-Packers game, there were challenges by the replay booth assistants that seemed to cost the offense time.
In the Chargers-Patriots game, with 1:20 left in the 2nd quarter, Darren Sproles ran up the middle for 26 yards. The Chargers got up to the line and were about to snap the ball. The assistant challenged the play and they upheld the ruling on the field -- he did not fumble the ball. The ref started the clock and the Chargers lost time while doing a second pre-snap read. The play started 46 seconds after the previous play started.
In the Giants-Packers game, with 1:59 left in the 4th quarter, Eli Manning completed a short pass to Steve Smith for 14 yards. The Giants got up to the line and were about to snap the ball. The assistant challenged the play and they overturned the ruling on the field -- ruling instead that he did not make a first down. The ref started the clock and the Giants lost time while doing a second pre-snap read. The next play started 42 seconds after the previous play started.
In each case, it seemed that if the assistant had not called for a review, they would've snapped the ball in 1-2 seconds, not requiring the additional 10-15 seconds of pre-snap preparation. Do you agree?
Why can't the referees either give back the time that ran off during pre-snap preparation before the assistant buzzed down for a review -- or why can't the refs say that because the offense was about to snap the ball, they would not wind the clock for that particular play until the offense gets out of its huddle and is ready to snap the ball.
That way, the assistant still gets to wait to the very last second pre-snap to buzz down for a review without costing the offense an extra 10-15 seconds for having to do its pre-snap preparation twice.
The lost time seemed to put the Chargers in a more difficult spot (1st and 10 from the NE 31 with two timeouts and 34 seconds left rather than 45-50 seconds) and the Giants too (3rd and 1 from the GB 39 with no timeouts and 1:17 left rather than 1:30 or 1:35).
In the Chargers-Patriots game, with 1:20 left in the 2nd quarter, Darren Sproles ran up the middle for 26 yards. The Chargers got up to the line and were about to snap the ball. The assistant challenged the play and they upheld the ruling on the field -- he did not fumble the ball. The ref started the clock and the Chargers lost time while doing a second pre-snap read. The play started 46 seconds after the previous play started.
In the Giants-Packers game, with 1:59 left in the 4th quarter, Eli Manning completed a short pass to Steve Smith for 14 yards. The Giants got up to the line and were about to snap the ball. The assistant challenged the play and they overturned the ruling on the field -- ruling instead that he did not make a first down. The ref started the clock and the Giants lost time while doing a second pre-snap read. The next play started 42 seconds after the previous play started.
In each case, it seemed that if the assistant had not called for a review, they would've snapped the ball in 1-2 seconds, not requiring the additional 10-15 seconds of pre-snap preparation. Do you agree?
Why can't the referees either give back the time that ran off during pre-snap preparation before the assistant buzzed down for a review -- or why can't the refs say that because the offense was about to snap the ball, they would not wind the clock for that particular play until the offense gets out of its huddle and is ready to snap the ball.
That way, the assistant still gets to wait to the very last second pre-snap to buzz down for a review without costing the offense an extra 10-15 seconds for having to do its pre-snap preparation twice.
The lost time seemed to put the Chargers in a more difficult spot (1st and 10 from the NE 31 with two timeouts and 34 seconds left rather than 45-50 seconds) and the Giants too (3rd and 1 from the GB 39 with no timeouts and 1:17 left rather than 1:30 or 1:35).
posted by Rex at 5:55 PM
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