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Originally Posted by crazycoffey
The refs started the clock, the ball was snapped before a second came off. If the snap came a second later it would not have been an intentional grounding. Per the ref announcer guy.
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I don't give a **** what the ref announcer said.
The PLAY CLOCK started.
25 seconds.
The GAME CLOCK was at 9 seconds, and due to the penalty by the Browns on the previous play, would not start until the ball was snapped.
MAHOMES said he thought he could spike the ball there, and Reid didn't know he couldn't either.
The rules states clearly that the QB can only legally spike the ball FROM UNDER CENTER and SPECIFICALLY TO SAVE TIME ON THE GAME CLOCK WHILE THE GAME CLOCK IS RUNNING.
The QB can ONLY spike the ball to save time on a running GAME clock.
the refs set and ran the PLAY clock.
It's in the rule book :
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https://nflcommunications.com/Docume...20Rulebook.pdf
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A.R. 8.87 INTENTIONAL GROUNDING—SPIKE TO CONSUME TIME
First-and-10 on B30. The game clock is stopped with six seconds left in the first half. QBA1 takes the snap and
immediately spikes the ball into the ground to take one second off the clock so that a field-goal attempt will run out
the clock.
Ruling: Half over. Intentional grounding and a 10-second runoff. A QB can only spike the ball to stop a running game
clock. An attempt to take time off the clock is intentional grounding.
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Mahomes admitted that is exactly what he tried to do, and that he didn't know that he couldn't do that...and neither did Reid.
So the refs called it 100% correctly and so Reid screwed the pooch.
It's sad that I know that rule better than the announcers AND the coach.