I can't remember who specifically did this last, but it is always hilarious when a team is losing, the other team runs a play, and the coach calls a time out with like 2:42 left in the 4th quarter. Complete waste of a time out because it will only take one more play and then spot of the ball to hit the 2 minute warning.
I have seen this many times (many times just from my idiot Browns coaches in the past). All ya gotta do is make them snap it at like 2:06 and you get the same result on the clock with one extra time out. So silly how often clock management is messed up in this league.
What's wrong with that? If you call the TO at 2:42, it might make them less likely to throw a pass. There might be a penalty. There's all kinds of reasons why you'd rather have zero timeouts with the clock stopped and 2:42 left than one timeout with the clock running and 2:06 left.
I don't think you understood what I meant.
Say a team has the ball 1st and 10, up a score, with 2:50 left. If they run the ball, I see coaches call a time out with like 2:42 on the clock. This is TERRIBLE, because on the next play it takes more than 7 seconds to run a play and spot the ball.
The correct play is to NOT call a time out because then the other team will run a play with about 2:05 or so on the clock.
I would rather be at the 2 minute warning, have them in 3rd down, and have TWO timeouts rather than be at the 2 minute warning, have them at 3rd down, and have ONE time out.
If the other team just ran a play and the clock is running, do NOT call a time out with 2:42 on the clock. It is a complete waste of a time out because the next play will take it to the 2 minute warning whether you called that time out or not