If 18 Seconds Magically Disappeared At Gillette, Like They Did In San Diego, It Would Be The Biggest Story In The World

(Source) –The NFL avoided another Monday night mess, thanks to Pittsburgh’s ability to drive the length of the field and score a touchdown with 2:38 on the clock. But even though the outcome of the game wasn’t affected, a mess quickly has emerged. The clock inexplicably ran for 18 seconds after a kickoff went out of the end zone, with 2:56 becoming 2:38 before the clock stopped running. According to Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com (who is reporting on the issue at a time when ESPN, which broadcast the game, has still said nothing about it on the air), the NFL has declined comment on the issue.

Frankly, I’m sick of talking about these hypocrisies but what am I supposed to do? It simply must be brought up. But if everyone jut agrees to agree with me, maybe we can move on. Agree that if 18 seconds magically disappeared while a team started a two minute drive then every single finger in the world would be pointed at Bill Belichick. Admit that it would lead SportsCenter, the BBC, 60 Mintues, Good Morning America, and Wake Up, San Francisco. Because whether you admit it or not isn’t really important, it is a fact. This is how the world works. The Patriots operate on a different playing field than every other team. Where Bill Belichick is the mastermind cheater who clearly has his hand in everything, all other teams just have a local drunk operating the scoreboard and if he fucks up, then, well, the NFL has no comment. What are you gonna do, right? These things happen in every multi-billion dollar industry.

PS – If Mike Tomlin had a shread of honor he’d seppuku himself at midfield right now. How you can be an NFL coach and just fucking miss 18 seconds ticking off the clock on your final drive is insanity. I don’t care that it didn’t matter and you won anyway, to just not notice that is absurd.