NFL Rule Question

Inside two minutes you have to use a TO for injuries

Even when the clock is stopped? That makes zero sense.

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The rule is in place so teams don't fake injuries in order to stop the clock.

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I understand that but when the clock is stopped I've never seen that result in an automatic timeout.

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I understand that but when the clock is stopped I've never seen that result in an automatic timeout.

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If he needs on the field medical attention, it's a stoppage of play outside of the 40 second playclock.

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An incomplete pass doesn’t stop the play clock. The game clock stops, but not the play clock.

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Teams don't fake injuries to save time on the play clock.

Because God Emperor Goodell says so...peasant

That’s what I said. It’s shite officiating but it’s even shittier coaching not to know that and explain the rule to the ref with your season on the line.

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There was an illegal shift penalty, which is treated as a false start in the last minute of a half. The incomplete pass never happened. Due to the "false start", the offense either gets a 10 second runoff or uses a timeout.

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No it doesn't, that only applies if the clock is already running and the Steelers declined the penalty anyway.

Yeah no shite

After an incompletion the game clock stops. Play clock is running. Meaning you have 40 seconds to run a play or get a delay of game penalty. An injury where the medical staff has to come on the field to look at the player takes way longer than 40 seconds.

Therefore, that team would have a longer break and more time to find the right play, talk to the coach, get right personnel on the field, etc. without having to spend a TO and without getting a delay of game penalty. Meaning they would benefit from having an injured player on the field, which is why they are forced to use a TO regardless if it was a run, completed pass, or an incompleted pass.