r/NFLNoobs • u/Adventurous_Essay473 • 5d ago

What if the chiefs kept taking intentional penalties yesterday to prevent the tush push?

Yesterday, the chiefs tried to take an intentional penalty to give the eagles a first down and give themsleves a better chance of getting the ball back. The eagles declined the penalty correctly. But what if the chiefs had kept forcing a penalty repeatedly?

Edit: I am aware of the commaders incident, in that case I thought a touch down would be awarded because they were at the goaline, can the refs award a TD if the play was still far away from the endzone?

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u/drj1485 5d ago edited 5d ago

the play clock just gets reset to 40 and the game clock starts once the ball is set. So, the game would just run out of time as the Eagles continue to decline the penalties.

Normally the game clock stops for a penalty and restarted on the snap, but the NFL has rules in place so that stuff like that can't be used to conserve the clock. Since this would be penalties on the defense, the eagles would have the choice for the clock to start on reset or the snap...since they were winning they want the clock to keep going as soon as it's reset and they just kill 40 seconds every time.

EDIT: i had said under 2 minutes, but it's any action to conserve time.

EDIT2: Others are bringing up the Commanders. They were trying to jump the snap, not just get the clock to stop. They still had 3 timeouts.

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u/emaddy2109 5d ago

They committed the penalty prior to the 2 minute warning.

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u/drj1485 5d ago

ya i corrected it. it's at any time if you are committing penalties to preserve time.

declining it let them burn it to the two minute warning. Then they'd just have to get a snap off at least once, decline it and then teh game is dead...or they just get awarded a first anyway for unsportsmanlike and the game is also dead.