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Old Tue Feb 07, 2012, 02:18pm
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Originally Posted by Suudy View Post
Watching the SB, I noted that the WH wound the clock on the sack of Brady in the last minutes of the game. Yet in other cases, we see the WH stop the clock on a sack.

What are the timing rules regarding stopping/winding the clock for sacks? Is there something special about the last minutes of the game?
Anytime the player who originally takes the snap is tackled behind the line of scrimmage, the ball is stopped until the ball is spotted. When the two-minute warning has been reached though, the clock is wound rather than stopped.
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