Not Looking at Chains

[Rich]

Originally posted by Schultj
In our crew the LJ kills the clock and tells the ref if we are short, made it, or need measurement. You can mimick his kill clock signal for uniformity. Also, on close plays (3rd and 2, 4th and 1) come in a bit. This will both help to get a solid spot and it will help you to be able to communicate with the LJ. If nothing else, just ask the LJ "where are we?" or "are we short?".

If the LJ isn't 100% sure if it's a first down, he isn't killing the clock, right? At the point where it requires a look by the referee HE comes up and decides whether it is short (clock keeps running), needs a measurement (the R kills the clock for the measurement), or is a first down (the R will kill the clock to move the chains).

Nothing worse than killing the clock in a situation where it doesn't need to be killed.

And I recognize you may have meant what I just said, but it just didn't sound that way when I read it.

Rich