ESPN.com · Oct 16, 2017
Jets waste timeouts because offense moves at glacial pace
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets wasted two timeouts in the third quarter Sunday because the play clock was running down, and that's something they can't blame on referee Tony Corrente and the NFL replay command center.
"We have to get the calls in earlier," running back Matt Forte said after the 24-17 loss to the New England Patriots.
He's right.
In both situations, the Jets didn't get to the line of scrimmage until the 10-second mark on the play clock -- actually, it appeared to be eight or nine seconds on the second one. In other words, they used 30 seconds (give or take) for the process of calling the play, relaying it to quarterback Josh McCown and calling it in the huddle.
