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Originally Posted by Cheerio
I was flipping between games and I saw Jones run out of bounds and I was like ok, they want one more play to go to the end zone. Then Stafford and the Detroit offence were on the field and I realized that that was 4th down. How can you not know that?
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To be fair, the game was over as soon as they passed the ball to Jones. That play had to go for a quick 20 yard pass to exactly the sideline for a quick step out of bounds, or to the end zone.
Detroit only had to guard the sidelines 20+ yard away from the line of scrimmage, and the end zone.
Although, Dallas could have caught a quick pass up the middle, with another teammate very close to the reciever. Then as soon as the player catches the ball, they call "down" (or kneel) to end the play, and have the two players snap the ball to each other quickly for the next down and spike the ball, with all of the Dallas players freezing and setting just before the snap, no matter where they were on the field. They would take a 5 yard penalty for not having enough players on the line of scrimmage, but it would stop the clock, (and most importantly, there wouldn't be a 10 second runoff of the clock).
Or, did that "loophole" get closed?