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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Clock was already stopped as Miami had called a timeout there before the penalty.
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Right, but if the Raiders run it and get the first down the clock keeps running and the Dolphins burn that final timeout. Three knees kills the clock. But the penalty converting it gave the first down while saving the Dolphins the need to use a timeout after the first down conversion. In the end it allowed them to get it back with 20 seconds left and obviously that was enough. I guess the Raiders could have declined the penalty, but that's tough to think through in the moment.