Welcome to Bad Takes Week, where MMQB staffers have been asked to expand upon some of their worst football takes. Keep an eye out for more of these throughout the week, and every story is posted here.
Sometimes I wonder what the NFL would look like if everybody were not in such a perpetual rush. Line up here, place the ball there, watch two clocks at the same time, run on and off the field ASAP … sometimes football seems like a game between two groups of people who can’t find their keys.
But what if it weren’t? What if we simplified the clock rules to the point where they were easier to follow—and more effective?
