The Final 2 minutes of several #nflplayoff games continue to disappoint because of ineffective 2 minute warning rules. A team has the lead, and the ball, with 2 minutes left in the game, and they can run out the clock if the other team has no time-outs. Wow, so exciting. How about a 2 minute warning reduction in how much time can be used up before calling a play. Allow the teams their regular amount of time to call the next play, but only count 20 seconds of countdown between each play. If the clock stops at the 2 minute warning, then let it stop at 2 minutes if a play is running. This would create excellent time management strategy as the trailing team might consider stopping the clock with a time-out at the 2 minute 02 second mark knowing the clock will again stop at 2 minutes on the next play. Be less strict with the forward momentum rule or the clock keeps running with less than 5 minutes left in the game. In the Lions vs 49's playoff game, it looked like the 49's player was moving forward and when tackled he landed on his head, out of bounds, but the clock kept running and ran off a crucial 30 - 35 seconds.
