JACKSONVILLE – Colts tight end Erik Swoope catches the ball with seven seconds left, heads for the sideline and gets there with help from Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who sends him flying out of bounds at the Jaguars’ 25. The clock shows five seconds left,time for one more play in this godforsaken game, except for one thing: The referee standing right there is doing something weird: He’s winding his arm, around and around, and five seconds becomes four, becomes three, two, one …
A few minutes later, in the locker room, Colts tight end Eric Ebron will interrupt my question for Swoope – Did the referee explain why he didn't stop the clock?