Among the many decisions by officials that left the Seahawks baffled later was a call by head linesman Greg Bradley to rule that New Orleans’ Tim Hightower had been tackled in bounds after taking a pass for no gain late in the fourth quarter.
Hightower was slammed out of bounds by Kelcie McCray, and the Seahawks figured that would stop the clock, and preserve a timeout. Instead, Bradley — after initially appearing to begin signaling to stop the clock — motioned to keep it going.
That forced an incensed Carroll to call Seattle’s final timeout with 2:22 remaining in the game.