Originally posted on 01/14/2014:

11 minutes of actual playing time is generous. it's more like 8 minutes. you can't count time time that lops off walking back to the huddle or those ridiculous gyrations manning goes through on every play. i put a stop watch to a game once from the time the ball is snapped to when the tackle was made or pass was incomplete or player went out of bounds. 8 min 41 seconds of actual playing time. no nfl player should ever be tired playing in a football game.