Bills Crew Operating Clock at Super Bowl LVII
The Buffalo Bills fell short of their goal at appearing in and winning the Super Bowl this season, as a 27-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Divisional knocked them out of the playoffs.
Buffalo will have to watch Sunday as the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs face off for the Lombardi Trophy. But though the Bills won't be playing in the big game, maybe they're getting the next-best thing.
The clock operators for Super Bowl LVII are a part of Bills Mafia, as Jim Heutter, Kurt Hansen and Jim Kwitchoff are set to work the all-powerful clock from up in the booth at State Farm Stadium.
The Buffalo-based trio will be working their first-ever Super Bowl both as individuals and as a group, as the Bills will now unofficially have their hands all over each and every play for Sunday's game.
As for their specific roles, Heutter will operate the play clock. He has 30 years of operating the clock at Bills games.
Hansen will operate the game clock, as role he has 16 years of reps in.
Kwitchoff's role might be the most interesting of the three, as he's in charge of cutting off the helmet-to-headset communication between coach and quarterback for each play. NFL rules state that this communication can last until 15 seconds remaining on the play clock.
Though it may not seem like it on the surface, the Bills are right in the middle of Sunday's Super Bowl action.
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