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Seattle coach Mike Holmgren can feel Scott Linehan's pain. But he still thinks the NFL rule on 10-second runoffs is a good one.

"If I was Scott, I'd be saying the same (things)," Holmgren told reporters Wednesday. "I'd be upset. But the simple fact is, it's different. The two things are different. Taking the penalty when you're trying to run a play, as opposed to when you're trying to stop the clock."

It's the difference between deliberately taking a penalty to stop the clock, which Holmgren agrees should merit a 10-second runoff. Or being called for a penalty on a play in which your team is trying to stop the clock with a spike. That was the case for Seattle in Sunday's 30-28 victory over Linehan's Rams.

"I can understand his emotion," Holmgren said. "Absolutely, I can understand his emotion. But we talked about that very ruling, and the 10-second runoff, and all those things for hours and hours on the (competition) committee. And the simple fact is, the kill-the-clock play is different than when you're trying to run a play down the field. It is different."

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