OT rules not good for playoffs

[fivetwos]

What I dont like to see is a completely gassed defense having to go out there immediately after allowing the game to be tied.

The rule is fine as is, but both teams should have a shot in the playoffs.

 

[JD_KaPow]

I'm of two minds about this one.

Both teams had an opportunity in overtime. The Chiefs had an opportunity to score and the Bills had an opportunity to stop them. The coin flip just determines which half of your team you roll with to start. If your team isn't good enough on one side of the ball, well tough; maybe you should try to have a more balanced team.

On the other hand, I just don't get why overtime should be different.
Just play another quarter, period. And then another if that's what it takes. I can't see the argument against doing that in the postseason.
I do see the argument against it in the regular season: the season's long enough without more time out there, when you're already tired, at risk of injury.
But that's okay. The regular season solution is easy too. Just eliminate overtime and let your big baby fans learn to deal with ties.

To sum up:

• No OT in the regular season.
• Just keep adding full quarters in the postseason. (They can be 10-minute periods, whatever.)

It's so obvious and simple that they'll never do it.

 

[kskboys]

I'm of two minds about this one.

Both teams had an opportunity in overtime. The Chiefs had an opportunity to score and the Bills had an opportunity to stop them. The coin flip just determines which half of your team you roll with to start. If your team isn't good enough on one side of the ball, well tough; maybe you should try to have a more balanced team.

On the other hand, I just don't get why overtime should be different.
Just play another quarter, period. And then another if that's what it takes. I can't see the argument against doing that in the postseason.
I do see the argument against it in the regular season: the season's long enough without more time out there, when you're already tired, at risk of injury.
But that's okay. The regular season solution is easy too. Just eliminate overtime and let your big baby fans learn to deal with ties.

To sum up:

• No OT in the regular season.
• Just keep adding full quarters in the postseason. (They can be 10-minute periods, whatever.)

It's so obvious and simple that they'll never do it.

I agree w/ this.

 

[RonWashington]

I hate the NFL OT rules. It is absolutely a crime that the Bills basically lost that game on a coin flip.

They “ lost “ that game giving up 42 points during the three hours of festivities.

 

[atlantacowboy]

They “ lost “ that game giving up 42 points during the three hours of festivities.

Both teams had ample reason to win and lose that game. The fact is that the score was tied at the end of regulation. Both teams should get the ball in OT. That is beyond obvious. The NFL OT rules are arbitrary and make no sense.

 

[terra]

Both teams had ample reason to win and lose that game. The fact is that the score was tied at the end of regulation. Both teams should get the ball in OT. That is beyond obvious. The NFL OT rules are arbitrary and make no sense.

I guess for those that make a career out of whining about perceived unfairness....

The old overtime rules served the NFL well for how long> 50 years?

As far as I am concerned the OT mess is like the What is a Catch mess. Something the idiots should never have tampered with in the first place.

 

[JD_KaPow]

I guess for those that make a career out of whining about perceived unfairness....

The old overtime rules served the NFL well for how long> 50 years?

As far as I am concerned the OT mess is like the What is a Catch mess. Something the idiots should never have tampered with in the first place.

Not sure what you're saying. People whined about unfairness with the old OT rules so long and so much that they changed them. The old rules didn't serve the NFL well in that regard, they just served them long. Nobody's arguing that the new rules are worse than the old rules.

 

[JoeKing]

The current OT rules are better than they used to be... sudden death.

 

[RonWashington]

Both teams had ample reason to win and lose that game. The fact is that the score was tied at the end of regulation. Both teams should get the ball in OT. That is beyond obvious. The NFL OT rules are arbitrary and make no sense.

One could argue if you lose the toss hold the other team to a punt or turnover a FG wins it for you.

 

[atlantacowboy]

One could argue if you lose the toss hold the other team to a punt or turnover a FG wins it for you.

Thats fine. But both teams should get the ball. This arbitrary rule where they decree a winner based on a TD on the first possession makes no sense.

 

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[Flamma]

I'm of two minds about this one.

Both teams had an opportunity in overtime. The Chiefs had an opportunity to score and the Bills had an opportunity to stop them. The coin flip just determines which half of your team you roll with to start. If your team isn't good enough on one side of the ball, well tough; maybe you should try to have a more balanced team.

On the other hand, I just don't get why overtime should be different.
Just play another quarter, period. And then another if that's what it takes. I can't see the argument against doing that in the postseason.
I do see the argument against it in the regular season: the season's long enough without more time out there, when you're already tired, at risk of injury.
But that's okay. The regular season solution is easy too. Just eliminate overtime and let your big baby fans learn to deal with ties.

To sum up:

• No OT in the regular season.
• Just keep adding full quarters in the postseason. (They can be 10-minute periods, whatever.)

It's so obvious and simple that they'll never do it.

I like this idea the most. It makes the most sense.

But if they insist on keeping the current rules, just make it that the home team gets the choice in playoffs OT. No coin toss.

 

[Walker]

Give me 7 minutes of a full period in the playoffs. Whoever leads at the end of that 7 minutes is the winner and if it is still tied, then you can do the sudden death format in a second OT (even just a FG on the first possession to win like the old way).

Sure, the defense is supposed to get a stop but what happens if there is a ticky tack pass interference or big missed penalty that sets up the offense with great field position and then they can punch it in? If you really want to ensure that the more deserving team wins, you need to at least offer the potential of both teams getting the ball.

Now strategy can play a role in this too - the first team with possession can try to dink and dunk their way down the field and eat up as much clock as possible but at least you could realistically say that the defense had a chance to stop them.

Do 7 minutes people are going to whine that the person who received the ball first had 2 possessions vs the other team only had 1. Then you will have people complaint 7 minutes is unfair and we be at this again.

 

[Flamma]

This is just my opinion, but the worst thing they can do is go to a college style OT. I pretty much turn it off when they do that. It's a gimmick. Just play an extra 10 minute quarter, rinse and repeat until you have a winner. Or just make it 6 points wins over what they have now. It's similar but not the same. Make it so the home team gets the ball first in OT.