Sudden death OT....

[amuze]

...is a TERRIBLE rule. The NFL needs to take something from College Football and implement a similar overtime process.

I was not rooting for either team in the NFC Championship game, but seeing Minnesota lose in OT without a series on offense seemed unbalanced to me.

I guess the upside in this case is that the Super Bowl would be a good game no matter who played the Colts.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

 

[ajk23az]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

That college stuff sucks.

 

[Kevinicus]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

*yawn* I thought it was a team game.

What if the Saints defense couldn't stop them either? Then they wouldn't deserve to win....but we'll never know will we?

 

[cajuncocoa]

When it works in our favor, it's OK, right?

 

[Word Mofo]

I'm all for something to get the game over with. When two teams have no defense, it would go on all night without end.

 

[TheCount]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

Nah, too many rules already favor the offense. Getting the ball first is huge. To have a playoff game that determines who goes to the superbowl decided more or less by who gets the ball first kind of sucks.

I'm all for something to get the game over with. When two teams have no defense, it would go on all night without end.

Hard to get to this point of the season with no defense.

 

[koolaid]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

I disagree.
If you have two strong offensive teams with weak defenses playing a shootout game that goes into overtime, the team who wins the coin toss gets an unfair advantage IMO.

 

[dbair1967]

...is a TERRIBLE rule. The NFL needs to take something from College Football and implement a similar overtime process.

I was not rooting for either team in the NFC Championship game, but seeing Minnesota lose in OT without a series on offense seemed unbalanced to me.

I guess the upside in this case is that the Super Bowl would be a good game no matter who played the Colts.

Stick to watching college and their pinball bogus OT rules then, it sux.

The NFL is does it right.

 

[Cover 2]

NFL OT is much more exciting.

 

[BlueStar22]

I'd be in favor of both teams getting a possession, not necessarily the college rules.

 

[amuze]

Love sudden death and hate that college crap. If your defense can't stop them you don't deserve to win.

I disagree. So, using that logic, if your defense CAN stop them, then you win? You would still need to go down the field after a stop or turnover.

- Team that wins the toss needs to drive down the field and kick a FG or score a TD.

- Team that loses the toss needs to stop on defense AND drive down the field and kick a FG or score a TD.

 

[bbgun]

No thanks. The games are long enough as it is.

 

[Clarkson]

I hate the rule. Not giving a team the oppurtunity to score is a big flaw.

 

[Yeagermeister]

The only way I'd change to have both teams get the ball is if the kicked off and not start at the 25 like that college crap.

 

[amuze]

NFL OT is much more exciting.

More exciting? Perhaps. Fair? Nope.

 

[amuze]

NFL OT is much more exciting.

More exciting? Perhaps. Fair? Nope.

 

[hutch1254]

If this game and the end result doesnt initiate change by the NFL for overtime I don't know what will.

It is totally ridiculous that two teams fight to a tie for 60 mins to come down to possibly one team touching the ball in OT. The fact the two teams fought to a tie each team should be REWARDED an opportunity each in OT. And get rid of the damn coin all together. Put two footballs at the 50, each team puts one player at the goal line and they sprint to the ball. First one to it gets to decide if they kick or receive. At least you're putting physical skill on the field to dictate who receives and defends. Not a stupid coin chance.

 

[TheCount]

I disagree. So, using that logic, if your defense CAN stop them, then you win? You would still need to go down the field after a stop or turnover.

- Team that wins the toss needs to drive down the field and kick a FG or score a TD.

- Team that loses the toss needs to stop on defense AND drive down the field and kick a FG or score a TD.

Very good points. Losing the toss puts you in the hole big time. At that point it's a game of chance, not a sport.

 

[big dog cowboy]

...is a TERRIBLE rule. The NFL needs to take something from College Football and implement a similar overtime process.

Are you kidding?

I sure hope so.