NFL Overtime rules change in regular season (1 Viewer)

[RaginSaint93]

How are we feeling?

 

[Nolan]

Uhhh. I'd guess we'll see a few more ties, maybe.

 

[Brennan77]

Don't like it.

 

[AARPSaint]

Two really inept teams play to a 3-3 tie at the end of regulation. Both do 3 and outs in overtime. Sounds exciting.

 

[RaginCajun83]

Lame

 

[LiterOCola]

It didn't need to be changed.

The percentage of whether the team that gets the ball first or second winning in overtime is only a few percentage points off of 50%. That's about as close as you want and indicates the current rules work.

All the change does is make people feel a bit better in the cases where the first team gets a walk off TD, while causing more games to end in a tie.

The team that does get the ball second has already been getting the ball with around 3 minutes left because a 7 minute field goal drive is pretty common and overtime is only 10 minutes.

 

[St. Geezy]

Overdue. What’s considered fair for postseason should apply to regular season also. Just wished they pushed it to 15 minutes.

 

[St.Dan]

The Pandora's box of BS as it relates to overtime was opened in 2011 -- in response to us beating the league's likely preference at the time to go to the Super Bowl -- and it's been tough to close ever since. Sudden death was the way to go. Now, it's just an extension of the whole "participation trophy" concept.

 

[srcampbell]

I want to go back to sudden death.

 

[Rouxble]

I would be fine if they called a tie after four quarters during the regular season. Better for player safety, and teams will take more chances at the end of the 4th quarter to play for the win versus trying to go into OT.

In the postseason, I am good with giving a team one chance to answer any score on the first drive, with sudden death the rest of the way if they manage to tie.

 

[SaintRob]

So if both score TDs, play continues up until the end of the 10 minute OT period. If it's tied after 10 minutes after both teams score, is it sudden death or tie?

 

[2024InjuryApocalypse]

The Pandora's box of BS as it relates to overtime was opened in 2011 -- in response to us beating the league's likely preference at the time to go to the Super Bowl -- and it's been tough to close ever since. Sudden death was the way to go. Now, it's just an extension of the whole "participation trophy" concept.

Honestly, if they're not going to do sudden death I'd rather them just adopt the college method.

 

[Merl]

So if both score TDs, play continues up until the end of the 10 minute OT period. If it's tied after 10 minutes after both teams score, is it sudden death or tie?

Tie

 

[Merl]

Honestly, if they're not going to do sudden death I'd rather them just adopt the college method.

College system sucks. Simply adds to the chances for injury to players.