[discostu]

Only if the first team scores a FG because that’s what the whiners always complained about (apparently FGs become automatic in OT according to some), TDs are automatic end. Dumb rule. But at least it didn’t really take effect. Sudden death is the right OT.

[Rennes Templar]

“Sudden death is the right OT.”

I disagree - Denver scored first because they won by luck the coin toss. Each team should have a possession.

[SamAdams76]

A lot of people are saying that the new playoff OT rule in the NFL is dumb. Well I disagree and think that the new playoff rule is an improvement over the old way where most teams won in OT on a sissy field goal after winning an arbitrary coin toss.

The new rule gives teams a better chance to win in a more manly fashion (actually scoring a TD) as opposed to having the team that wins the coin toss prance to the 40 yard line so they can have some 97-pound waif kick the ball through the uprights for the "victory."

Under the new rules, when the coin toss winning team exercises that option, the other team will have the chance to get the ball back and play some real football.

[fortheDeclaration]

I agree.

The stats show that the 1st team that gets the ball more often then not doesn't score first.