Posted on 02/27/2025 8:52:11 AM PST by Red Badger
Bring back ties. If you don’t win in regulation, you don’t deserve full credit for winning in overtime.
What’s wrong with the college football OT rules?
Much better than the NFL OT rules.
Fix the stupid kick-off rules first.
“The chain crew will still be there as backup”
LOL...yeah, that chain crew will still be there just to make people think it is the “old football.”
If they keep overtime, I suggest going to a points system.
3 points for winning in regulation
2 points for winning in overtime
1 point for losing in overtime
0 points for losing in regulation
IIRC, several years back, a German company had invented a way to track the football down to less than an inch.
But it involved a buried grid under the turf and a small gizmo inside the football.
The NFL turned it down as too expensive...............
“He added there wasn’t much conversation around a fourth-and-long option to keep possession, though those discussions could occur next month.”
Possibility: Option to keep possession if they make a 20+ yard play from a designated yard line instead of kicking off after score.
I always thought the overtime rule as is, is ok.
Because assuming the first team that gets the ball deep in their territory, if they fail to get a first down then has to kick the ball away, most likely the other team only has to be maybe 20-30 yards to kick the winning FG, whereas the team that got the ball first has to score a touchdown to win. So it seems like a fair tradeoff.
Why not just give the receiving team the option of taking the ball on the 20 yard line and no kickoff................
“Why not just give the receiving team the option of taking the ball on the 20 yard line and no kickoff................”
That would defeat the whole purpose.
“I always thought the overtime rule as is, is ok.”
Statistics showed that it was not ok.
But the NFL goal is to reduce injuries, and with no kickoff-runback there would be none.
They did a study back about 10 years ago that showed the worst time for injuries was during the runback.........
How about rethinking all the flags? It's unwatchable.
You are off topic.
Because defenses today suck.
Agreed...they removed all drama, surprise and mystery from the onsides kick because of this.
I thought about making it so that, if you score a TD late, in lieu of the onsides kick, you could go for a 2-point conversion from the 5-yard line instead of the 2-yard line, or have the option of kicking a PAT from 50 yards, so that if you convert, you automatically get the ball back.
I’m always off topic!....................
So the NFL screwed up the overtime period, now proposes to fix it.
Here’s an idea. 15 minute MAX overtime. Both teams have a shot at the ball regardless if the receiving team scores a touchdown on their first possession.
Example: Team A receives and scores a touchdown. Kickoff to Team B who scores a touchdown. Kickoff to Team A who is forced to punt, Team B kicks a field goal, game over. Each team had 2 possessions so they’re even.
Onside kick rules: Throw these stupid rules out and go back to the old way of doing things. As it is, they want the old percentages back without going back to the old rules.
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