NFL must change OT rules

[Wishbone]

We just held the Saints under 25 points in their dome.

Yes and you also lost to them 45-35. Not to mention the 54-51 game you had with the Chiefs. Just accept it.

 

[NEhomer]

How difficult is it to just let both teams have 1 possession? It's like playing the bottom of the 10th and skipping the top.

As I stated above, the first team with the ball would punt on 4th and 8 from mid field while the team who's down 7 will always use 4 downs anywhere on the field. That would need to be corrected.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Take my lumps? I'm not a Chiefs fan lol.

Saints had the ball first in OT today.

Losing a game due to a coin toss is just so trash to me.

The least you can do is allow the opposing offense to get the ball if a team starts OT with a TD on their first possession.

Not sure I understand your argument as the Saint example kind of contradicts your position. Defense is part of football too. As you said the Saints got the ball first but the Rams defense made a stop. The coin toss certainly did not decide the game there. The Chiefs did not get the stop and they lost. So the coin toss was not the reason for the end results, it was the play on the field.

Not sure what's unfair about that.

 

[Across The Field]

Nah, DEFENSE is just as much a part of the game. If the Chiefs had won the toss, and Pats couldn't stop 'em, too bad. Time to go home.

Leaving a game up to "too bad" is bullshit. Deciding the outcome by only allowing one team to play offense is ridiculous.

If the Sox went into extra innings against the Yankees in the ALCS and the Yankees were given a chance to bat and the Sox weren't, it's no different. Just stupid and illogical.

 

[SJ76]

Yes and you also lost to them 45-35. Not to mention the 54-51 game you had with the Chiefs. Just accept it.

NFC playoffs haven’t been shootouts. You should check it out if you enjoy watching Defesne.

You hold New Orleans to under 25 in their own house and that’s not big 12 football bud.

 

[Rex Racer]

And my proposal is nothing like the college OT rules.

You do know this right?

Not like the Patriots defense were getting any stops in the 2nd half tonight so basically they won due to a coin toss.

As I said before, losing due to a coin toss is trash

NE won because Brady, Edelman, Gronk and the rest of that offense were not to be denied on 3rd and 10. Chiefs defense had multiple chances to force a punt then a FG attempt and couldn't do it.

 

[Across The Field]

As I stated above, the first team with the ball would punt on 4th and 8 from mid field while the team who's down 7 will always use 4 downs anywhere on the field. That would need to be corrected.

Playcalling decisions are on the teams. If both teams were given a possession and they had to make it count, my guess is they wouldn't be punting at midfield very often.

 

[SJ76]

Not sure I understand your argument as the Saint example kind of contradicts your position. Defense is part of football too. As you said the Saints got the ball first but the Rams defense made a stop. The Chiefs did not and they lost. So the coin toss was not the reason for the end results, it was the play on the field.

Not sure what's unfair about that.

Boom

 

[NEhomer]

Leaving a game up to "too bad" is bullshit. Deciding the outcome by only allowing one team to play offense is ridiculous.

If the Sox went into extra innings against the Yankees in the ALCS and the Yankees were given a chance to bat and the Sox weren't, it's no different. Just stupid and illogical.

...are you at least acknowledging what I'm saying about 3 downs vs all 4?

 

[R.J. MacReady]

KC was dead last in First downs allowed in 2018
419 first downs allowed ...that is 50 more first downs than the 2nd worst team.

It was a huge flaw that KC never fixed.

But we should change the rules to avoid a teams Achilles heal?


That just makes no sense.

 

[SJ76]

NE won because Brady, Edelman, Gronk and the rest of that offense were not to be denied on 3rd and 10. Chiefs defense had multiple chances to force a punt then a FG attempt and couldn't do it.

If the dingbat DE on the Chiefs isn’t lined up offsides we are not even talking in this thread

 

[NEhomer]

Playcalling decisions are on the teams. If both teams were given a possession and they had to make it count, my guess is they wouldn't be punting at midfield very often.

This is absurd.

When the game is tied, you must act one way. When you're down 7 with nothing to lose, you act another. They're not equal situations.

 

[Across The Field]

This is absurd.

When the game is tied, you must act one way. When you're down 7 with nothing to lose, you act another. They're not equal situations.

Maybe, maybe not. Again, it is your decision to punt. It's not your decision to just not get the football at all.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Yeah lets change the rule because some dude on SportsHoopla was disappointed

 

[LetsGoPats]

Leaving a game up to "too bad" is bullshit. Deciding the outcome by only allowing one team to play offense is ridiculous.

If the Sox went into extra innings against the Yankees in the ALCS and the Yankees were given a chance to bat and the Sox weren't, it's no different. Just stupid and illogical.

In baseball, the defense has the ball.

Baseball ≠ Football.

Stop crying.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

If the dingbat DE on the Chiefs isn’t lined up offsides we are not even talking in this thread

Yeah I was just about to bring that up. Lost today is that idiot and his bonehead play, now THAT was clearly a play that determined the outcome as well. The pick counts and the Chiefs take 3 knees. Game over.

 

[NEhomer]

Maybe, maybe not. Again, it is your decision to punt. It's not your decision to just not get the football at all.

Are you a chick? True, it's not a team's decision to not get the ball but that's not what we're talking about dear.

 

[NEhomer]

I think the current rule is about as good as you can get.

 

[Rex Racer]

If the dingbat DE on the Chiefs isn’t lined up offsides we are not even talking in this thread

Yeah, that too. The Chiefs offense was shut down in the 1st half and their defense sucked pretty much the whole game and because of that they get to watch the SB on TV just like you and I.

 

[wood20ks]

Yeah, in the playoffs, I say 10 minute OT. Shouldn't be a coin flip either. At that point since teams have played, they should be able to earn the ball in OT. Maybe you could use total yards or turnover differential or something. If you still had a tie after that, you might try sudden death but both teams get a shot. No kickoffs and you go to a rounds systen where both teams get 4 downs to score a TD from their opponents 20. A team wins when both their defense holds the opposition and their offense scores a TD in a given round. In the case of a turnover, it the defense scores, that team wins. If the turnover is returned outside the oppositions 10, that team gets the ball at the 10. If inside the 10, they get the ball at the spot of the return. Sort of a football shootout if you will. Could use some tweaking but might be fun to watch.

Kinda like the idea.....But say it goes 5 TDs as you say or being they start at their opponents 20,what does that do for career stats of single players.....Can you imagine the td records they could creste......