NFL rule change could be coming to overtime

[QuestionSocratic]

The obvious selection would be placing the ball at your opponent's 1 yard line. This would force your opponent to play offense and force them to drive at least 70 yards for a realistic field goal attempt. It would improve your team's chances of getting the ball with favorable position after a punt.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Have the team who wins the toss take the ball on their 10, they get four downs.

Then the other team gets the ball on the same 10 yard line. Whoever got the farthest down the field wins.

Disagree. I want to see a score to settle it.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Bullshit. Coin toss and a kickoff or touchback to the 20.

 

[Debbie Does]

Ask any hockey fan about the fucked-up shenanigans they go through to settle ties. You'll discover that the best solutions are to keep playing the game as designed, or play one overtime and then call it a tie.

 

[RaZon]

Disagree. I want to see a score to settle it.

An exciting field goal?

 

[Robotech]

The obvious selection would be placing the ball at your opponent's 1 yard line. This would force your opponent to play offense and force them to drive at least 70 yards for a realistic field goal attempt. It would improve your team's chances of getting the ball with favorable position after a punt.

But then the other team can simply choose that you have to start at the 1 yard line.

 

[QuestionSocratic]

But then the other team can simply choose that you have to start at the 1 yard line.

I'd say the odds of scoring with a first and goal from the one are pretty high.

 

[Dolemite censored]

An exciting field goal?

If that's the result and each team got to possess the ball, yes.

 

[Southieinnc]

The early games could be a problem. I think there's enough time for the later games before the final one.

It always pisses me off when the game I set to record and really want to see is missing 1/2 the first quarter because the previous game ran long.

The only thing I'll say about this proposed change is that it seems BB likes it. Even though it's put forward by Ravens.

BB playing chess. He doen't like it but knows that if he says he does, the other teams get nervous and kill the idea......

 

[bksballer89]

Go back to 15 minutes and give the opposing team a chance to score a TD if the team receiving in OT scored on the opening drive. It is the only change truly needed IMO

 

[Robotech]

I'd say the odds of scoring with a first and goal from the one are pretty high.

Except you would have to start on your own 1.

 

[chappee11]

Wild NFL rule change could be coming to overtime games if owners vote through Ravens' proposal, per report

This rule could revolutionize football

www.cbssports.com

one team would choose the yard line where the overtime drive starts and the other team would choose whether they want to play offense or defense.

Lawn darts competition settles it.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Just copy college. College has it right. NFL is retarded.

Lol. College overtime is a joke. It's more exciting than NFL overtime sometimes, but it's an awful way to decide a game.

It's like if they moved the fence in 100 yards in extra innings. It's not even the same game.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

I like the idea of putting the ball on the 2 yard line. Coin toss winner decides who goes first. The loser picks the side of the field to play on. You go back and forth, until one side converts the 2 point conversion and the other side misses.

People complain about the old OT just being a coin flip. This would just make it a series of coin flips.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Changing from a 15-minute OT period to a 10-minute period dramatically changed the OT dynamics. As it now is there will likely be enough time for only 3 drives, which makes winning the coin toss and taking the ball a massive advantage. The obvious way to address this would be to revert back to a 15-minute OT period, but that has obvious safety issues and potentially affects both teams for the following week. If the NFL is going to stick with a 10-minute period then the team with the ball first should have to start inside their own 10-yard line.

Going to 10 minutes was really dumb. 15 min overtime with current rules is as good as it's gonna get.

 

[Manster7588]

Changing from a 15-minute OT period to a 10-minute period dramatically changed the OT dynamics. As it now is there will likely be enough time for only 3 drives, which makes winning the coin toss and taking the ball a massive advantage. The obvious way to address this would be to revert back to a 15-minute OT period, but that has obvious safety issues and potentially affects both teams for the following week. If the NFL is going to stick with a 10-minute period then the team with the ball first should have to start inside their own 10-yard line.

How about an untimed 4th, both teams are guaranteed an offensive possession.
If the receiving team scores a TD the other team still gets a chance to score after that it's next score wins period. Yes a muffed kickoff or punt equals a possession.

 

[Manster7588]

If you can't win in four quarters, it's a tie. Game over.

I'm good with this too.

 

[Robotech]

I'm good with this too.

But maybe more ties is undesirable, as we want things to be as clear cut as possible. I don't know if this has come up before, but how does the NFL decide who has a better record if one team is 8-8 and another is 7-7-2? Does a tie count as half a win and half a loss at the same time? In soccer, the 8-8 team would have 24 points and be ahead of the 7-7-2 team's 23 points.

 

[Manster7588]

But maybe more ties is undesirable, as we want things to be as clear cut as possible. I don't know if this has come up before, but how does the NFL decide who has a better record if one team is 8-8 and another is 7-7-2? Does a tie count as half a win and half a loss at the same time? In soccer, the 8-8 team would have 24 points and be ahead of the 7-7-2 team's 23 points.

Just use the current tie breaking system.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

But maybe more ties is undesirable, as we want things to be as clear cut as possible. I don't know if this has come up before, but how does the NFL decide who has a better record if one team is 8-8 and another is 7-7-2? Does a tie count as half a win and half a loss at the same time? In soccer, the 8-8 team would have 24 points and be ahead of the 7-7-2 team's 23 points.

yes.
A tie nowadays is a half win & half loss.
Way way back in the leather helmet days (before Super bowl era) Ties simply didnt count at all. So if you went 9-6-1. Your official record would have been 9-6. If you were 10-1-5 your record would have been 10-1.
Nowadays every game matters which is 1/2 win & 1/2 loss. So 7-7-2 would be tied with 8-8 (percentage wise which is what they go by) .500 record