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OT Rule needs to change!


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both teams get an equal number of offensive possessions

2 point conversions required after a TD

all replays initiated from the booth

10 minute period, 4th quarter rules

if tied after period, both kickers line up for a 40 yard FG.  if both make, move back to 45, 50, 55, ..., until one kicker misses.  if both kickers miss same distance, game regular season game is a tie.  for post season, if both kickers miss same distance move back to previous kick spot and rekick

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43 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

this isn't against you in particular (unless it does ;) ) 

 

How this "argument" was similar / different with the Buffalo Miami OT game where TT had 300 yards passing and the Bills Lost.  

All they had to do was score and stop Miami on 2 (maybe 3) drives.

Not sure where you're going with this.  Bottom line is that football involves both offense and defense.  You have the ball, it's on you to score.  You don't have the ball, it's on you to stop them from scoring. 

 

Both games yesterday showed why D matters in the league.  When you have to get a stop, your D needs to step up.

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9 hours ago, FrenchConnection said:

If you watched the Chiefs all year, outside of that one playoff game against the Colts they had to win every game in a shootout. Well, defense might not mean much in the modern NFL, but it sure as hell means something in overtime when you lose the coin toss. Chiefs used all their available cap space and draft capital on one side of the ball and paid the price today.

 

Pretty much this.  The Chiefs had the worst D of any of the final 4 teams and it showed yesterday.

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2 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Not sure where you're going with this.  Bottom line is that football involves both offense and defense.  You have the ball, it's on you to score.  You don't have the ball, it's on you to stop them from scoring. 

 

Both games yesterday showed why D matters in the league.  When you have to get a stop, your D needs to step up.

 

It reminded me of an argument I had with board members  and OT that's all.  

 

To the BOLD  - this brings up the in season threads  we've seen (and recently) -  

Defense wins Championships.

 

In the regular season Scoring wins out as entertaining (and the obvious W) 

But in the playoffs. 

 

 

It all comes down to the Defense. 

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10 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

Nope.

 

Stop them from going 75 yards

 

Stop 3rd and longs.

 

Nothing wrong with the rule. Kcs defence needed just to just make 1 more play and they couldn’t 

 

4 of the highest scoring teams made the final 4 meaning nobody could stop them.

 

You tell me where its fair for Mahomes to tie a football game in 30 some seconds just to never see the ball again in overtime?

 

Its a simple fix, play a whole quarter.

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Sorry I don't buy the "just play defense" argument. Were the Pats asked to "just play defense" and I somehow missed that? The NFL is actually a hilarious league, change all the rules in favor of the offensive side in regulation play then in OT, to determine the winner, the team that plays the better defense wins. Good stuff.

 

Also, why not have it setup that teams KNOW who gets the ball first going into OT. Home team, better seed, most yards, anything. That way there is more incentive to finish the game BEFORE OT. A coin flip basically encourages a team to take a chance that they may get the ball first.

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1 minute ago, Wayne Cubed said:

Sorry I don't buy the "just play defense" argument. Were the Pats asked to "just play defense" and I somehow missed that? The NFL is actually a hilarious league, change all the rules in favor of the offensive side of the ball in regulation play then in OT, to determine the winner, the team that plays the better defense wins. Good stuff.

Great response Wayne Cubed,

 

The AFC Champion was basically determined by the toss of a coin IMO.

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11 hours ago, BuffaloButt said:

The OT rule needs  to change giving the other team an opportunity to match a TD scored.  Falcons & Chiefs both lost due to a fricken coin toss!

Rather than change the rules, change the way to determine who gets the ball. Instead of a coin toss, have a scrum. 

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4 minutes ago, Steve O said:

Rather than change the rules, change the way to determine who gets the ball. Instead of a coin toss, have a scrum. 

personally, i prefer Rock, Paper, Scissors.

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10 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

So what happens when clock strikes 0:00 and   the game is still tied.  Excellent idea.  

 

keep playing until the team i irrationally hate falls behind

 

could be here for two months

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3 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

Edelman for 20

Edleman for 15

Gronk for a first down

 

Romo even called them in real time as they lined up

 

 

 

Yup

 

If you have a good defense it's almost an advantage to kick off. 

 

Get a 3 and out make them punt and get it back with great field possession needing only a FG to win it

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There are a few rules that need to be changed, but the rule allowing offensive picks on DBs is ruining the game.

Picks were always penalties, but my guess is Kraft/ Bellichek got this changed for Tommy Tutu, under the disguise of more offensive points.

We are going to be stuck watching Brady’s small ball for quite awhile. The Pats are masters of pick plays and Brady is better then anyone at it. You cant stop it, there’s no defense against it, especially if Tommy is accurate that day.

 

 

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30 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Yup

 

If you have a good defense it's almost an advantage to kick off. 

 

Get a 3 and out make them punt and get it back with great field possession needing only a FG to win it

 

how can NOBODY cover Edelman???

 

 

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12 hours ago, BuffaloButt said:

The OT rule needs  to change giving the other team an opportunity to match a TD scored.  Falcons & Chiefs both lost due to a fricken coin toss!

I am all in favor of this and they can specifically call the new rule the "Patriots Rule"...

 

The game was for the conference championship and the right to go to the Superbowl, played in front of a packed house of rabid fans, and it didn't look like a single person went home early.

 

For Christ's sake, play an additional QUARTER of football and let's see who is winning at the end of it.

 

If the score is STILL miraculously tied, PLAY ANOTHER ONE.

 

They do it in hockey and baseball and games that go late become part of history.

 

As fatigue sets in, play will probably break down, and cheap scores will be had anyway; I doubt many games, ever, would go beyond 1 full quarter of extra play.

 

DO IT!

 

 

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11 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I really don't see any reason why - in the playoffs - we don't simply play it NBA or soccer style and add on a normal 15 minute period. The chances of a tie after the additional period are low enough that it would probably resolve 80-90% of ties without anyone whining about "fairness." It can't be unfair because it's just a continuation of the same game with the same rules, not based on something random like which side a coin lands on. If it's tied after the additional period, well, that's when some other rule more arbitrary rule can come into play.

This makes a lot of sense.  For those that argue that the defense needs to make a stop...both defenses yesterday were giving up points, particularly in the 4th qtr.  NE should have stopped KC from getting into field goal range with 39 seconds left to tie the game.  So it came down to a coin flip as to whose offense got to touch the ball first.  The same argument would apply if KC had won the toss and scored and NE didn't get to try to match it.  A coin flip decided the game. 

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1 hour ago, Figster said:

4 of the highest scoring teams made the final 4 meaning nobody could stop them.

 

You tell me where its fair for Mahomes to tie a football game in 30 some seconds just to never see the ball again in overtime?

 

Its a simple fix, play a whole quarter.

Defence is part of the game. 

 

Chiefs don't deserve to go to the SB if they can't stop a 75 yard drive with home field advantage and the weather elements on their side.

 

Saints got the ball first in OT but lost because DEFENCE is still part of the game. No one mentions that though...

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12 hours ago, row_33 said:

 

The old way it was less than one percent favour to the coin toss winner taking the W, sometimes with multiple possessions 

 

but fans have a cognitive disorder that makes them think it was 90 percent of the time

 

 

That is also what I remember.    But the issue comes up when a team never gets the ball which does happen.  I see it from both sides, even if statistically it does not show much, it seems fair that both teams should get the ball.    In that game yesterday no one could stop anyone once the fourth quarter started so it seemed like whoever won the coin toss got an advantage.

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12 hours ago, Cmdjr85 said:

Lol, Na. Play better defense. Make a stop.

Both the chiefs and falcons LOST BECAUAE THEY COUDNT MAKE A STOP.

BOTH THE CHIEFS AND FALCONS HAD OVER 90 PLAYS RAN ON THEM.

 

 

Valid point, but the rule changes in favor of the offense has accelerated so much in the past few years it doesn't seem fair that a team doesn't get a chance.

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Just now, Foxx said:

that is an altogether different issue.

OK

1 hour ago, papazoid said:

 

 

boom....(just playoff games)

How about for regular season games each team gets the ball once regardless if first team scores a TD? After that if there is no score next score wins?

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