Around the NFL - 2010

[Diomedes]

in fact i dont see why they dont trade possessions until someone out does someone. like you get the ball, get a fg. then the next team gets the ball...no score, game over. fg it continues. td games ends.

I dig.

[ice grillin you]

i agree with the above as well

at the same time im glad it isnt what it was

[MDS]

just for the playoffs. i liken it to the nhl ot for the playoffs. youve got to simulate real game action as much as you can.

the nfl ot is basically let me get the ball and get 3 first downs so i can try a fg.

[PhillyGirl]

im surprised theres people here that are against this move...to me there is nothing worse than a team winning  a coin flip and then winning a sudden death game

Agreed. Happy to see this change. Its been a long time coming.

I also agree with MDS.

[phillymic2000]

in fact i dont see why they dont trade possessions until someone out does someone. like you get the ball, get a fg. then the next team gets the ball...no score, game over. fg it continues. td games ends.

I dig.

Yes please! see marty in Detriot.

[shorebird]

im surprised theres people here that are against this move...to me there is nothing worse than a team winning  a coin flip and then winning a sudden death game

Agreed. Happy to see this change. Its been a long time coming.

I also agree with MDS.

It makes a fg almost meaningless. You might as well just eliminate a fg in ot and say you have to get in the endzone or nothing. If they want to change it then just let both teams get the ball once and whoever comes out on top wins.

[ice grillin you]

im surprised theres people here that are against this move...to me there is nothing worse than a team winning  a coin flip and then winning a sudden death game

Agreed. Happy to see this change. Its been a long time coming.

I also agree with MDS.

It makes a fg almost meaningless. You might as well just eliminate a fg in ot and say you have to get in the endzone or nothing. If they want to change it then just let both teams get the ball once and whoever comes out on top wins.

huh?

if you score a fg then stop the other team you win the game...i dont think thats meaningless at all

whats ironic about this new rule is that under the old system the team that won the coin flip only won the game about half the time...altho since kickoffs were moved back five yards the % is like 60

[rjs246]

I love how everyone bitches about the NFL rule to the point where the league actually started listening and changed it. The defense has a job too. And on top of that its not like all or even most offenses score on every possession. Why all the moaning about winning a coin toss being a game decider?

[reese125]

I think its pretty clear majority of the coaches/owners wanted a fair shot to get the ball back if a game goes to OT, so a change should be rewarded.

To battle it out that long and remain tied at the end of a game and not get a shot at scoring is not keeping the game even. The defense is tired as shtein, the pass rush is basically non-existent, the qb has a lot more time, he pretty much makes 3 short throws...game over. Not to mention fg kickers can now boot a ball a lot further and more consistent than years past. 

Im down with the change.

[rjs246]

My prediction. Teams that lose the coin toss will go from winning 51% of the time to 60+% of the time meaning that this rule change will actually skew the results and make them LESS equitable.

[ice grillin you]

%'s are meaningless in the discussion imo...theres just something unsavory about a game being decided without both teams getting the ball...nothing more nothing less than that

[Sgt PSN]

i'm neither for or against the rule change.  it's practically irrelevant imo.  especially since the last time the eagles played an extra 15min they still couldn't decide a winner. 

[ice grillin you]

its just one more thing for donovan not to know about overtimes

[ice grillin you]

btw schefter is reporting vikes at saints in the thursday nite opener

[General_Failure]

%'s are meaningless in the discussion imo...theres just something unsavory about a game being decided without both teams getting the ball...nothing more nothing less than that

The thing is, they already had 60 minutes to play. Should they also make a rule stating that no team can have more than 30 minutes for time of possession before overtime?