Since it has now become an "issue" since the golden boy Peyton didn't get the ball in overtime. I'll pose the question. Should the overtime rule be changed? Some say it should be changed for playoffs. I think that is stupid. Either you change it or you don't. Don't the other 16 games count? Some say it should be each team gets a possession. Here is my idea. You play for the full 15 minutes, who ever is leading at the end of 15 minutes wins. If it is still a tie, than you play another 15 minutes. I don't know how to set up a poll. But if a mod does, can you fix my post. The choices would be -Don't change it. -each team gets to handle the ball once -play for a full quarter.
Yeah, if you want the ball go and get it back, if you let the other team march down field and score then you don't deserve to win.
I've always hated the current overtime format. Only the offense has control over how many points they'll score, so each team should get a shot at the end zone.
I agree. I don't like college overtime. Everyone always claims the offense of the other team needs a chance to match or better what the opposing offense has done. Well guess what. In football, teams have an offense and defense. If a defense can't give their offense a chance to score, well that's too bad.
Agreed. I recall a game when Hasselbeck won the coin toss. Said we're going to win. And he proceeded to throw a pick that was run back to a td by the d.
The overtime rules are good. Ron Winter and his crew are the problem. That was the gayest shit I've ever seen yesterday in OT
All of the above are great arguments. I for one would like to see the full quarter played. My reasoning? A defense could have a relatively succesful series against an offense by only giving up X amount of yards. If that stand results in a long field goal try, of say 50 or more yards, and that try is succesful, how does the blame lie on the defense? This is the best case argument for both offenses getting a possesion or playing the full quarter. In a non overtime game those defensive stands, although they allowed points, would be considered a success. Play a full quarter, it will quiet some critics, and still keep the pro game different from the college game.
wrong and NFL game begins with a coin flip. Regulation NFL football must always be played throughout the game. You either make it sudden death, or play a full overtime quarter (much like the MLB plays a full inning) but you cannot change the sport in overtime.
Over the last 30 something years of the coin toss in overtime the team that won the toss won the game about 52% of the time, about 5% ended in a tie and 44% were won by the team losing the toss. A slight advantage to teams that won the toss but I think many teams go soft on D in overtime and is the reason the team that won the toss is able to move right down the field and score.
I would change the overtime rules. Overtime games are anticlimatic. A team moves into field goal range, runs a couple of boring running plays to set up the kick, and then ends the game with a gimme FG. It is boring. Here's how to add some excitement. First team to 6 points wins. That means that the first team to advance into enemy territory has to try to score a TD, just as they do in regulation. If a FG is kicked, the other team gets the ball and can win with a TD. This will add excitement and strategy to the OT other than setting up the FG kicker.
They should add a 15 minute Q. If still tied after that, shootout ala NCAA. Best of both worlds AND it's fucking dramatic.
Exactly! And so is Special Teams! The main reason I dislike the college OT rules is because it takes special teams out of the game (minus FGs). Special teams is a huge part of football, you cant just forget about it.
Teams need to show they can play defense in overtime, not just offense. The college system is just fine for college and the original poster's idea was an OK one, but the current NFL format works because it makes teams have to play defense in order to get their chance. The Colts would have been on offense last night if it wasn't for their stupid and costly penalties.
