Either switch to college rules or give each team a chance with the ball.... the current system is unfair... too many win toss then FG
Some teams get to the playoffs with stellar defense and average offense, for others its the opposite Both teams should get the chance to use all aspects of the team including special teams one time
then you're agreeing teams should get an advantage in OT because they won a coin flip? Both teams got a chance in regulation. Neither was able to win. Neither of them should get an advantage in OT.
I agree with this. A minor change, just allow one posession each, minimum, then sudden death. So simple they'll never do it.
This is what I'd like to see. Maybe a shorter quarter to save on game length and player wear and tear if that's an issue. A 10 minute quarter would be a good way to do it IMO.
Heh. . . . beat me to that one. Don't be surprised, though. Bill Polian is on the competition committee.
The college system blows. The current NFL system is fair. There have been 25 postseason overtime games. Each team had at least one possession in 21 of them. If people don't like that the Colts didn't possess the ball in overtime on Saturday, then too bad. The Colts had 60 minutes to overscore San Diego. They failed to do so. It was then sudden death time. Once again, the Colts failed. Tough shit.
Zero NFL games have been decided on a coin flip and that's an actual fact. In every NFL overtime game dating back to the first one played on December 28, 1958, there was a kickoff following the coin flip. No game ended with a coin flip. There was always at least one play after the coin flip.
About 61% of the teams that win the coin toss win the game. That isn't fair. The number should ideally be as close to 50% as possible.
To echo MSUJet85, where did you get that number? It is incorrect. Through the 2007 NFL season, 222 times in 417 regular season overtime games, the team which won the coin toss won the game. That's only 53.2% of the time. 70.5% of of those 417 games saw each team have at least one possession.
I hate this argument: The toss decides the game. It's ridiculous on a few levels and is just plain stupid. Stats aren't THAT overwhelming to prove this. I've seen in this thread that 50% of the time the toss winner wins the game and also 61%. I'm not sure which is true. But 61% isn't that overwhelming.... A defense is just as big a part of a team as an offense. The defense is given a fair shot to stop the opposing offense. If the defense is unable to, then they don't deserve to win the game. It's the defense's job to go out and stop the offense. EDIT: 53.2% seems to be the accurate stat. How can you argue that the coin toss is unfair to the loser by that statistic?
And even at that 53% clip what is the percentage of those that won with the coin flip that won on their 1st possession. Because if they won it on anything after that than the concept that you are fighting for is moot
In 417 overtime regular season games through the 2007 season, 123 times the team that won the toss drove for the winning score (88 FG, 35 TD). That is a percentage of .295.
With a stat like that it isn't enough to warrant an argument since most of the time people do stop them anyway, it is just coincidence that on that 29.5% percent of the time people bitch about getting a new rule
I wanted to repost something for effect. Zero NFL games have been decided on a coin flip and that's an actual fact. In every NFL overtime game dating back to the first one played on December 28, 1958, there was a kickoff following the coin flip. No game ended with a coin flip. There was always at least one play after the coin flip.
