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I like college's overtime rule where each team gets at least one chance to score by placing the ball at the 20 yard line of your opponent's side of the field.
I do too but I feel, both in the NFL and college, the ball should be at the 50-yard-line. I don't really like that they start already in field goal range. Make them really earn it.
I never understood why they changed the rule. Instead of crying that "we never got the ball" here's an idea: Stop them. Last time I checked defense and special teams were part of football too. But with that said now that it's this way I'm fine with it too.
I never understood why they changed the rule. Instead of crying that "we never got the ball" here's an idea: Stop them. Last time I checked defense and special teams were part of football too. But with that said now that it's this way I'm fine with it too.
What do you think? Currently the rulebook states that the first touchdown or safety in NFL Overtime wins the game but the first field goal doesnt because the other team then gets the ball. If they score a field goal the game is tied and whoever scores, whether safety, touchdown, field goal wins the game. It used to be that any score wins the game regardless who had the ball first but now it's different. Also each team receives two timeouts and all replays are reviewed upstairs in the replay booth because coaches challenges are not allowed in overtime. For me, I say keep it as it is. Any thoughts?
i like the old rules, first team to score wins. if you don't want to leave the game up to the randomness of a coin, score more points than the other guys in the first 60.
Each team starts from their own 40 yard line, so you aren't in automatic field goal range, you have to get a first down or 2 to make a long field goal possible, and the same college rules from there. As soon as the 2nd team fails to match what the first team did, the game is over. Each team gets a possession UNLESS the team on defense first records a safety (pretty impossible from the 40 yard line though) or returns a fumble/interception for a touchdown.
After the 2nd overtime, teams MUST go for a 2 point conversion (unlike after the 3rd overtime in college).
I'd still go that's the fairest means for overtime. You WILL always get a winner, and if Goodell is really serious about eliminating kickoffs I don't see how he wouldn't go for this seeing as there wouldn't be any kickoffs and there wouldn't be punts either which is where most of the debilitating football injuries happen it seems like.
Change the rules back to sudden death. During the game, there is plenty of time for a team can make an adjustment to their game plan. There is downtime available for the coaching staff to come up with a new strategy.
I never bought into the notion that kick-offs resulted in an increase in injuries and have yet to see anything that supports this idea. Have to LOL at all you traditionalists that are constantly clamoring for changes to everything.
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