(03-06-2021, 07:06 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I find there to be five criteria when evaluating overtime options:

1. Prefer it to end quicker versus slower.
   
2. Prefer it to be fair to both sides.
   
3. Prefer it not to end in a tie.
   
4. Prefer it to encourage exciting finishes.
   
5. Prefer it to be traditional and feel like standard football.
   

NFL Football can easily create something like penalty shots in soccer, and it would satisfy the requirements.  

It would end quickly and be fair.  Each team gets the ball at the 25, but it's 1st and goal, 75 yards to go, 4 downs to do it. It would last 8 plays. The team that gets the most yards in 4 plays wins. It would not end in a tie.  In the unlikely case that both teams get a touchdown in four plays or less, then their kickers have to try extra points until one misses, going back 5 yards each round.

The finish would be exciting every time. It's not exactly like standard football, but it's still the offense trying to get as many yards as possible on each play. And it wouldn't have the ridiculous high scores of college football overtimes.

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