(03-18-2021, 09:47 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-17-2021, 08:17 PM)mikesez Wrote: 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.

do penalty yards count? cuz on first down I am throwing to the pylon, and waiting for the inevitable PI call to gain me 60-odd yards. Not my idea of excitement.

why don't we just oklahoma drill for the win? Best two out of three.

That's a very good point. My idea is totally incompatible with the NFL rules on defensive pass interference.

And the NFL rules on pass interference frankly are terrible.  Anyone who saw the end of the first half of the last superbowl knows that.

If I could change only one NFL rule, I'd probably make PI work like it does at the college level, before I tinkered with overtime.

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