(03-30-2019, 02:13 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-30-2019, 01:37 PM)Last42min Wrote: Just start at the 5 and give the team an infinite amount of tries to score. The one that does it in the least amount of downs wins. If they tie, repeat.

Alternatively, but less satisfying, do a kick-off. Each kicker starts at the 50 and they kick until someone misses. Kickers already decide the fate of the game most times anyways, but I think the option above would be more exciting.

This isn't soccer, we should play the game until it's over.

The kick-off idea is close to PKs, but what do you mean play until it's over? Just infinite 10 minute overtimes until there's a winner? Sudden death isn't going to work in an era of high-powered scoring. The NFL has slanted the field so much in favor of the offense that it means winning a coin flip is starting to decide the winner of a football game (this wasn't true historically). There has to be some kind of way to mitigate that. You're going to need to find some way to have a clear winner in a short amount of time. I prefer the infinite downs scenario. Sooner or later, a team will score or turn the ball over.

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