(01-26-2022, 07:40 PM)mikesez Wrote: (01-26-2022, 05:41 PM)Mikey Wrote: THEREIN LIES THE INTRIGUE OF SUDDEN DEATH
Josh Allen made the call. He missed. KC could have just as easily been undone by a holding call on their drive to force a punt, or the kickoff return fumbled, or any other possible outcome that didn't result in a Kelce touchdown.
At some point, though, a winner has to be declared in a postseason game. Do you keep letting QBs match each other until the refs make an iffy call the deciding factor in whether your season continues? Or play your guys to exhaustion, and fall flat in the game that could put you in the Super Bowl?
Every body on that field knew exactly what they were dealing with. It was a hard fought game, and a tough loss to swallow, but that's the stuff that fuels a rivalry. All offseason that entire team will be motivated by one thing, and that is getting back to the postseason, and then they'll be busting their hump to get wins before the final bell. Because again they will know that everything can be won or lost based on how a medallion tumbles off of a referee's thumb.
Josh Allen is an elite athlete. I want to see him win or lose based on his athletic efforts. Not his ability to call a coin in the air.
(01-26-2022, 05:29 PM)Mikey Wrote: But how do you deal with the team that wins the toss, but elects to defer? You have four choices at the flip - kick, receive, defend a goal, or defer to the second half. Do they get to defer both second half AND OT? Now we're back to a coin flip giving an advantage.
I'd rather they just say at the end of regulation, treat the end of a quarter like the end of a quarter - switch endzones and reverse the field, play continues as normal. If a team was driving at the end of the game, they continue the drive in Q5.
You're overthinking it. Forget about coin tosses. Forget about deferring. We are saying whoever got the ball first in the second half, does not get the ball first in OT. Simplify it further. Make the rule that the teams have to switch sides, or make the rule that they have to stay on the same side they were on in the 4th quarter. Who will be on which side in OT, and who will get the ball, should be determined when the second half starts. Not when OT starts.
Playoff OT is just a continuation of the game being played. At the end of two quarters, the team that lost the toss gets the option to kick, receive or defend a goal, unless the flip winner deferred.
So what you are saying
1) Coin flip to start the game. Winner elects to kick, receive, defend a goal or defer their choice until the half.
2) At the half, flip loser (or deferred winner) elects to kick, receive, defend a goal (or defer to OT? LOL).
3) If game goes to OT, whoever kicked to start second half automatically receives (would they not get opportunity to elect (kick/receive/defend)?)
So like someone else said, without the second coin flip, the first flip winner is likely always going to choose to receive instead of defer. Few, if any, teams elect to kick or to defend a goal. That way, the second half begins with the other team making an election, and again, rarely would they be dense enough to elect to kick or defend a goal.
So now, instead of two random events determining game outcome, you've reduced it to one. All you need to do is win one coin flip, and you ensure an advantage going into OT.
