(04-02-2022, 04:28 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(04-02-2022, 02:56 PM)I am Yoda Wrote: So, what do y'all think of the change to the OT rule?  If I understand it correctly, it requires both teams to possess the ball once in the OT and after that, sudden death.  I think that's fine.  I does away with coin toss "bias".  I would probably have gone a little further and treated moving from one OT to another OT like changing between quarters until there is a sudden death winner.  All of this is fine in the post-season because there must be a winner to advance.

As for during the preseason and regular season, they should eliminate OT entirely.  It's safer for the players and gives added importance to playing to win at the end of games.

I agree with you about eliminating regular season OT.
I don't think there's any benefit to regular season OT.

But I don't think the NFL fixed anything with this postseason rules change.  Sure, they guaranteed that each team gets to touch the ball, but, there's still going to be a huge statistical advantage to the team that wins the coin toss.  It might seem more fair to the fans, but it's going to be about the same as what we do now.  It's just going to take longer.

It's not a huge advantage. The only change is that if the offense scores a TD on the first possession, the D gets an opportunity to score a TD as well. Otherwise, the format remains unchanged - if the O got an FG, the second team knew that at minimum they had to get 3 or face defeat. So even in the new format, the D still knows what they must do to keep the game alive or win.

Maybe we can tweak the rule - toss winner scores TD on first possession, normal PAT format applies, team can kick for 1 or attempt a two-point try. Second team gets the ball and scores TD, they must attempt a two-point try. Does this force the receiving team to attempt 2, or trust that the other team won't be able to convert, should they score? If the first team fails on their two-pointer, and the other team fails as well, welcome sudden death!

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