Thoughts on NFL OT?

**cmoneyr** · 01-06-2009, 03:40 PM

Too many games decided by a coin flip, there needs to be some way that each team gets the ball atleast once. One thing I like about the NFL OT is that it keeps special teams, IE kickoffs and punts, a part of the action. I say have it like it is now, coin flip, team kicks off, if the offense scores the defense gets the ball and has until they turn it over to score and match them.

**WalkingCY** · 01-06-2009, 03:42 PM

Ha. What an awesome game.

**Omaha Cy** · 01-06-2009, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by WalkingCY

Ha. What an awesome game.

I prefer its older brother....but will say TSB is a solid game as well.

**theshadow** · 01-06-2009, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by cmoneyr

Too many games decided by a coin flip

Four of the last five overtime playoff games have been won by the team that LOST the coin toss (i.e., went on defense first).

Should we really start changing rules every time something doesn't go a superstar's way?

**HiltonMagic** · 01-06-2009, 05:02 PM

I like this:

OVERTIME RULES
* Overtime periods are 15 minutes.
* Each team gets one possession to score. If, after each team has had one possession, one team is ahead, that team wins. If the teams are tied after each has had a possession, the next team to score wins.

**pulse** · 01-06-2009, 05:10 PM

I wouldn't mind college rules, except push them back to midfield. At the same time I don't mind the NFL rules usually. It is kind of cool, for example in the SD-Indy game, where it was a run-off-the-field touchdown. Game over. Like a walk-off home run.

**LivntheCyLife** · 01-06-2009, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by JJ4ISU

For the NFL, I think just continuing the game where it is with no game clock would work. It would still be sudden death - a little more like soccer.

This is the idea I like if I understand you correctly. If at the end of the 4th quarter the game is tied, just switch ends and go like it's a new quarter. The team that had the ball at the end of regulation still has the ball.

**JJ4ISU** · 01-06-2009, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by LivntheCyLife

This is the idea I like if I understand you correctly. If at the end of the 4th quarter the game is tied, just switch ends and go like it's a new quarter. The team that had the ball at the end of regulation still has the ball.

Yep...that's what I meant. It would make for some interesting strategy late in the game...

**jbhtexas** · 01-06-2009, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Colorado

Greag Easterbrook advocates the following:

full 15-minute quarter

no kicking - no punts, field-goal attempts or PATs

score at the end wins, if still tied - 6th quarter would be sudden death

teams would be forced to be aggressive - going for it on 4th down, going for 2pt conversions and aiming for the endzone.

If there is no kicking, how does the overtime get started? Who gets the ball and where? How do teams get the ball back after a TD if there is no kicking?

If only kickoffs are allowed...say team A returns the kickoff to its own 25. Team B defense holds on a 3-and-out and gets the ball back at Team A's 25-35. But then Team A holds on a 3-and-out and gets the ball back at their own 25-35 again. Team A is stuck with a long field, while Team B seems to get a short field. Doesn't seem too fair.

**ISUKyro** · 01-06-2009, 05:44 PM

Jump Ball (BBall style) at the 50. First team to get the football into the endzone scores. But no D or O, just put 22 men on the feild and let them kill each other over the ball. No plays stop either, just hit, fight, and pull the ball out to do whatever it takes. That should liven up OT :)

**pulse** · 01-06-2009, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by ISUKyro

Jump Ball (BBall style) at the 50. First team to get the football into the endzone scores. But no D or O, just put 22 men on the feild and let them kill each other over the ball. No plays stop either, just hit, fight, and pull the ball out to do whatever it takes. That should liven up OT :)

Kind of like Australian Rules!

**MadCy** · 01-06-2009, 06:00 PM

Eh, the NFL is professional football, the best of the best. Sudden death fits well here.

**ISUKyro** · 01-06-2009, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by MadCy

Eh, the NFL is professional football, the best of the best. Sudden death fits well here.

What if the BEST Offense never gets to even have the ball in OT because they didn't get the 50/50 coin toss?

**Colorado** · 01-07-2009, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

If there is no kicking, how does the overtime get started? Who gets the ball and where? How do teams get the ball back after a TD if there is no kicking?

If only kickoffs are allowed...say team A returns the kickoff to its own 25. Team B defense holds on a 3-and-out and gets the ball back at Team A's 25-35. But then Team A holds on a 3-and-out and gets the ball back at their own 25-35 again. Team A is stuck with a long field, while Team B seems to get a short field. Doesn't seem too fair.

I forgot to include that kickoffs are allowed after a score and at the beginning of the overtime.