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NEW OVERTIME RULES
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FROM NFL.COM:
The NFL has changed its overtime rules for playoff games.
Starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal, the other team gets the ball. If the game becomes tied again after that next series, play will continue under the current sudden-death rules.
Should the team winning the toss immediately score a touchdown, then the game is over.
I don't like it. With the old way, it combined luck with skill and pressure. Here, if a team has a good defense, but not a good offense, they could opt to kick so as to hold them and get the ball back. Or if they score, they get the ball back anyway. The new law is so limiting because it is saying with a field goal, the other team could come back and tie or win but not with a touchdown. I don't like it one bit. The old overtime added excitement and pressure because you hoped to death that your team won the coin toss. Even then, you have to pray that they get close enough to kick a field goal or do not lose the ball. The new rules take away that sense of excitement.
So what do you guys think about the new overtime rules set up for the playoffs? I wonder how many of you like it compared to how many don`t?