NFL needs to change Overtime rules.

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- 01/20/2019 at 8:15 PM #89208
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  cjd1
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  Shouldn’t be won on a coin flip.
- 01/20/2019 at 8:18 PM #89209
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  UteThunder
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  They already did. That’s why a TD wins it now but a FG gives the other team a shot to match it or beat it.
  - 01/20/2019 at 8:23 PM #89210
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    EagleMountainUte
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    I like the NFL rules now personally perfect I think.
  - 01/20/2019 at 8:24 PM #89212
    
    cjd1
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    Give KC a shot to score a TD also.
    - 01/20/2019 at 8:37 PM #89216
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      UteThunder
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      If they want a shot, then get a stop on defense. It’s not like the Patriots got the ball in the Red Zone to start. They had to drive 75 yards.
      - 01/20/2019 at 9:04 PM #89229
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Or win the flip.
      - 01/20/2019 at 9:05 PM #89230
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        EagleMountainUte
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        50/50 shot plus more to stop Brady. Two big third down conversions. Or don’t line up in the neutral zone.
      - 01/20/2019 at 9:52 PM #89241
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        GameForAnyFuss
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        Problem is, we got to see if the Chiefs could get a stop on defense (they couldn’t), but we never got to see if the Patriots could get a stop on defense too. Stupid NFL overtime rules removed one entire phase of the game from one team for OT – for better or for worse.
        
        I just don’t see why we can’t give both teams the exact same opportunity. Every other sport (and football at other levels) has figured this out.
        
        Would it make sense to have baseball extra innings be such that if the team that bats in the top of the 10th scores, we don’t play the bottom of the 10th? Of course not. So why is the same thing OK in NFL football?
        
        01/20/2019 at 9:54 PM #89244
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        UteThunder
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        Football is such a violent sport. I believe part of the reason for the rule is to limit extra punishment on the players’ bodies.
- 01/20/2019 at 8:24 PM #89211
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  PlainsUte
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  Stupid Patriots again, argh.
- 01/20/2019 at 8:30 PM #89213
  
  BD
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  KC lining up in the neutral zone – most bone-headed play ever. That KC defensive lineman will be haunted by that for the rest of his life.
- 01/20/2019 at 8:45 PM #89218
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  SkinyUte
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  It wasn’t won on a coin flip. It was won on Tom Brady singlehandedly abusing the Chief’s defense.
  - 01/21/2019 at 8:33 AM #89257
    
    Charlie
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    Given the 4th quarter, I was certain the winner of the flip would win. The NE WRs were the difference not Tom. They made the difficult part of the play again and again and were not giving up TOs. KC was not allowed to wave a hand in front of Tom’s face but the WRs were involved in football contact.
  - 01/22/2019 at 2:17 PM #89346
    
    Puget Ute
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    Tom Brady converted on 3rd and 10 THREE TIMES on the drive in OT. They went 13-19 on 3rd down in the game, and 1-2 on 4th down. That kind of efficiency is almost unheard of. Just amazing.
    
    Tom Brady probably has one more game left in his career, and Mahomes is absolutely the future. But in this game it was obvious who the GOAT is.
- 01/20/2019 at 8:52 PM #89221
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  GameForAnyFuss
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  College football has a much better OT setup. NFL should go to that.
  - 01/20/2019 at 8:58 PM #89226
    
    UteThunder
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    I agree, but I would start them at the 35 or 40 instead of the 25.
    - 01/20/2019 at 9:22 PM #89235
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      EagleMountainUte
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      No more special teams. Go for two right from the go.
    - 01/22/2019 at 2:19 PM #89347
      
      Puget Ute
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      Have them start at their own 25. No game clock. 2-pt conversions only. No kickoff or punts (turn over on Downs = other team starts at their own 25).
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