NFL Will Reduce Overtime to 10 Minutes

[alnorth]

The owners have approved a rule change to reduce overtime to 10 minutes. Anyone who loves to see tie games should be overjoyed.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-to-10-minutes

Based on history, overtime games could be about 49 seconds of game time shorter on average and it looks like this could triple the number of expected tie games each year.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...u-are-in-luck/

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Well, sure, that's true if you're not trying to make overtime fair.

I didn't say they would be obligated to go for the TD. They have a chance to tie it if they wish. It's as fair as the NFL overtime rules have ever been and it's not the clown show that NCAA OT is.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Ties are ****ing weak.

It's the regular season. Who gives a ****? 4-team tiebreaker criteria is ****ing weak.

[Red Dawg]

The NFL is being indiotic. No pro game should end in a tie. No other sport allows it but the biggest one does? Why?

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

The NFL is being indiotic. No pro game should end in a tie. No other sport allows it but the biggest one does? Why?

This post is funny because Soccer is the biggest sport in the world and allows for a tie.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Rather than ***** about ties why don't you criticize both teams for not doing what it takes to win it outright? Why force a team to have to take a 'W' when they didn't have what it took to earn it.

Prevents injuries and allows everyone to move on with their day.

If this were the playoffs, different story.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Rudy won the toss

This post is funny because Soccer is the biggest sport in the world and allows for a tie.

Soccer isn't a sport

[The Franchise]

Each team gets 2 minutes and the ball on the 20 yard line. You've got 2 minutes and 3 timeouts to drive 80 yards and score.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Originally Posted by Rudy won the toss

And that will encourage Team 2 to go for the TD instead of a game-tying FG. Good football.

I think this is wishful thinking in a way. How many times did we(fans) want to go for the throat only to see Marty,Herm,Romeo whomever curl up in a ball and play scared? Like others have stated I don't like adding the strategy of time consuming fg drive to win game if you receive. I think this will lead to more ties which suck. More play not to lose strategy.

[Graystoke]

Seems silly to me.

[Discuss Thrower]

Neither the Cardinals nor the Seahawks deserved to win their game that ended in a tie last season. I'm not in favor of "more" ties, but to say they have no place in sport is asinine.

[Chiefnj2]

No overtime except in playoffs and make it sudden death.

Defense matters. If you can't make a stop, you don't deserve to win.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

No overtime except in playoffs and make it sudden death.

Defense matters. If you can't make a stop, you don't deserve to win.

No they have overtime right in that sense. When its sudden death there is too much advantage in winning the coin flip.

[ptlyon]

I think the QBs should line up at the 50 and take turns kicking each other in the nuts until one can't get back up, and the one left standing is the winner. And obviously carried off the field by the team.

Originally thought of dodgeball, but we would lose every single time with Smith.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Each team gets 2 minutes and the ball on the 20 yard line. You've got 2 minutes and 3 timeouts to drive 80 yards and score.

At the same time on opposite ends. First to score!

[alnorth]

As long as we're posting silly gimmick OT rules, here's one. Coin flip, winner gets ball on the 50, and they only run one play. TD wins, otherwise other team takes over where the play ends and runs one play. If they also do not get a TD, winner is determined by which side of the 50 the ball ends up on. You can wrap the game up in just 2 minutes.