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NFL Football 2010/2011 Season

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New OT rules take effect today.




The new overtime rules for the Playoffs go into effect today. It is not sudden death in overtime anymore. There is now an incredibly complicated set of rules. For the purposes of this post, we will call the team receiving the overtime kickoff Team 1 and the team kicking off in overtime Team 2.

Team 1 gets the ball first.

If Team 1 scores a touchdown on its first series, the game is over. Team 1 wins. Team 2 does not get the ball.

If Team 1 kicks a field goal on its first series, Team 2 gets the ball back. Team 2 can win the game by scoring a touchdown on its first series. If Team 2 kicks a field goal on its first series, the game continues and then becomes sudden death. If Team 2 does not score on its first series, Team 1 wins.

If Team 1 does not score on its first series, the game becomes sudden death.

If Team 2 recovers an onside kick on the opening kickoff of overtime, the game becomes sudden death.



I think this rule change is the dumbest thing the NFL has done in a long time. It is awfully convoluted. It also doesn't address the biggest problem a lot of people had with the overtime system. There is still a chance the game could be decided without both teams touching the ball in overtime. In addition, if the old overtime rule was so bad, why did the league keep it for the regular season?

If the NFL wanted to change the overtime system, it should have added an extra period. It could have been 15:00. It could have been 8:00. It could have been a pair of 7:30 periods with the teams switching sides at the end of the first period. It should either be sudden death or a full period with the natural flow of the game.

The NFL's full press release in more complicated language is below the jump.
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^^^
Yeah, we talked a little about that a page or so back
Crazy to enact it NOW at the most important time of the season, at the end of the game at the most critical time

Will be interesting to see if it comes into play at all, and what the strategy changes will be
 
^^^ agree totally ... why now? seems like regular season makes more sense.

Plus ... if it is not broken why change it at all? :cool:
 
furcalchick said:
i say all four road teams win this weekend.

saints beat the patriots in the super bowl.
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Not so fast my friend :)
You gotta get there first

And your 2nd and 3rd round games won't be the Seahawks

Edit: Looks like the Seahawks are giving your Saints all they want... 17-14 2nd Q

Edit2: Wow 24-17 Seahawks
Not even the half yet, but who woulda thunk it?
 
grapes911 said:
I didn't think they'd win outright, and no guarantee they will, but I did take them with the points. I'm very happy right now.
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The Seahawks have come to play today ... and the Saints record of Never winning a Playoff road game could remain intact when this one is over. :cool:
 
I just saw that awesome sign in the crowd ... Sea Dat, We Dat

Who Dat? ... looks like the Seahawks Dat gonna beat them Saints :cool:
 
What's that? Sub-500 teams do deserve to be in the playoffs if they win their division? Come January records are wiped clean and completely meaningless? Who would have ever thought that?


I love football.
 
Didn't anyone tell the Seahawks that they suck and don't belong in the playoffs?

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Wow. Heck of a stop on 4th down against the defending champs. If they can convert that into points, they have the opportunity of going into the 4th quarter with a 3 score lead.

What a game.
 
Saints aint coming back to win this one ... go Seahawks :cool:

Edit: getting that free touchdown when the runner was clearly down might help
 
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