I do wish Josh Allen could've gotten a chance in OT, but I think NFL should just go to college OT rules but just say you have to go for 2 right away. I think it'd be pretty rare for games to ever go past two OT's
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Here is a link to an article about that proposal. But, just like the Bills going home without their hotshot young QB touching the ball, the Chiefs had that same experience in the 2018 season... Chiefs tried to change overtime rules after their playoff loss to the Patriots. Now those rules saved them. - Pats Pulpit Maybe the Bills will get an opportunity to be on the other end of that equation some day...just not this year!
Chiefs' Bid To Change Overtime Rules Unsuccessful, Will Not Pass This Season - NESN.com
The NFL will not change its overtime rules ahead of the 2019 season. The Kansas City Chiefs had submitted a proposal that would guarantee both teams an overtime possession, but that bid officially died Wednesday, according to reports out of the NFL Spring Meeting. It will be reconsidered next...
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Lest we forget KC was once a victim of this, immediately advocating for change.
Between ending in ties and nonsensical OT setup, the NFL seems to be the only major sport in existence that can't figure out how to logically end a game.
I missed this in real time yesterday, but this is hilarious.
A lot of analysis today of Rodger's postgame comments. Since he's not a FA, I'm still trying to figure out what he's getting at by referencing Free Agency in his decision timeline.
Packers are $44 million over the cap and on the hook for $26 million if they trade Rodgers? Can they afford to trade him?
If he leaves, Adam’s will leave, Cobb will be gone and most likely Crosby. I have only seen 40 MM as the amount they are over. (Still a lot but 4 MM is still 4 MM).
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Knowing whether or not AR will be back, probably will impact Green Bay's free agency strategy. I'm sure AR views it as magnanimity to let them know sooner rather than later.
I believe the Packers have already stated they will franchise tag Adams so he can't leave if they do that. The Packers are probably willing to pack Crosby's bags for him after this season.
It is a travesty that Josh Allen's season is over, and Jimmy Garoppolo gets to play this weekend.
Z smith has been proven to be expendable with playing about 2 games this year. That is 15MM savings there. Cobb is 7 MM or so and Crosby is 2-3 MM. Draft a safety and let Amos go for 7-8MM and you are almost where your need to be with what I saw. The F tag on DA would add probably 10MM or so to make up but if Rodgers is gone then that gives 20MM of space.
I think we just need to rebuild at this point. Het draft picks for Smith, Rodgers, Adams, and whoever else of the older, expensive guys that have value. Green Bay is best when they are young.
Everyone hates the NFL overtime and the College overtime, what do people think would be a good OT? What sport does OT well?
Basically every sport except football? It's the outlier. College is a little better in that it can't end in a tie.
The only change to NFL needed to make it reasonable is just allow each team a guaranteed possession. That's it. I'd say to get rid of NFL ties, too, but that's a little harder without going to more of a college-like system.
You'd think the NFL would favor this, since longer OT means more screen and commercial time...
Which model though? I'm a soccer fan and everyone who watches soccer hates shootouts because their just a dice roll. Basketball kind of works because it's high scoring enough that one OT is usually enough, but that wouldn't work for football.
College OT would be better if they started the teams on the 40 instead of the 25 as it would reduce the crazy 8 OT games. NFL should just treat as an extra quarter and play a full 15 minutes - I guess if still tied, then go to sudden death.
I wouldn't say people hate college OT, but it is different obviously. Intended to provide scoring. Soccer isn't a dice roll, each team has the same opportunities in a shootout. That doesn't make any sense. And don't matches have an actual OT period before the shootout?
I'd normally say NFL can just run full quarters until a decision is made, but that would result in some painfully long games. Instead, I'd say that each team gets an offensive possession to start. After those first two possessions, if the score is still tied, next score of any kind wins. There would no need for a game clock or any special pacing for this.
My problem with the current NFL setup is that it's somewhat nonsensical. Why does a touchdown win a game, but a field goal doesn't? What other sport only allows a single possession/opportunity to decide a game outcome? Basketball has tons of possessions in it's time. Stuff like soccer and hockey is often so low scoring that they also offer multiple possession opportunities (there's also only 1 way to score, not multiple like football). Football is the outlier with it's design and scoring system, that's fine, but the current system still doesn't make much sense. It's like they just wanted to make something up to be different from everyone else and this is what they came up with.
Soccer has two entire periods of extra time first though, and you play them both even if teams score. And also even if it's a cup match that does go to a shoot out, it's not first team to score in the shootout wins.
My OT solution:
1. Jump ball at the 50 yard line - has to be a defensive starter doing the jump ball. the team that recovers the jump ball (like jumping on a fumble) gets the first possession.
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2. The QB's who ended the game go to the endzone. They each throw it as far as they can. Longest throw in the air gets first possession. If they step over the endzone line it's a fault and they lose the throw (just like in long jumping).
1. Jump ball at the 50 yard line - has to be a defensive starter doing the jump ball. the team that recovers the jump ball (like jumping on a fumble) gets the first possession.
or
2. The QB's who ended the game go to the endzone. They each throw it as far as they can. Longest throw in the air gets first possession. If they step over the endzone line it's a fault and they lose the throw (just like in long jumping).
