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The rules for overtime changed for the 2016–2017 season and were tweaked again for the 2017–2018 season. [9] The NFL's overtime rules are still subject to criticism, as a team that loses the coin toss and goes on to concede the touchdown does not get a chance for their offense to take the field. [10] [11]
The NFL’s new overtime rules were confusing for just about everyone Sunday, including Mecole Hardman. [For more on Chiefs' Super Bowl dynasty, check out Yahoo Sports NFL]In fact, after he scored ...
NFL overtime rules in the playoffs and the Super Bowl differ slightly from how extra periods are played in the regular season. Here's an explainer.
The ending of last year's playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs helped prompt the NFL to change its postseason overtime rules. NFL has a new overtime rule for the playoffs ...
From the start of the NFL’s Super Bowl era right up through the 2011 season, the overtime rules were simple, if unbalanced: The team that scored first won the game. Touchdown, field goal, safety ...
The first postseason game to be played under these rules was the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants (the "Greatest Game Ever Played"). In 1974, the NFL adopted sudden-death overtime for regular season and preseason games: if the score is tied after regulation time, one additional period is played.
In 2017, the NFL shortened overtime from 15 minutes to 10 minutes for regular season games with the intent of reducing the risk of injury. [52] [53] Through Week 16 of the 2024 season, a total of 111 regular season games went to overtime under these rules, 7 (6.3%) of which ended in a tie.
The NFL overtime rules, as they are, work just fine. I get it. The final minutes of Chiefs-Bills were amazing. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen combined for 260 passing yards in the fourth quarter ...