NFL Competition Committee not changing overtime

[Deus Irae]

There will be no change in the overtime format:

Competition Committee decides there will be no change to NFL overtime rules - ESPN

2 other items of note in the column

the committee recommended a reseeding proposal for the draft order in future years. Under the proposal, the 20 teams that didn't make the playoffs would be seeded based on their record as it is currently formatted. The change would involve teams making the playoffs. Those playoffs teams would be seeded in slots 21 through 32 and but they would drop in the positions based on how long they last in the playoffs.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have proposed a reseeding change in the playoffs that would reward non-division winners with better records a higher playoff seed than division winners with worse records.

 

[rsd]

There will be no change in the overtime format:

Competition Committee decides there will be no change to NFL overtime rules - ESPN

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Of course they address the draft order after the Patriots screwed by it

I don't get how they came up with this originally since it is counter intuitive towards the whole playoff seeding system.

 

[Pats726]

No surprise at all...It stinks..it has and it will continue to..some things in the NFL stink and these that are stuck there are in a rut so...why would anyone expect a change??

 

[BelichickFan]

Of course they address the draft order after the Patriots screwed by it

The wrong order helps us a lot in the second round as we have SD #2, I'm not sure we're getting screwed as much as SD is getting helped.

I don't get how they came up with this originally since it is counter intuitive towards the whole playoff seeding system.

It's actually intuitive because the draft is supposed to help lesser teams and a worse record should indicate a lesser team. It's the way playoff teams are picked that is counter intuitive.

 

[Sicilian]

No surprise at all...It stinks..it has and it will continue to..some things in the NFL stink and these that are stuck there are in a rut so...why would anyone expect a change??

There's only one way it will change. When the Patriots win the toss in the Super Bowl and win on a Gostkowski field goal on the opening drive of OT.

If Polian survives the stroke he'll have, it'll be changed on the first day of the offseason.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

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It's the way playoff teams are picked that is counter intuitive.

Yeah, that's probably right. A 1--6 seeding is logical, but I don't think the League will give up the Divsional "competition" in our lifetimes.

 

[BelichickFan]

Yeah, that's probably right. A 1--6 seeding is logical, but I don't think the League will give up the Divsional "competition" in our lifetimes.

And I'm not saying it should - if you have divisions they have to mean something - but it's not intuitive to supposedly get the top 6 from each conference in and then guarantee admittance based on being the best of four arbitrarily picked teams.

 

[Sicilian]

And I'm not saying it should - if you have divisions they have to mean something - but it's not intuitive to supposedly get the top 6 from each conference in and then guarantee admittance based on being the best of four arbitrarily picked teams.

I'm saying it should. Divisions are outdated, from a time when traveling outside of your region constantly wasn't practical, so they weighted schedules to favor local teams.

Some say rivalries are born from divisions, and that's true. But sometimes the best rivalries come from non-divisional opponents. Look at Celtics-Lakers, or Pats-Colts.

 

[Deus Irae]

I'm saying it should. Divisions are outdated, from a time when traveling outside of your region constantly wasn't practical, so they weighted schedules to favor local teams.

Some say rivalries are born from divisions, and that's true. But sometimes the best rivalries come from non-divisional opponents. Look at Celtics-Lakers, or Pats-Colts.

Pats-Colts are born of constantly battling in the playoffs AND regular season. That goes away if you eliminate divisions.

 

[BradyFixesEverything]

There's only one way it will change. When the Patriots win the toss in the Super Bowl and win on a Gostkowski field goal on the opening drive of OT.

If Polian survives the stroke he'll have, it'll be changed on the first day of the offseason.

That is awesome hahah.

The rule has to change though. Dungy is an idiot.

Belichick has the best idea: Make a shorter non-sudden death period. Let's say it's 7-10 minutes, with 4th quarter rules. If you have a drive that lasts 9 minutes, then the other team still has a chance to come back. Clock management and timeouts actually matter this way. This is the only non-controversial solution in that it does not change the rules of football. Field goals can win the game, so can goal line stands, and everything else that happens in the first 4 quarters. The 4th quarter is the most exciting quarter in any close game. Why not extend that excitement some more?

 

[jmt57]

There's only one way it will change. When the Patriots win the toss in the AFCCG and win on a Gostkowski field goal on the opening drive of OT against the Colts.

If Polian survives the stroke he'll have, it'll be changed on the first day of the offseason.

Fixed it for you.

 

[makoute]

There will be no change in the overtime format:

Competition Committee decides there will be no change to NFL overtime rules - ESPN

2 other items of note in the column

It's about time they did something with the draft thing, I've always felt it made no sense to screw a team twice. They should either have team make the playoff according to wins or change the draft format. I won't have any problems if they change the draft format.

 

[GostkowSKI]

Probably the best idea I've ever heard for the overtime format that I can't see a downside to is first team to 6 points wins.

Anyone see a problem with that format?

 

[Deus Irae]

Probably the best idea I've ever heard for the overtime format that I can't see a downside to is first team to 6 points wins.

Anyone see a problem with that format?

Yes






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[jmt57]

Probably the best idea I've ever heard for the overtime format that I can't see a downside to is first team to 6 points wins.

Anyone see a problem with that format?

For some teams that might take another 25 minutes, and the TV networks aren't going to like that.

 

[Sicilian]

For some teams that might take another 25 minutes, and the TV networks aren't going to like that.

That's the thing. If the weather is bad enough, you might be going into OT with only six points COMBINED between the teams.

I like, give each team one possession, after that, sudden death. The simpler the better without relying on a coin flip.

 

[captain stone]

It's about damn time that the criminally inequitable draft rules be changed, so that all the teams who did not make the POs should draft ahead of all the teams who did make the POs. Then, as each round of the POs is complete, the teams who lose should draft ahead of those who win.

As for the OT, I prefer either Belichick's mini-4th quarter, or one possession each, then sudden death.

 

[Snake Eyes]

Probably the best idea I've ever heard for the overtime format that I can't see a downside to is first team to 6 points wins

I think it'd be great. Overtime doesn't usually last long, a team gets in range for a field goal and that's it. A long overtime could happen but it would be phenomenally exciting and networks could probably charge sponsors big money to advertise during OT.

Also, a very long overtime can happen under the current rules, given that the 6pt idea isn't so radical.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

And I'm not saying it should - if you have divisions they have to mean something - but it's not intuitive to supposedly get the top 6 from each conference in and then guarantee admittance based on being the best of four arbitrarily picked teams.

agreed, but what can be done.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Probably the best idea I've ever heard for the overtime format that I can't see a downside to is first team to 6 points wins.

Anyone see a problem with that format?

yeah. aside from the time problems that others have pointed out, it arbitrarily changes the nature of the game by setting an artificial hurdle for winning. no longer is the team that scores more points the winner, but rather the team that scores those points in a certain way (one td, two fg's, three safety's or some combination thereof). that's some other game, but no longer American Football.

It seems to me that the logical thing to do is either keep the current system for the regular season (whoever scores first wins, and good luck with the coin toss) or play a full 15 minute extra period with the team that is ahead at the end the winner and a tie declared if the score is still even. the problem with the latter is that it would screw up the tv schedule with first games running well over into second games on sunday afternoon.