Be honest: Do the OT rules to end games need changing?

RobertWeathers · Mar 1, 2019

IcyPatriot said:
What if it's a 38 but they have moobs?

Actually hes only a 30 BMI. Each Super Bowl ring is 1 point on the BMI matrix.

SHOWTIME15 · Mar 1, 2019

The Chiefs next proposal will be to ban offsides.

Pats2000 · Mar 1, 2019

chris_in_sunnyvale said:
Nobody in KC gives a **** if Dee Ford lines up onsides.

Nobody in KC gives a **** if KC stops just one of three 3rd-and-10s in OT.

Regards,
Chris

Nobody also gives a **** that a BS PI call on the Pats handed KC a TD too.

RelocatedPatFan · Mar 1, 2019

SammyBlueCat said:
Our Fan base suffered a long time before entering into the present golden age .

I know SBC, I know. I was there in the late 70s watching the Patriots. Also, why I rarely get miffed by anything the team does and can always maintain a positive outlook on the team. It doesn't get better than it does now and probably never will (for any team in any sport). Such long sustained excellence.

FrodoBagginz · Mar 1, 2019

Andy Reid proposes more timeouts for the game.

"I didn't use any of my timeouts on the final drive because I thought I would need them for our offensive drive after the Pats got a TD. I didn't realize at the time that a TD for the Patriots would end the game. If I had more than 3, or I had known that a touchdown by the Patriots would end the game for us, I most definitely would have called a timeout to rest our D on that drive".

tasmlab · Mar 1, 2019

Maybe there's merit to the proposed change (and maybe not) but it always looks pathetic when the team proposing it JUST lost a big game because of it (ahem, Ravens).

If Reid thought the rule was bad, maybe he could ask a different head coach to bring it up as a favor so he doesn't look like a sore loser.

TBR · Mar 1, 2019

It wouldn't be fair since the Chiefs in a hypothetical OT game would have 4 downs to score. Unless the rule was that they only get as many 4th downs as the Patriots used.

bormio · Mar 1, 2019

TommyBrady12 said:
The Chiefs next proposal will be to ban offsides.

Ban it on the really important plays.

IcyPatriot · Mar 1, 2019

robertweathers said:
My post on Chiefs Planet

Has titty meat seen it yet?

primetime · Mar 1, 2019

Won't happen regardless. Overtime games are already too long and networks can only show a certain number of commercial breaks per half, and they don't get any TV timeouts in overtime. Overtime is basically just giving up other ad revenue elsewhere for them because it delays other programming.

RobertWeathers · Mar 1, 2019

IcyPatriot said:
Has titty meat seen it yet?

LOL. Titty meat? Don't recognize that handle. I havent been there in a few weeks.

QuantumMechanic · Mar 1, 2019

It'll never happen but what I want to see is a return to true sudden death coupled with replacing the coin toss with some variant of a field position/possession auction.

Here's a few ways to do it:

"I cut, you choose" - whichever team won the opening coin toss says where the ball will be placed ("Put the ball on the offense's 15"). The other team then decides if it wants to be offense or defense.
"Name that tune" - A live auction where whoever is willing to take the ball closest to their goal line gets the ball at that spot. Team who won the opening coin toss goes first: "I'll take the ball at our own 30". "Well I'll take it at our own 25." "I'll take it at our own 20". "I'll take it at our own 15". "I'll take it at our own 12." "Ok - your ball at your 12."
"Best and final offer" - Teams each hand an index card to the ref with their field position offer on the card. Whichever team has bid closest to its goal line gets the ball at that spot.

To me this is a great solution. It gets rid of the coin toss to determine possession. If a team feels confident in their offense they can virtually guarantee possession by placing the ball deep in the offense's end. It ends the informational asymmetry of a team knowing it has to play 4-down football if the other team gets a FG first. And it puts coaches on the spot

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But I know it'll never, ever happen.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Mar 1, 2019

Elijah said:
This is a real post by a Chiefs fan. Embarrassing.

For overtime, the quarterbacks should square off in an accuracy contest like at the pro bowl.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Mar 1, 2019

I recently read the perfect solution to overtime. If the game is tied, play just continues until someone scores. You don’t reset field position or have a coin toss. You just continue playing. The end of the fourth quarter possession becomes even more strategic. Either that or the way it is now works for me.

fnordcircle · Mar 1, 2019

I don't mind a scenario where each team is granted a possession in OT. I get the arguments on both sides. Too much valid criticism gets dismissed as sour grapes.

Here's my suggestion - each team gets the ball at the same time at the other team's 45 and both offenses and defenses are out at the same time it would be pure ****ing chaos and mayhem and it would be perfect. If you don't agree you suck **** by choice.

aluminum seats · Mar 1, 2019

Eventually they’ll go to the college rules which are horrible and fake and terrible, but they’re “fair.” Babies.

Brady_to_Moss · Mar 1, 2019

Are they going to also propose having competent defenses for all 32 teams that can actually make a stop on 3rd down?

maust · Mar 1, 2019

RelocatedPatFan said:
I know SBC, I know. I was there in the late 70s watching the Patriots. Also, why I rarely get miffed by anything the team does and can always maintain a positive outlook on the team. It doesn't get better than it does now and probably never will (for any team in any sport). Such long sustained excellence.

You and I remember the late 70's teams very differently, I loved those teams. Now if you were talking late 60's or the early 90's (may you forever rot in hell Victor Kiam) we would be in agreement.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Mar 1, 2019

QuantumMechanic said:
It'll never happen but what I want to see is a return to true sudden death coupled with replacing the coin toss with some variant of a field position/possession auction.

Here's a few ways to do it:

"I cut, you choose" - whichever team won the opening coin toss says where the ball will be placed ("Put the ball on the offense's 15"). The other team then decides if it wants to be offense or defense.

"Name that tune" - A live auction where whoever is willing to take the ball closest to their goal line gets the ball at that spot. Team who won the opening coin toss goes first: "I'll take the ball at our own 30". "Well I'll take it at our own 25." "I'll take it at our own 20". "I'll take it at our own 15". "I'll take it at our own 12." "Ok - your ball at your 12."

"Best and final offer" - Teams each hand an index card to the ref with their field position offer on the card. Whichever team has bid closest to its goal line gets the ball at that spot.

To me this is a great solution. It gets rid of the coin toss to determine possession. If a team feels confident in their offense they can virtually guarantee possession by placing the ball deep in the offense's end. It ends the informational asymmetry of a team knowing it has to play 4-down football if the other team gets a FG first. And it puts coaches on the spot .

But I know it'll never, ever happen.

How about a brain teaser that both teams try to solve the fastest?

Joker · Mar 1, 2019

somebody HAS TO clip Goodell...this is getting preposterous

Be honest: Do the OT rules to end games need changing?

Should both teams get a possession in OT?

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No rules are fine as they are

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