Competition proposes Shortening OT by 5 min..

[lurker1965]

Shortening it by 5 minutes is nothing though.. That's what, 15min of real time.. You think that really makes that much of a difference?

A player injured with 4:59 left would tell you what difference it makes.

Sudden death. 3-down drives. XFL scramble to decide possession.

Y'all are welcome.

So CFL and XFL. OK, can a rouge win it?

Terrible change, we need less ties not more.

More ties, gross.

More ties in the regular season upsets you? Some of us can do, you know, fractions. We will tell you how the "not loss but not win" affects playoff scenarios.

 

[lurker1965]

Well it's an overtime quarter. There certainly is no reason it should have a different length.

Um, quarter means 1/4. The 5th one is already weird and is technically not a "quarter."

 

[pdangle]

I hate it at first blush, but upon further thought, what percentage of games were decided in minutes 10-15? In other words, if a game isn't won in the first 10 min, is it most likely is going to end a tie anyway?

 

[Clonamery]

IMHO, Color Rush has been one of the biggest flops for a marketing idea for the NFL..

Two worse ideas from a marketing standpoint:
1. Integrity (branding the word as if they invented the word)
2. Prosecuting a Star Player....because of (see worse marketing idea #1) only to show that the NFL has no (see worse marketing idea #1) through 2 years of court appearances and faux investigation.

 

[Tunescribe]

But reading this thread, it seems that I'm in the minority and most fans utterly loathe ties. If that's the case then sure, shortening OT would be a mistake.

Yes, ties are best avoided -- that's why they instituted overtime. The longer overtime goes, the better chances are for the tie to be broken. Shortening OT by five minutes seems arbitrary and odd.

 

[PrairiePat]

More ties. Ick. Is -anyone- pleased with a tie after a 3+ hour game? No, I didn't think so. This isn't the NHL where there are 80 games. Play until someone wins.

 

[aluminum seats]

Why even start with the assumption that an OT should equal a full period? In the NBA and the NHL overtime is just 5 minutes. In college football overtime is based on possessions, not time. Plus the scoring rules mean that NFL overtime is already very different from a regular quarter of football.

Well, it's sudden death unless the first team scores a FG. Not really so different.

But I agree it doesn't have to be a quarter. And ties don't really bother me. I think they're kind of funny, nobody knows how to act.

 

[New England Pride]

I actually like it, despite the dog **** reasoning. If the team that has the ball first drives for 5+ minutes and kicks a field goal, time is a factor on the next possession.
There are other ways of eliminating ties, the league just hasn't sacked up and made THOSE changes yet.

 

[jmt57]

I can already hear the whining when a team has only 90 seconds to score after the opponent took the OT kickoff and held the ball for 8½ minutes before settling for a short field goal.

Which will result in yet another rule change because of Integrity.

 

[Arialgg]

More ties, gross.

I throughly enjoy ties when they happen to teams I don't like... There is just something so humiliating for both teams when they walk off with a tie. I thought it was great when both Bungles & Hawks had tie games last year.

 

[doesntmatter1]

I like the idea of more ties. Year in year out we see playoff scenarios that so and so can get in if a tie happens etc and I would like to see some of these random things play out.

 

[Observer]

Just don't have overtime. Give both teams a loss on their record. Also replace the game
with viagra commercials.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

Their reasoning behind it is certainly shaky, but I'm not sure it's a bad idea on its own. Is there any particular reason OT should be the same length as a quarter?

There were 83 OT games in the last 5 seasons, and 5 ended in a tie. 22 of the remaining 78 games were tied after 10 minutes so there's a good chance of a lot more ties. Instead of averaging one a season, it might be 4 or 5.

Obviously the rule change would impact coaching decisions and maybe we don't end up with as many ties. Unless McNabb is making a comeback.

If the goal is to reduce wear and tear, they should eliminate OT entirely. If the goal is to eliminate ties, they should probably keep it the same. But as usual, the NFL is making some weird adjustment based on flukey "logic" that won't really accomplish much of what it is trying to do.

 

[Tony2046]

If they wanted to reduce the hardship on a team they would give each team two bye weeks and using one of them before a TNF game.

Five minutes isn't going to do diddly squat.

And ties suck. (Yes I've changed my opinion) Each game in the NFL has at least 4 times more value than any other sport.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

If they wanted to reduce the hardship on a team they would give each team two bye weeks and using one of them before a TNF game.

Five minutes isn't going to do diddly squat.

And ties suck. (Yes I've changed my opinion) Each game in the NFL has at least 4 times more value than any other sport.

I like the idea of a second bye anyways, but would propose it be after the Thursday game.

If you play Sunday afternoon, you have over 4 days (Thursday being a night game) of recovery. But to play the Sunday after, that's barely beyond 48 hours.

 

[Tony2046]

I like the idea of a second bye anyways, but would propose it be after the Thursday game.

If you play Sunday afternoon, you have over 4 days (Thursday being a night game) of recovery. But to play the Sunday after, that's barely beyond 48 hours.

TNF games are the first games of the week. So currently a team that plays a TNF game has 10 days until its next game. A bye week before the TNF game would give a team an additional ten days of rest. You would have a whole different TNF game imo. Rested players and teams that have had enough time to prepare for the game regardless if they have to travel or not.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

TNF games are the first games of the week. So currently a team that plays a TNF game has 10 days until its next game. A bye week before the TNF game would give a team an additional ten days of rest. You would have a whole different TNF game imo. Rested players and teams that have had enough time to prepare for the game regardless if they have to travel or not.

Duh. I'm an idiot. Sorry, not awake yet.

 

[mb6592]

Shortening it by 5 minutes is nothing though.. That's what, 15min of real time.. You think that really makes that much of a difference?

Maybe not, but it feels good

 

[DaBruinz]

Why even start with the assumption that an OT should equal a full period? In the NBA and the NHL overtime is just 5 minutes. In college football overtime is based on possessions, not time. Plus the scoring rules mean that NFL overtime is already very different from a regular quarter of football.

The NHL wasn't always just a 5 min OT. That is only a recent change. In fact, OT in hockey is completely different than a regular period in that they go to 1 less man on the ice and it's sudden death.. If it's tied after that, they have a shoot out similar to soccer.. And that takes more than 5 minutes to complete..

 

[SuperStang83]

This is just a rule change for the sake of changing something. Games rarely see this time frame and it's a joke in the name of pseudo-safety.