nfl overtime rule change

Wow, so a team that took the overtime kickoff and then drove 98 yards in 18 plays in 12:00 elapsed time to score a TD wouldn't "deserve to win?"

Jesus. The more of this stuff I read, the better my "Win-By-17" rule looks.

 

Agreed, and you and I almost never agree on anything football-related.

The NFL's overtime is ideal the way it is. It should not be changed.

 

I don't know if those changes are feasible, but I agree with you that the improvement in kicking accuracy has made the game less enjoyable to watch. Too many possessions where teams are just conservatively trying to position themselves for their old reliable 160 lb kicker instead of taking risks and going for the end zone with real football players.

And why even have the extra point nowadays? It's just become a meaningless wasted play ritual. If there's no realistic suspense over the outcome of the play then there's no reason to have it. The game would be better if kickers weren't so damn good nowadays.

 

the hardest thing about implementing any of these rules changes would be to change the width of the goalposts, which would present a minor headache for high school teams, but would be trivial for everybody else.

My proposed change for the placekicking rules would change the extra-point kick from virtually automatic to merely highly-likely, a very important distinction in reducing the frequency of tie games and also making the go-for-2 option slightly more attractive for coaches.

 

Way to cherry pick my post there, starman. I'm saying that if you are going to insist that both teams get the ball once, that should be the case no matter how the team that gets the ball first scores.

Scroll up. There are some good examples of scenarios that could be problematic for the new proposal as it is.

 

i'm in the LEAVE. IT. THE. EFF. ALONE. group.

for all the scenarios already listed by my wise SportsJournalists.com brethren, the current system is the best. all the others make my head hurt -- and are sure to leave too many owners/coaches/gm's feeling the same. i'd be shocked -- SHOCKED!! -- if this changes. 8)

 

High school goalposts are already wider than college/NFL. What the NFL could do is adopted the wider hashmarks used in college, which creates more awkward kicking angles and increases the chance of missing.

 

Problem with that is that as much speed as there is int the NFL, wider hash marks would all but eliminate plays to the weak side.

 

Well that factor is relatively trivial and really only comes into play inside about 30 yards. If they went back to the OLD hashmarks it would have a major effect, but even the college hashmarks are much closer together than they were 20-30 years ago.

Narrowing the posts by 23 percent, and mandating that all FG attempts must be lengthened by 3 yards (which the 10-yard rule would do) would have a much more significant effect on FG accuracy.

 

So if the NFL is the great game so many of you claim it is, why do you all want to fuck with it success?

 

That's the same chorus I remember hearing opponents of the three point line and clock shot say when those features were put in college basketball in the 80s. Think anybody wants to remove those parts of the game today?

Just because it's good doesn't mean it can't be made a bit better.

 

Maybe NFL fans are smart enough to realize the game can be improved. It's a concept some of the baseball fans on this site can't seem to grasp about their sport.