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- The NFL’s Overtime Rule Is Under Attack After a Coin Flip Decided a Classic https://www.wsj.com/articles/chiefs-bills-nfl-overtime-rules-josh-allen-patrick-mahomes-11643042561 2 comments
- [Kollmann] Change your overtime rules @NFL. Stop taking fun away from us. https://twitter.com/brettkollmann/status/1485446193521971206?s=21 4 comments nfl
- [Kollmann] Change your overtime rules NFL. Stop taking fun away from us. https://twitter.com/BrettKollmann/status/1485446193521971206 7 comments nfl
- The NFL's Overtime Rules Are Just Fine https://thebiglead.com/2019/01/21/nfl-overtime-is-good/ 26 comments nfl
- [Twitter] This is what’s wrong with the NFL Today (Fox has to cut away from an overtime game due to NFL Rules) https://twitter.com/sflunaticfringe/status/1051571947476140032?s=21 4 comments nfl
- [ESPN Stats & Info] The last time there were 2 games that ended in a tie during the first 2 weeks of a season was in 1973, the year before the NFL instituted the overtime rule. https://twitter.com/espnstatsinfo/status/1041428912218275840 10 comments nfl
- The NFL has closed a loophole on overtime rules http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/28/nfl-closes-overtime-rule-loophole/ 72 comments nfl
- Should NFL change overtime rules? http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-change-overtime-rules-field-goal-possession-ties-history-chiefs-broncos-112816 9 comments nfl
- Clay Matthews Wants The NFL To Change Its Overtime Rules https://www.yahoo.com/news/clay-matthews-wants-nfl-change-164055890.html 11 comments sports
- The brilliant NFL overtime silent auction system. Name a flaw which is worse than the current rules. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/the-brilliant-nfl-overtime-silent-auction-system?urn=nfl-173840 6 comments reddit.com
- NFL's New Overtime Rule: Making Football Fair Again. http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/08/nfls-new-overtime-rule-making-football-fair-again/61799/ 47 comments nfl
- Audibles: Should the NFL change its overtime rule? http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=307632 12 comments reddit.com
- [Schefter] The first overtime playoff game under the NFL’s new rules: https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1756879604378444011?s=46&t=U3cMdkI_C5XzlWnRYxxzMw 30 comments nfl
- [Schefter] Momentum exists for an NFL overtime rule change, but the 24 required votes are “not easy to get” https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1507438232904077314?s=09&t=TS2rwHYIl6aedXvKHbCpfg 116 comments nfl
- Tennessee Titans’ proposal aims to change NFL overtime rules https://deadspin.com/tennessee-titans-proposal-aims-to-change-nfl-overtime-1848662571 35 comments nfl
- [The Ringer] The NFL’s Overtime Rules Aren’t Fair — but Neither Are the Alternatives https://www.theringer.com/2017/2/6/16042116/nfl-overtime-rules-super-bowl-li-patriots-falcons-62316a6f8e3c 238 comments nfl
- NFL considering changing onside kick and overtime rules https://www.wkrg.com/top-stories/nfl-considering-changing-onside-kick-and-overtime-rules/ 91 comments nfl
- The NFL’s Overtime Rules Aren’t Fair — but Neither Are the Alternatives - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/2017/2/6/16042116/nfl-overtime-rules-super-bowl-li-patriots-falcons-62316a6f8e3c 103 comments nfl
- The first overtime game in NFL history was Steelers @ Broncos, and the first overtime game with the new overtime rules was Steelers @ Broncos https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/5gorgt/the_first_overtime_game_in_nfl_history_was/ 34 comments nfl
- NFL overtime rule change approved by owners http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5022064 7 comments sports
- ESPN: NFL Considering Changing Overtime Rules For Playoffs http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4953182 8 comments sports
- [NFL Memes] The NFL changed the overtime rules because of Josh Allen. He’s 0-5 in OT since. https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1728951885279994367?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet 101 comments nfl
- With all the recent updates to the NFL Overtime Rules, how would you change/update NFL Overtime? http://www.sbnation.com/2017/5/23/15674886/nfl-owners-vote-overtime-rules 35 comments nfl
- NFL overtime history: Revisiting the 11 playoff games that have gone to OT since 2010 rule change https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-overtime-playoff-games-history/v2ac7w5vi1xr1ufwe68uu37d8 22 comments nfl
- [Brandt] We've seen this movie in NFL before. In heat of moment there is outrage, talk of changing replay, overtime rules. Then Competition Committee meets in March, their conference room steps away from a beach, and asks "So what was that controversy all about again?" https://twitter.com/andrewbrandt/status/1087702522167468034 368 comments nfl
- [NFL Football Operations] The @NFL overtime rules for postseason games were updated in 2022 to allow each team an opportunity to possess the ball. https://twitter.com/NFLFootballOps/status/1756866973739471155 2 comments nfl
- [Adam Schefter on Twitter] Here’s what the NFL’s new OT rule is trying to guard against: Over the past decade, teams that won the overtime coin flip in the postseason were 10-2, including seven of those 10 wins coming on the opening possession. https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1508851255430549510?s=21&t=RFPVyT-cTQ5D2gVvJ-lUHg 260 comments nfl
- [Rapoport] On a NFL competition committee call with chairman Rich McKay and others. McKay says there is a lot of momentum for changing overtime rules. It’s more, which of the two proposals? And can they get 24 votes on the first crack? Possible, but a challenge. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1507371861893603335 44 comments nfl
- Including the postseason there have been 163 overtime games under the current NFL overtime rules: teams that won the coin toss have a record of 86-67-10 (52.8%). There have been 11 overtime playoff game under the new rules. Teams that won the coin toss have a record of 10-1 https://sportsnaut.com/nfl-overtime-rules/ 3 comments nfl
- [Pelissero] One NFL head coach offered a prediction about the new modified overtime rule for postseason only: Many teams that get the ball first and score a touchdown will go for 2, rather than allowing the second team to do it and end the game. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1508845469052678148 110 comments nfl
- [Pelissero] NFL owners approved a modified overtime rule for postseason only, ensuring both teams get a possession, per source. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1508843332977446926 1630 comments nfl
- [CBS Sports] Wild NFL rule change could be coming to overtime games if owners vote through Ravens' proposal, per report https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/wild-nfl-rule-change-could-be-coming-to-overtime-games-if-owners-vote-through-ravens-proposal-per-report/ 86 comments nfl
- [Quirky Research] On this date in 1955, the Rams won the first-ever NFL overtime on a touchdown run from the 98-yard line. (The exhibition game, played in Portland, Oregon, featured two experimental rules: sudden-death overtime and yard lines numbered 0-100 rather than the usual 0-50-0.) https://twitter.com/quirkyresearch/status/1299331098942545920?s=21 17 comments nfl