NFL OT Rules are a bit Wonky

HKPackFan · Post #1 » by **HKPackFan** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:32 am

I'm not trying to be sour grapes, but I'm just thinking in general about OT rules in the NFL. I think they are the most unique in sports, and kinda don't make any sense.

If you score of FG, the other team gets a shot on offense....If you score a TD, the other team does not get a shot on offense...Huh?

So in Soccer in OT you play an extra period 30 minutes, and if no winner 5 penalty kicks for each team.
NBA you play 5 minute periods indefinitely. Both teams get plenty of chances.
Baseball you go to extra innings, and both teams get their full chance during each inning and it goes on indefinitely until someone wins an inning.
Some Hockey leagues have extra period and a shootout, but I think NHL is straight up sudden death in OT for post season(I don't follow).

Hockey though I think the puck is a face-off so neither team gets on offense first.

It's tough to compare sports, but just looking in general, it seems every team has a shot at playing offense and defense. It seems like NFL football is the only team sport where you may not get a chance to play offense.

I'm sure the entire NFL football watching planet would have loved to see Aaron Rodgers get another shot at a tying football drive and then possibly a winning drive. They just put up a tying FG drive with a minute to play, I'd love to have seen the MVP take the game back in OT. You could see it on his face, I've never seen Rodgers look like that. You know he was dying inside to get one shot at taking the game back.

I'm just saying wouldn't it have been great football and drama to see Rodgers try to tie things up? Get a chance in OT to make it happen. But because of weird NFL rules, if you lose the coin toss and give up the wrong type of points 6 vs 3, then your offense doesn't get a chance.

It's just kinda weird when comparing to other sports. They pretty much let both team's offense have a turn. I can't even compare it to anything else...If your nba team gets a 3 instead of 2, you go home, no more OT. That's not a good comparison, but it's weird.

BUCKnation · Post #2 » by **BUCKnation** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:37 am

Yeah, they are pretty bad. It should just be a full 15 minute quarter and whoever has the highest score wins. If it goes further than that continue, maybe use 7-10 minute periods after.

trwi7 · Post #3 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:38 am

I think both teams should get the ball because it could still come down to luck of the flip. I do like the college football OT better in terms of style, I would just move them back and start at their own 40 so they're not in FG range to start a drive.

But this game shouldn't have gone to OT anyways and I'm sure we'd be ecstatic if we won the toss and scored on the first drive. The only solace I can take in that is our offense wasn't going to score a TD to match Seattle. Not with the way they were playing.

HKPackFan · Post #4 » by **HKPackFan** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:48 am

trwi7 wrote:I think both teams should get the ball because it could still come down to luck of the flip. I do like the college football OT better in terms of style, I would just move them back and start at their own 40 so they're not in FG range to start a drive.

But this game shouldn't have gone to OT anyways and I'm sure we'd be ecstatic if we won the toss and scored on the first drive. The only solace I can take in that is our offense wasn't going to score a TD to match Seattle. Not with the way they were playing.

Of course that is true. It should not have gotten to OT. We lost the game before OT started. Our Defense was dead. They checked out at the 55 minute mark. They were probably looking around for the box full of NFC Championship hats, the packers have done a good job on several 4 minute offense drives to kill games this season, including LAST WEEK, so I think the Defense checked out mentally and couldn't get back in the game.

Not sure if we score, he threw 1 TD all game, but would have liked to have had the chance. Rodgers looked loose and fluid on that tying FG I think he could have done something more.

The college rules are better, any rules are better than this weird FG OK play, TD go home rule.

MrPerfect1 · Post #5 » by **MrPerfect1** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:08 am

I prefer the rules how they used to be, if the D cannot stop the other team 1 time then they do not deserve to win (much less letting them march easily 90 yards down the field for a TD)

drew881 · Post #6 » by **drew881** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:24 am

I like college rules and don't get why the NFL won't adopt them. It is definitely the most entertaining of any proposed rules, and it still requires a strong team in all three facets of offense, defense, and special teams. Most importantly, it all but removes the coin flip.

HurricaneKid · Post #7 » by **HurricaneKid** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:12 pm

MrPerfect1 wrote:I prefer the rules how they used to be, if the D cannot stop the other team 1 time then they do not deserve to win (much less letting them march easily 90 yards down the field for a TD)

Well that was a dumb way. And the winner of the coin toss won 60% of the games. Which means in the closest and best games of the year the team that calls a coin flip correctly is 50% more likely to win than the other team. That coin flip was worth the same as ~2 turnovers over the course of the game.

The new rules are simply trying to create a level playing field. So that losing the coin flip doesn't inherently put you behind the 8 ball.

FAH1223 · Post #8 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:18 pm

I like sudden death. If you give up a TD, you're done.