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re: NFL Overtime Scenario: Opening with an onside kick, Can recov. team win w/ FG?

Posted on 10/17/16 at 1:21 pm to
Posted by Rand AlThor
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 1:21 pm to
I thought you couldn't open OT with an onside kick?
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
48425 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 1:39 pm to
It would just be suicide to do so because there is no advantage. If you recover an onside kick, it is not sudden death as the other team never had possession. Therefore, you risk giving up a short field, and thus greatly lose a lot of odds of winning.
Posted by DrEdgeLSU
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2006
8191 posts
Posted on 10/17/16 at 3:16 pm to
Huh?

It's a free kick. The ball is live for any player on either team once it crosses 10 yards. How would you enforce a rule like "no onside kicks to start OT" if the kicking team could theoretically recover the kick 50 yards down the field?
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