Educate me on these OT rules

Yes

- Yes. No ties in the postseason.
- both teams get a chance to posses unless the defense scores.
- after both teams posses, next score wins.
- each team gets 3 timeouts every two OTs.

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And if both teams score TD on their first drives, next team that score wins?

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Yes. After each team has had a chance to posses the ball, then the next score wins.

Yeah I’m not understanding how the clock plays into this OT

Of the period ends and KC has the ball but hasn’t scored, is it over?

My question is - what happens at end of OT 1? Does the occurring drive, at end of OT1 continue? Or is OT 2, a hard reset, like OT 1?

Clock is timestamp for score summaries, stats, breaks.

Clock in reg season is needed due to tie capability

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I’m probably being dumb, but what’s the point of the clock?

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I thought about this too; but it’s for the teams to switch directions after the quarter. Doesn’t matter much in a dome, but if it’s an outdoor game, a specific direction could have a larger effect on the game.

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If SF still has the ball and time expires, do they add on another 15 min?

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Only if the game is tied.

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Only if the game is tied

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That’s what I’m confused by. I don’t think this is the case, at least how they played at the end there

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I was a little confused about what they were doing with the clock there, myself.