re: Here's how you fix overtime

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I don't like penalty kicks deciding it.

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Man I’d be on the edge of my seat watching a shoot out between place kickers.

Start with 45 yard kick. Then keep moving back by 2 or 3 yards until one kicker misses.

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The reality of it is that most these OT games do see both teams get the ball.

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And just as in any other facet of the game, if you don’t make the necessary plays to win…in this case making plays to keep the other team from scoring a TD…then you lose.

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This doesn't change the fact of how big of an advantage it is to win a coin toss, and there is a really simple way to make that less advantageous.

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That's really not a good example because at the time of that coin toss at start of game, you have no idea which half will have more possessions, so in the moment there is no advantage.

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But the point is that the outcome can still be skewed by the any given coin flip giving a team an advantage at some point…it’s part of the game. There’s no way to start trying to interject complete equity in the game.

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There’s no way to start trying to interject complete equity in the game.

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I know that, but that doesn't mean when you can make a very simple change that would make a coin toss much less advantageous at the time of the toss, it would seem logical you'd want to do that IMO.

I think everyone is over complicating this. The easy solution is both teams get a possession then sudden death. I saw an argument that this still gives the team that won the toss an advantage, but does it?

In this scenario, Chiefs win the toss, go down for a TD and kick the PAT. Bills get the ball, also score a TD. Now they get to make a choice: kick a PAT and try to play defense against an offense that’s shredding them, or go for 2 to win the game. 2 pt attempts convert at 48%, so the coin flip winner still gets a slight advantage for having won.

This opens up so many possibilities for drama. Do the chiefs go for 2 after their first touchdown to put pressure on the Bills? Or do they kick the PAT knowing they get a chance to stop them on defense, and even if they don’t they still have a 52% chance to win the game? If the Chiefs score a FG instead, do the bills decide on a 4th and 2 from their own 30 to go for the first, knowing that converting a field goal puts them in a sudden death situation?

I like this scenario because both teams have agency, but the winner of the coin flip still has the advantage. The key is to minimize that advantage while keeping a normal game flow.

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Here's how you fix overtime

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Start with the kickoff. Equal possessions from there. Done

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But even if the Bills get a possession and score a TD to tie it, is it not still an advantage to KC because they won the toss? If they score after the Bills and that’s it, they got a extra possession

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Yea, but again, see the wording of my argument. It's about making the coin toss less advantageous. KC would still have the advantage but it would be much less than the current rules.


And separate from the overall discussion, I'm sure if Buffalo scored a TD they would then go for 2, which further speaks to the added entertainment value. I see no chance Buffalo would put the game in the hands of their defense there and not the offense.

But back to that point, Buffalo can essentially lessen the KC coin toss advantage even more so by going for 2.

Personally, I like one of the following two options:

1.) Just play another 15 minute quarter. Same rules, 2 minute warning. No sudden death.

2.) If the team who wins the coin toss scores a TD on their first possession and want to finish the game off, they have to also get a 2pt conversion. Kicking the XP lets the other team have one possession in a sudden death situation.

Both coaches face off in one round of Wheel Of Fortune.

College style but start at the 30 and move it back in each successive OT period. That’s the playoff rule.

Regular season, play another 10 minutes and that’s it. If it’s tied it’s tied.