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NFL Tie Breakers

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Alcott

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I will just say the NFL moved in the right direction by not letting the first team that gets the ball win by a kicking a field goal. But I think that even if the first team to possess the ball scores a touchdown, the other team should still get one chance to match or exceed/win by those points before it's Sudden Death.

And there is still a question I have not found in the current rules. If the first team to possess the ball takes a long drive and kicks a field goal as time runs out in the 10 minute overtime period, does the other team still get a possession or not? Which rule takes precedence?-- that the other team must be allowed a possession if the first team kicks a field goal, or that there is a 10 minutes limit to the overtime period?
 
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OnlyaSinner

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Alcott said:
I will just say the NFL moved in the right direction by not letting the first team that gets the ball win by a kicking a field goal. But I think that even if the first team to possess the ball scores a touchdown, the other team should still get one chance to match or exceed/win by those points before it's Sudden Death.

And there is still a question I have not found in the current rules. If the first team to possess the ball takes a long drive and kicks a field goal as time runs out in the 10 minute overtime period, does the other team still get a possession or not? Which rule takes precedence?-- that the other team must be allowed a possession if the first team kicks a field goal, or that there is a 10 minutes limit to the overtime period?
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Interesting question, though I suspect that the NFL has addressed it, whether by awarding an untimed possession to team 2 or (more likely, IMO) deciding that if team 2 can't get their defense off the field for 10 minutes they deserve to lose.
 
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777

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Salty said:
Maybe we should just go back to tie games!
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that's what I'm thinking but won't work for the playoffs. Just saw the Bengals upset the Titans, thought that game was going into overtime.
Can't stand how college football handles overtime - think the NFL should make them play a full quarter until a tie is broken in a playoff game to take the luck of the toss factor out.
 
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