NFL’s new postseason overtime rule means games don’t end with a TD on first possession

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In last year’s playoffs, the Bills and Chiefs played one of the greatest games in NFL history, but one that left many fans feeling unfulfilled: The Chiefs received the kickoff in overtime and went into the game in the opening. It ended by scoring the winning touchdown. possession. Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who had a great game, didn’t touch the ball once in overtime.

That won’t be the case this year. The NFL changed its offseason playoffs rule overtime so that postseason games no longer end on touchdowns on his possession in the opening overtime.

If a team scores a touchdown on the first possession of overtime, they line up to kick an extra point or attempt a two-point conversion. That team then kicks off and the other team gets a chance to score a touchdown. If that team scores a touchdown, they line up for an extra point or their own two-point conversion for him. The game may end at that point. For example, if the first team kicks an extra point, the second team can attempt his 2-point conversion attempt to end the game. However, if the score is still tied after both teams’ touchdowns, at which point the team that scored his second touchdown kicks off again, from which sudden death his overtime.

New rules can lead to some new strategies. Some coaches may actually prefer to start overtime because they want to know what the other team did when they received the ball and if they should play. Hmm. You can settle for a touchdown or for a field goal. Some coaches might be positive about him scoring two after a touchdown.

There is one scenario in which neither team wins possession in overtime.When a team kicks off
To start overtime, a safety is scored on the receiving team’s first possession. The team that kicks off is the winner without possession of the ball. For example, if on kickoff his returner is tackled deep in his own territory and on the next play the quarterback is sacked in his own end his zone, that safety ends the game.

Unlike the 10-minute regular season overtime, playoff overtime is essentially the start of a new game. If he has no winner in two periods of 15 minutes, there will be no half-time break between periods, but another kick-off will be taken to start the third extra period. Never in NFL history has a game ever needed to go into third overtime.