NFL - Thank God! No more sudden death.

[G_Thang]

I've heard Packer fans complain about a facemask on the play where Rodgers coughs up the ball., allowing Dansby to score the game-winning TD.

nope...there is no legacy, greatness, mega-ratings or story in that game.  who cares?  try elway winning his first superbowl with an obvious clip which sprung Terrell Davis for the winning score, 28-21.  refs turned ahead big time on that one.  FIX.

   

[Hulkotron]

Bullshit.  What they need to do is play one more 10 minute quarter. These overpaid fucks should shut their mouths and play.  Letting a kicker nail a 50 yarder is a lame way to lose in OT.

This is 100% correct.  The new system is better than the old one at least, but I don't know why they can't just keep playing the game the same exact way for a little longer, like every other major sport.

[K-1]

No, they didn't! It ain't the Saints fault that the Vikings can't play DEFENSE.

Apparently, some folks have a short memory. Did you forget that just two weeks prior, the Packer-Cardinals game went into overtime?

The Packers won the toss; BUT THEY LOST THE GAME. Why?

Despite giving up points, left and right, when it came crunch time, the Cardinals' DEFENSE stripped Rodgers of the ball and scored....GAME OVER!!!

If you lose the toss, PLAY DEFENSE!!!

This rule change is STUPID!! Why is it that people can't play football, anymore?

THIS!

[Hulkotron]

Personally, I think this is all about the NFL's lovefest with Brett Favre. Had this happened to any other QB, we'd hear nary a peep about changing the rule.

Funny how nobody complains about sudden-death OT, when their teams WIN in such a format.

MCWAY you are exactly the kind of "durrrr then play defense urf urf urf" idiot that I'm talking about.  The NFL did not change their rules because of BRETT FAVRE BRETT FAVRE BRETT FAVRE and Vikings fan sour grapes.  I am not a MN fan by the way, I just hate sudden death in football.  They changed it because sudden death is a terrible system that completely changes the dynamics of the game.  30% of the time the team that loses the toss doesn't even get to possess the ball in overtime and you get great games like NO-MN decided by the toss-winning team driving 50 yards and kicking.  If you don't see a problem there then I don't know what to tell you.

Ideally they would just play another 5 or 10 minutes or whatever and I don't see why this cannot be done, but the new system is an improvement at least.

THIS!

Saints defense played great in OT, pitched a shutout!

[Earl1972]

The NFL finally changed their overtime rules for the playoffs.  No more sudden death.

The Vikings got buttfucked by sudden death this recent post-season.

actually your overrated attention whore qb threw another int in another critical time in the game

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[Hulkotron]

actually your overrated attention whore qb threw another int in another critical time in the game

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I'm not a Vikings fan you moron.  Go back to sniffing Kevin Levrone's testicles.

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[Earl1972]

I'm not a Vikings fan you moron.  Go back to sniffing Kevin Levrone's testicles.

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well i guess i assumed you were, i thought only they would be dumb enough to think that they got "butt fucked" but i guess i underestimated your stupidity

carry on now

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[MCWAY]

MCWAY you are exactly the kind of "durrrr then play defense urf urf urf" idiot that I'm talking about.  The NFL did not change their rules because of BRETT FAVRE BRETT FAVRE BRETT FAVRE and Vikings fan sour grapes.  I am not a MN fan by the way, I just hate sudden death in football.  They changed it because sudden death is a terrible system that completely changes the dynamics of the game.  30% of the time the team that loses the toss doesn't even get to possess the ball in overtime and you get great games like NO-MN decided by the toss-winning team driving 50 yards and kicking.  If you don't see a problem there then I don't know what to tell you.

And, you are exactly the king of amensia-stricken poster, which I described earlier. The 70% stat refers to the number of OT games that end in a FG.

The actual stats ARE: From 1974 to 2009, there have been 445 games. 240 have been won by the team winning the toss (54%); 188 have been won by the team losing the toss (42%) and 17 have ended in a tie (4%).

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/18/NFL_2010_Overtime_Game_Summary_19742009_NFL_Statistics/



You forgot that JUST TWO WEEKS PRIOR, we had the Packers-Cardinals game. Losing the toss didn't keep the  Cardinals from winning. And that game had EVEN MORE OFFENSE than the NFC title game did.

Guess what!! When crunch time hit, the Cardinals DEFENSE made the play, stripped Rodgers of the ball, scored on defense and won.

And you also DUCKED the fact that, this past season, it went 54-46 as far as teams winning the toss on OT going on to win the game. If that weren't enough, of those that won the coin toss, several DID NOT WIN on the first possession.

Ideally they would just play another 5 or 10 minutes or whatever and I don't see why this cannot be done, but the new system is an improvement at least.

Saints defense played great in OT, pitched a shutout!

This isn't an improvement at all. Nothing puts more pressure on the game than knowing that it's really do-or-die.

If your team's sorry defense can't make the save, TOO BAD!!!

The Cardinals defense got shredded all game long in the Wildcard round.....BUT it managed to get the win, when it mattered most.

[MCWAY]

Of the 445 games played in OT (with sudden-death rules) 310 had each team possess the bal at least one.....THAT'S SEVENTY (70) PERCENT OF THE TIME!

Only 135 times (or 30%) did the team winning the toss score on the first possession.

In the 2009 season, there were 13 OT games: 6 of those were won by the team THAT LOST THE COIN FLIP. And 2 were won by the team that won the toss BUT DIDN'T SCORE on the first possession.

[240 is Back]

stats aside.... if ONE great super bowel is weakened by a few short passes and a chip shot field goal, it would suck.

this is a good rule.  Field goals suck, anyway.  They should just end them, and make the teams go for the TD every time.

[MCWAY]

stats aside.... if ONE great super bowel is weakened by a few short passes and a chip shot field goal, it would suck.

this is a good rule.  Field goals suck, anyway.  They should just end them, and make the teams go for the TD every time.

What part of DEFENSE don't some people understand? There's no weakening of the Super Bowl, if it were to go sudden death. Man up and stop your opponents or you lose.

You could just as easily have a Packer-Cardinal scenario, where the team that wins the coin toss turns it over and the defense scores.


And who can forget Matt Hasselback of the Seattle Seahawks in that 2003 playoff game against Green Bay? He proclaims that he wanted the ball, because he and the 'Hawks were going to score. Next thing you know, Hasselback gets picked off by Al Harris, who took it to the house....GAME OVER!!!

[MCWAY]

There's another doozey that I forgot.......How about the Panthers-Rams from those same 2003 playoffs.....DOUBLE OVERTIME (in sudden death rules)!!!

[MCWAY]

Here's perhaps the longest game in NFL regular season history that DIDN'T end in a tie.

[MCWAY]