You can't let a coin flip determine the outsome of a game.
Do it NHL Shot Out Style. Both teams get a certain # of chances starting from their own 20. 2 minute drill style.
A coin flip doesn't determine the game. A defense and special teams unit not playing well determines the game.
If you have two teams that are brutal on defense the chances of getting a field goal are almost automatic if either team wins the coin flip. I mean in every other sport in OT both teams have a shot to score, wether it is extra innings or whatever. That was my only point.
I came across this on a Giants message board. Apparently, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, after the Colts/Chargers game, had a discussion on overtime as it currently stands. These were the stats that were brought up:Doesn't the team that wins the coin flip only score 30% of the time or something like that?
One of the subsequent responses echoed my thoughts on the matter:27 yard line opening possession
Last 5 years (72 over Time Games)
39% on opening coin toss - There was no 2nd possession
62% of games are won by winner of opening coin toss
This year:
16 Over Time Games
8 teams won on opening drive (no second possession)
Another discussion on a Chargers board indicates that Nantz said it's likely the rule will be under review this offseason.If am not mistaken I am reading this like this:
Last 5 years (72 over Time Games)
39% on opening coin toss - There was no 2nd possession (So 61% of the teams that lost the coin toss got a possession)
This year:
16 Over Time Games
8 teams won on opening drive (no second possession)(So the other 8 teams did get a possession and could have won the game on thier one possession)
I like it how it is. If you loose the coin toss then your D has to step up. No changes are necessary.
That Chargers board is always entertaining.Watching Inside NFL and they had a debate between jim Nantz and Phil Simms. Nantz says that more than likely OT rules will be changed this offseason and it will be known as the "Peyton Manning Rule". What a ****ing joke.
Nantz wined and cried that it was not fair that Peyton did not have a chance. Simms brought up the point that only 50% of the OT games were won this year on the first drive, but Nantz still said it was not fair.
On another point, Simms brought up the PI call in OT. He said that Polian crying about the Patriots mugging their receivers is the reason the PI rules were changed, and the Colts can blame themselves for that call.
They said there is a poll on the OT question on Inside The NFL website for those that care.
I came across this on a Giants message board. Apparently, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, after the Colts/Chargers game, had a discussion on overtime as it currently stands. These were the stats that were brought up:
One of the subsequent responses echoed my thoughts on the matter:
Another discussion on a Chargers board indicates that Nantz said it's likely the rule will be under review this offseason.
That Chargers board is always entertaining.
Don't let the outcome of a game rest on a coin.
Not all the time, but don't the majority of the teams that win the toss score on the opening drive of OT.
You must've missed the post that showed the statistic that only 39 % do.
Give both teams a chance to score
You do know that since the rule change in 1974, there's only been a whopping 17 tie games, with only 4 after 1989. Compared to the amount of tie games before 1974, 17 ties in 35 years is nothing serious
Both teams do have a chance to score.
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