NFL Approves Overtime Rule Change

Postseason overtime rules have been changed to where each team will now get an opportunity to have possession of the football.

The NFL has approved a new overtime rule during the owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Fla.

The new rules state that if a playoff game goes into overtime, both teams will now have an opportunity to possess the football. If the game remains tied after each team holds one possession, then sudden death rules apply and the next score will win the game.

Additionally, if the kickoff team scores a safety during the receiving team’s first possession, the kickoff team will be declared the winner.

As for now, the new rule change only applies to the postseason. Regular season overtime rules stay the same.

According to Adam Schefter, in the past 10 years, the team that won the overtime coin flip in the postseason went 10-2. Seven postseason overtime wins happened during the first possession.

The original proposal was pitched by both the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles. They both wanted overtime rules to be hauled all-season but that will have to wait.

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