{"id":1407697,"date":"2022-03-29T14:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407697"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:59:51","slug":"report-both-teams-to-possess-ball-in-overtime-as-nfl-makes-changes-to-playoff-ot-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-both-teams-to-possess-ball-in-overtime-as-nfl-makes-changes-to-playoff-ot-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Both Teams To Possess Ball In Overtime As NFL Makes Changes To Playoff OT Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-both-teams-to-possess-ball-in-overtime-as-nfl-makes-changes-to-playoff-ot-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1366649498.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>It appears that the uproar over the ending of Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs game in the AFC Divisional Playoffs has been heard by the league.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that the NFL has agreed to change its overtime rules in the playoffs, giving both teams an opportunity to possess the football. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-owners-approve-modified-overtime-rule-ensuring-possession-for-both-teams-in-\">NFL.com<\/a> \u201cIf the score is tied after each team\u2019s first possession, sudden death ensues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPlaying Rule Proposal 1 was amended,\u201d Rapoport posted to Twitter. \u201cBoth teams are now guaranteed a possession in overtime \u2014 but it\u2019s now postseason only. It was approved, per source.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Playing Rule Proposal 1 was amended. Both teams are now guaranteed a possession in overtime \u2014 but it\u2019s now postseason only. It was approved, per source.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1508843615845589008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The chatter around making a change to the league\u2019s playoff rules really took off after the Bills were denied an opportunity to possess the football in their overtime loss to the Chiefs. The end of that game was so wonderfully frenzied that fans of football wanted to see more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Down 26-21, Bills quarterback Josh Allen took the Bills on what appeared to be a career-defining, 17-play drive late in the fourth quarter to give Buffalo a three-point lead on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis on fourth-and-13. Buffalo converted the two-point conversion attempt to take a 29-26 lead with 1:56 left in the fourth quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Five plays later, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes connected with Tyreek Hill for a 64-yard touchdown, giving Kansas City a 33-29 lead. Six plays after Kansas City took the lead, Allen connected with Davis for his fourth touchdown catch of the night, giving Buffalo a 36-33 lead with 13 seconds on the clock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was an absolutely wild two minutes, with three lead changes and 22 points scored. And yet, the game was still not decided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mahomes took over from the Kansas City 25-yard line, and somehow went 44-yards in two plays \u2014 Buffalo allowed a 24-yard gain to Kelce with eight seconds on the clock \u2014 and kicker Harrison Butker sent the game into overtime on a 49-yard field goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a game in which 25 points were scored in less than two minutes, both defenses were gassed by the start of the extra period, meaning that the team that won the coin toss would more than likely end the game on a touchdown. Kansas City won the toss, marched down to the Bills eight-yard line on seven plays, ending the game on Kelce\u2019s lone touchdown catch of the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Allen and the Bills \u2014 who put up 422 total yards of offense \u2014 never had a chance to respond, ending one of the greatest playoff games in NFL history on a sour note.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe should never let a football game be determined from a coin \u2014 like, I think that\u2019s the most craziest rule in sports,\u201d Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins said after the game<\/span><b>. \u201c<\/b><span>You can fight your entire fight the whole game and then the game comes down to a 50-50 chance of a coin toss? Like, this ain\u2019t Vegas. We\u2019re not at the casino table.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The day after the game, I offered a suggestion for the NFL regarding how to fix their overtime rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>For the playoffs, if the team possessing the ball first scores a touchdown, the opponent should be allowed one possession to do the same. It will add another level of intrigue as the team facing the deficit will more than likely face a fourth down on their lone possession, and we\u2019ll never be forced to say that a quarter flip decided a playoff football game.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Should the opponent score and tie the game \u2014 they get the option of going for the win with a two-point conversion \u2014 then we go to sudden death, with the next team to score being the winner. I don\u2019t understand what the argument would be against this idea, though I\u2019m sure the NFL will have one.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>It appears the NFL couldn\u2019t find an argument against the idea. A t<span>ip of the cap to the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. 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If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\">here<\/a>\u00a0to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that the uproar over the ending of Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs game in the AFC Divisional Playoffs has been heard by the league.\u00a0On Tuesday, Ian Rapoport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}