By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — The push to alter the principles for extra time within the NFL continues.
Although the Chiefs’ bid to ensure a possession to each groups failed following their 2018 AFC Championship Sport loss to New England, one other proposal has been made. This time, it’s the Indianapolis Colts placing forth the proposal to the competitors committee.
NFL.com’s Judy Battista reported the information, noting that the proposal would apply to each the common season and the postseason.
The Colts have submitted a proposal to ensure every crew an OT possession, in keeping with a league supply — if authorized, the rule change would apply to common AND post-season. Once more, unclear how a lot help there may be for such a change.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) February 28, 2022
The Colts misplaced two video games in 2021 in extra time, first when the Ravens drove for a landing drive in Week 5. The second OT loss concerned each the Titans and Colts possessing the ball twice, although, with Indianapolis going three-and-out on its first possession and with Carson Wentz throwing an interception on the second possession.
Neither Colts loss was the centerpiece of the perceived inequity in extra time, although, as that second got here within the divisional spherical playoff assembly between the Payments and Chiefs. That sport noticed 25 factors scored within the closing two minutes of regulation, adopted by Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs driving for a game-winning landing drive in extra time, with Buffalo not possessing the ball within the further body.
Whereas the viewing public definitely would have loved seeing Josh Allen and Co. mount a response drive, a assured second possession could not obtain the “equity” that some could imagine it could. On this specific case, for instance, if the Payments responded with a landing drive of their very own, thus resulting in a sudden dying state of affairs, then the Chiefs may finish the sport with a subject aim drive on their second possession. In that state of affairs, the Payments didn’t get a assured possession to match the Chiefs’ scoring drive, finally creating the identical perceived inequity that exist below the present guidelines. And persevering with to “assure” possessions to an offense each time the protection allowed a rating type of undermines the premise of the game.
Within the Payments’ case, blowing a three-point lead with 13 seconds left in regulation would have been step one to avoiding any “unfairness” in extra time. Preserving the Chiefs out of the tip zone in that extra time would have been step two. (The Payments additionally misplaced an extra time sport to the Buccaneers within the common season, going three-and-out on their possession earlier than permitting a 58-yard catch-and-run by Breshad Perriman.)
The Bengals proved per week later that dropping the coin toss in extra time on the highway will not be a dying sentence, as they intercepted Mahomes close to midfield on the opening drive of OT and drove deep into Kansas Metropolis territory to arrange the game-winning subject aim.
The truth is that there is probably not a “honest” resolution to all events. Such is life, and such is soccer.
Lengthy method to go on OT conversations. That is the primary in-person assembly of the Competitors Committee this low season they usually do not focus on it right here for an additional two days. Would take 24 votes from house owners to make a change — and that may be a excessive hurdle to clear.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) February 28, 2022
When the Chiefs made the proposal three years in the past, it bought little help, and the house owners by no means even voted on it. We’ll discover out within the upcoming weeks if the sentiment has modified to make a big change in OT.
