Great NFL OT...

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Get a defense that can actually make a stop and you win easily. If you let them march down your face and kick a field goal you deserve to lose.

That's hardly the point,Sniper! The Steelers sucked, but it's an inequal playing field with the rule like that one.

[Revolution]

Sounds like a sore loser to me. I bet if the Steelers won the toss we would have never heard this.

[timmgirvan]

Actually,Rev, you probably would have heard it from someone! It's a bad rule.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by Revolution

Sounds like a sore loser to me. I bet if the Steelers won the toss we would have never heard this.

I've been saying since day 1 that the rule is garbage. Sure it sucks more now that it hurt the Steelers today, but had they won I would still hate it. Also notice that the thread was started just before the coin toss, so I didnt know who was getting the ball and I hated it. Edited just after the coin toss to say that Atl won the toss.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

That's hardly the point,Sniper! The Steelers sucked, but it's an inequal playing field with the rule like that one.

It's just a rule that benefits the team with a better defense. I don't know the official stat but the team that gets the ball first in OT only wins at a little better than a 50% clip. What is next? If one team gets 18 possessions in a game and the other gets 17 should we extend the game so it is fair? Fact is an NFL team gets 60 minutes to win the game. If you can't get it done in those 60 minutes and lose the coin toss in OT your defense needs to make a stop. If it can't then you deserve to lose. Your defense forces 3 and out and you get a short field to march down for the win.