If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
All: The new Billszone site with the updated software is scheduled to be turned on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The company that built it, Dynascale, estimates a FOUR HOUR shut down, from 8pm Pacific, (5pm Eastern) while they get it up and running. Nobody will be able to post in any forum until they are done. Afterwards, you may need to do a web search for the site, as old links will not work, because the site is getting a new IP address. Please be patient. If there are bugs, we will tackle them one at a time. Remember the goal is to be up and running with no glitches by camp. Doing this now assures us of that, because it gives us all summer to get our ducks in a row. Thank you!
so basically the team to receive the ball first in OT has to score 6 in order to win on the first possession? Is that it?
They have to score a touchdown on the first possession yes. If the team kicks a FG with their first possession, the opposing team gets the ball. If that team then kicks a field goal, it becomes sudden death. If that team scores a touchdown, they win.
It's a system designed to ensure that both teams get a possession, while also placing a premium on touchdowns instead of field goals.
Since 1994 only 34% of OT games have been decided on the first possession, and only 22% are decided by a FG in the first possession. This only passed because the NFL wanted Favre in the Super Bowl this year and are pissed that the Saints won fair and square.
A completely needless rule change, if your defense can't man up and force a three and out in the first possession then you deserve to lose.
Since 1994 only 34% of OT games have been decided on the first possession, and only 22% are decided by a FG in the first possession. This only passed because the NFL wanted Favre in the Super Bowl this year and are pissed that the Saints won fair and square.
A completely needless rule change, if your defense can't man up and force a three and out in the first possession then you deserve to lose.
Since the NFL changed the kickoff placement, teams that received the ball first have won more than 58% of the time. They were talking about it on sirius radio last week.......I like the rule change!
They have to score a touchdown on the first possession yes. If the team kicks a FG with their first possession, the opposing team gets the ball. If that team then kicks a field goal, it becomes sudden death. If that team scores a touchdown, they win.
It's a system designed to ensure that both teams get a possession, while also placing a premium on touchdowns instead of field goals.
This is a bigger change than I thought I guess...if a team kicks a FG the first possession, the 2nd team will have to take a more chances and basically turns their entire time with the ball into 4-down territory. However in the past the 2nd team wouldnt have even had a shot, sooo idk...i guess we'll see how it plays out (not us specifically, as in Bills fans lol)
Since the NFL changed the kickoff placement, teams that received the ball first have won more than 58% of the time. They were talking about it on sirius radio last week.......I like the rule change!
That's true, but that's within statistical norms of a 50/50 split.
And as I said, they only win on the first possession 34% of the time, so for the majority of the games both teams get the ball anyway.
This is a bull**** rule to keep the Favre ball-lickers happy.
The idea I really like for several reasons, is to simply play a 5th quarter, resuming where the 4th quarter ended. If the Bills, for example, had the ball at the Jets 45 yard line when the game is tied at the end of regulation, the overtime quarter opens with the Bills having the ball at the Jets 45. In hockey, a power play carries into the overtime, and I think that's only fair.
Were this rule adopted, it could certainly change strategies in tight games; a team gaining possession in the 4th quarter with the score tied wouldn't have to take risky chances to get into field goal range based on the clock. Going back to that NFC title game; maybe Brett Favre doesn't have to force the long throw over the middle if he knows the Vikings will still have great field position in overtime, or at the very least could have the Saints in poor field position.
It simply makes the outcome more fair, since we know the coin toss is such a huge advantage to the team winning the flip.
Here's where the strategy would really get interesting. If you pick up in the 5th quarter with the ball inside the opponent's 20 yard line, do you go for the td, or go for three? The other team then has the chance to either tie it again, or win it. After each team has a possession, the next team scoring ANY kind of point wins the game.
Comment