The NFL is flourishing through parity. Even at the Super Bowl.
Three of the last five Super Bowls have been decided in the last minute. Two of the last three were in doubt until the final play.
That's a wonderful contrast to Super Bowls XVIII through XXXI when the average margin of victory was 21.4 points.
Super Bowl blowouts are no longer a great concern. A tie game is.
The best way to ruin Super Bowl XXXVII? Send it into overtime.
In a league that does so much right, the NFL's sudden-death overtime remains its greatest wrong.
The first team to score wins? How fair is that?
The Pittsburgh Steelers can tell you how fair. They were eliminated from the AFC playoffs in an overtime toss and loss to the Tennessee Titans 10 days ago.
The Titans won the overtime coin toss, drove down the field, kicked a field goal and won the game. It happens all the time. And it doesn't happen anywhere else.
What other sport determines its tiebreakers on a first-come, first-served basis? OT
Comment