{"id":1545809,"date":"2023-01-13T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1545809"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:47:01","slug":"what-are-new-nfl-overtime-rules-nfl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/what-are-new-nfl-overtime-rules-nfl-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the New NFL Overtime Rules For the Playoffs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NFL<\/a> overtime rules have long been a divisive topic, even with all the changes the league has made over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In years past, all it took was a score of any kind to get a win. So if a team won the coin toss, got just enough yardage to set up a field goal, and made it, the game was over without the other team getting a chance to touch the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for the postseason following the 2010 campaign, the NFL overtime rules were changed on a trial basis to say that if the team that initially received the ball scored a field goal, the game would no longer end automatically. Instead, the other team would get a chance to also possess the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That team could then win the game with a touchdown, tie the game with a field goal of their own, which would create a sudden-death situation, or lose the game if they failed to score at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if the team that initially received the ball scored a touchdown on their first possession or the defense scored a touchdown on a turnover on that same possession, the game would end. But if the initial receiving team failed to score, the other team could win the game with a score of any kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These rules were officially adopted for all games ahead of the 2012 regular season and have essentially been the same since, the only real change being in 2017 when the length of the overtime period decreased from 15 minutes to 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while these rules remained the same for the 2022 regular season, a significant change is in effect for the NFL Playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several significant games have been decided in overtime in recent years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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