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To: dfwgator
You mean the Chiefs didn't put their defense on the field?

Yup. And for all the wailing about the effect of the coin flip - when I ran the numbers a couple of years ago, the win/loss of those getting the ball first in overtime was one game from exactly 50%. Some coaches pick to kick first and they are generally just as successful, since they get each the advantage of their opponent starting deep (and getting the ball on a shorter field if they hold up), knowing exactly what they need to do to counter on the scoreboard, and the luxury of using all four downs.

110 posted on 01/21/2019 1:09:15 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

That’s why I like the idea somebody proposed about making it two-possessions in OT, in the playoffs, which would counter somewhat the field position issue. So give each team two possessions, and whomever has the most points wins, if it’s still tied, then keep trading possessions until a team has the advantage (and like college FB, force them to go for 2 if they score a TD)


113 posted on 01/21/2019 1:14:30 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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