Did it in the name of "player safety" just in case a team has a Thursday night game the next week.
Why dont they just get rid of Thursday night games if its that big of a concern?
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NFL TO CHANGE OVERTIME TO 10 MINUTES INSTEAD OF 15
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May 24, 2017 at 1:20 PM
- frozen49er
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May 24, 2017 at 2:02 PM
- Cjez
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how fkn stupid
May 24, 2017 at 4:46 PM
- jvangeystel
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Makes the first possession all in for a TD. Otherwise you most likely lose or tie. Unless you can hold them behind their 40.
May 24, 2017 at 6:07 PM
- theninermaniac
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Couldn't you have a 9:30 drive, kick a field goal, and give you opponent 30 sec of possession time?
May 24, 2017 at 6:20 PM
- RishikeshA
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They are so worried about player safety that they want 18 game schedules.
May 24, 2017 at 9:13 PM
- Dr_Bill_Walsh
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Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000810488/article/nfl-owners-approve-shortening-overtime-to-10-minutes
Didnt see a thread about this. I hate this rule. Especially because both teams are required to have possessions. I think this rule could make for a lot more ties....which of course NO ONE wants to see.
http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl/186971-rules-that-should-be-changed/page5/
May 24, 2017 at 9:17 PM
- SteveWallacesHelmet
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Originally posted by Dr_Bill_Walsh:Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000810488/article/nfl-owners-approve-shortening-overtime-to-10-minutes
Didnt see a thread about this. I hate this rule. Especially because both teams are required to have possessions. I think this rule could make for a lot more ties....which of course NO ONE wants to see.
http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl/186971-rules-that-should-be-changed/page5/
A rule that has been changed doesnt belong in a thread that has fan proposed rule change ideas. Totally different topic.
May 24, 2017 at 9:19 PM
- Fanaticofnfl
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Originally posted by theninermaniac:
Couldn't you have a 9:30 drive, kick a field goal, and give you opponent 30 sec of possession time?
Even when it was 15 minutes, I always wondered what would happen if the first team did a drive that lasted almost the whole OT period, kicked a field goal, and then time ran out on the opposing team's drive. I assumed the game would end in the regular season with the team ahead winning, but in the postseason I had no clue if the game would end or would keep going into double OT until the drive was over.
May 25, 2017 at 1:23 AM
- captveg
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Just another rule that rewards being aggressive on offense.
May 25, 2017 at 1:44 AM
- jcs
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Originally posted by RishikeshA:They are so worried about player safety that they want 18 game schedules.
As long as they shorten the preseason
Jul 28, 2017 at 5:32 AM
- BobS
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Originally posted by jcs:Think that really makes a difference? A shorter preseason is only going to keep mileage off of guys who will be out of the NFL, practice squad players or special team guys. Most guys playing a lot of snaps in the last 6 quarters of preseason don't make NFL rosters, those that do fill out the last roster spots.
Originally posted by RishikeshA:
They are so worried about player safety that they want 18 game schedules.
As long as they shorten the preseason
Jul 28, 2017 at 5:57 AM
- Sanfran_chrisco
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Originally posted by theninermaniac:
Couldn't you have a 9:30 drive, kick a field goal, and give you opponent 30 sec of possession time?
lol
Aug 26, 2017 at 1:59 PM
- KP82
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Originally posted by captveg:Just another rule that rewards being aggressive on offense.
Just the opposite. If Im the team receiving first in OT, Id try very hard to chew as much clock off bf I score. Leaving the opposition with minimum time left to score.
Guarantee this will backfire on the NFL when the first team eg Patriots uses the entire 10 min of possession to kick a game winning FG.
Aug 26, 2017 at 2:17 PM
- zeppfan1
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Wish they'd extend game day rosters to 50.
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