Najee Harris didn't realize "you could tie"

[WhoTom]

So much for situational awareness.

[Max Fischer]

In Najee's defense, NFL overtime rules are stupid. I'd at least give each team the possibility of receiving the ball. If still tied after 10 minutes, go to the college overtime.

 

However, overall, I would like to see the NFL adopt a modified college system. Instead of starting at the 25, it's the 50 yard line. The 50 probably means they need at least one first down to attempt a field goal, but most likely need 12-15 total yards for most kickers to have a chance. 

[MJS]

32 minutes ago, Max Fischer said:

In Najee's defense, NFL overtime rules are stupid. I'd at least give each team the possibility of receiving the ball. If still tied after 10 minutes, go to the college overtime.

 

However, overall, I would like to see the NFL adopt a modified college system. Instead of starting at the 25, it's the 50 yard line. The 50 probably means they need at least one first down to attempt a field goal, but most likely need 12-15 total yards for most kickers to have a chance. 

Barf. College overtime is by far the lamest thing in sports.

[Max Fischer]

30 minutes ago, MJS said:

Barf. College overtime is by far the lamest thing in sports.

 

Not as lame as ties.

[MJS]

1 minute ago, Max Fischer said:

Not as lame as ties.

Why? What's wrong with a tie? They are rare. You usually only have one or two a season, if any. If it was happening every week I could get on board, but I see no problem in ties with how they currently happen.

 

I feel like teams deserve to tie if they aren't able to score more points than their opponent.

[MRW]

I've started to think the NFL should eliminate overtime outside of playoff games. Then in that case, just tack on extra quarters until there is a winner. You could set up some interesting decisions at the end of games, do you kick an extra point and settle for a tie, or go for two and risk a loss but possibly get the win?

 

No overtime rules I've seen strike me as "fair", they're all just kind of artificially grafted onto the game.

[Bookie Man]

6 hours ago, MJS said:

Why is it important to not have a tie?

A contest should have a winner imo. A draw just doesn't feel right to me. 

[Mr. WEO]

5 hours ago, MJS said:

Barf. College overtime is by far the lamest thing in sports.

 

4 hours ago, Max Fischer said:

 

Not as lame as ties.

 

Yeah, ties are lame.  But watching that Illinois/PennState fiasco where neither team could punch it in from the 2 yard line for like 6 OTs out of 9 was excrutiating--like watching a house fire.

[QCity]

Some of these NFL players aren't too bright.

[BaaadThingsMan]

Happens every year.

 

Players don't understand the rules of their own friggin game that they get paid to play 😆😆

[Chaos]

33 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Yeah, ties are lame.  But watching that Illinois/PennState fiasco where neither team could punch it in from the 2 yard line for like 6 OTs out of 9 was excrutiating--like watching a house fire.

House fires are much more exciting. 

[Rockpile233]

10 games have ended in a tie since 2012. I can’t believe there are still professional players who don’t know this. 

[clayboy54]

Why don’t we have a “throw-off” where the longest pass wins? What do you think, Josh?

[Steptide]

How about this for an idea :

 

If a game is tied at the end of overtime, have a shootout with field goal kickers. Start at the 15 yard line. Each kicker takes a kick. Every kick counts as 3 points. If both teams kickers make the kick, move back 10 yards. Continue until someone misses. 

[RiotAct]

7 hours ago, MJS said:

Why? What's wrong with a tie? They are rare. You usually only have one or two a season, if any. If it was happening every week I could get on board, but I see no problem in ties with how they currently happen.

There have been a whopping 27 ties since the beginning of the Gerald Ford administration.  Roughly one every two seasons.

[Freddie's Dead]

Willis McGahee didn't know it was 4th down either.  Both Rhodes scholars, these guys....

[billsherd]

It happens, sometimes players don't know if it's third or fourth down too.

[MJS]

23 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Willis McGahee didn't know it was 4th down either.  Both Rhodes scholars, these guys....

Brady did the same thing.

[Malazan]

 

2 minutes ago, MJS said:

Brady did the same thing.

 

Well, it's not like Brady knows anything about Football either, right? 

[mannc]

12 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

There is a story on NFL.COM saying Najee Harris didn't know you could tie in the NFL.  

So what?