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Title: Overtime playoff scoring rules: strategy Post by: Spider-Dan on September 14, 2022, 04:29:44 pm Last offseason, the NFL changed the scoring rules for overtime playoff games. Both teams must now get at least one possession (unless there's a defensive score).
So let's suppose you lose the coin flip, opponent chooses to receive, and scores a TD on their first possession. They kick the extra point. You also score a TD on your possession. Do you kick the extra point to extend overtime, handing the ball back to the opponent in sudden death, and ask your defense to get a stop? Or do you go for two and end the game, win or lose? Title: Re: Overtime playoff scoring rules: strategy Post by: CF DolFan on September 14, 2022, 04:39:18 pm Last offseason, the NFL changed the scoring rules for overtime playoff games. Both teams must now get at least one possession (unless there's a defensive score). Too many variables. If my defense is not playing well I may go for it. If they are playing relatively well I might keep going to give them another shot at stopping them. The opposite would be true too if they had a great performing defense or one that was currently struggling. So let's suppose you lose the coin flip, opponent chooses to receive, and scores a TD on their first possession. They kick the extra point. You also score a TD on your possession. Do you kick the extra point to extend overtime, handing the ball back to the opponent in sudden death, and ask your defense to get a stop? Or do you go for two and end the game, win or lose? Title: Re: Overtime playoff scoring rules: strategy Post by: Spider-Dan on September 14, 2022, 04:59:18 pm Well, by definition your defense allowed the opponent to drive down the field and score a TD on the first possession of OT, and your offense did the same thing right after that.
Is that enough information to make the decision? Title: Re: Overtime playoff scoring rules: strategy Post by: Dave Gray on September 14, 2022, 06:55:18 pm Win the game. In general. All the time.
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