Who Wins in OT in the NFL?
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NFL Football: Who Wins in OT in the NFL?
What is OT in the NFL?
In the NFL, OT stands for overtime. In overtime, each team gets one possession to score. The team that scores the most points wins the game. If both teams score the same amount of points, the game ends in a tie.
How does it work?
If the game is tied after regulation time, each team gets one possession to score. The team that scores first wins. If neither team scores, the game ends in a tie.
The overtime period is 10 minutes long in the regular season and 15 minutes long in the playoffs. Each team gets two timeouts per overtime period.
In the regular season, if the game is still tied after overtime, it ends in a tie. In the playoffs, there is no limit to how many overtime periods there can be until someone finally scores and wins the game.
What are the benefits?
There are several benefits to having a playoff game go into overtime. One is that it allows both teams to have an equal chance to win. If the game is tied after regulation, then both teams have an opportunity to score in overtime. This means that the better team will not necessarily always win, as they might in a game that ended in regulation.
Another benefit of having a game go into overtime is that it is more exciting for the fans. A close, competitive game that goes into overtime is more exciting to watch than one that ends in regulation. This is because there is more at stake and the fans never know when the game will end.
Finally, going into overtime also gives both teams more time to prepare for their next opponent. If a team wins in regulation, they may not have as much time to rest and recover before their next game. However, if a team wins in overtime, they will have had more time to rest and prepare, which could give them an advantage in their next game.
What are the drawbacks?
The biggest drawback to the current system is that both teams are not guaranteed to have a possession. In 2012, the Green Bay Packers lost to the Minnesota Vikings on a walk-off touchdown by Cordarrelle Patterson. The Packers never got the ball in overtime because Christian Ponder completed a pass to Jerome Simpson for 40 yards on 3rd-and-15, and then Adrian Peterson ran it in for the score.
Who wins in OT in the NFL?
In the NFL, the team that wins the coin toss in overtime has an enormous advantage. They can choose to receive the ball, and if they score a touchdown on their first possession, the game is over. In the regular season from 2012 to 2015, the team that won the coin toss in overtime went on to win the game 63.6 percent of the time. That’s a nearly two-thirds chance of winning, just by winning a coin toss!
