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DENVER (KDVR) — The National Football League will change overtime rules after a vote by owners on Tuesday.
The rule change will only apply to playoff games, the NFL said.
The change will start this upcoming season. Here’s how it will work:
- If the team possessing the ball first in overtime scores a touchdown on that series, the opponent still gets a possession.
Prior to the rule change, a touchdown on the first possession would have ended the game.
The overtime rule change proposal was requested by the Colts and Eagles.
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter said, “Here’s what the NFL’s new OT rule is trying to guard against: Over the past decade, teams that won the overtime coin flip in the postseason were 10-2, including seven of those 10 wins coming on the opening possession.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
