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New Playoff Overtime Rules a Toss-Up, Say NBC Announcers

Suppose a sport played an entire season with one set of rules, then adopted an entirely different set of rules for its postseason. You don't have to suppose for the NFL playoffs, as the league will operate under a new system for overtime. The sudden-death system that is usually in place for the regular season has been...

NFL Owners Approve OT Rule Change

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL's owners voted on Tuesday to adopt a rule change to the league's overtime system for postseason games. By a vote of 28-4, the league's owners voted to accept a "modified sudden death" system, in which the team that wins the coin toss can win the game with a touchdown on its first possession but...

NFL to Vote on OT Changes Next Week

In a move that will be hailed as salvation by people who enjoy complaining about things that aren't actual problems, the NFL is moving toward changing its overtime rules from sudden death to...well, something that makes far less sense. The NFL's competition committee will submit what it's calling a "modified sudden death"...

NFL Ponders Weird New Overtime Rules

INDIANAPOLIS -- Because nothing beats a forced, gimmicky solution to something that's not really a problem, the NFL is talking about maybe possibly changing its overtime rules. The "modified sudden death" proposal that's apparently in its embryonic stages came to light Saturday via a tweet from SI.com's Peter King. More...

Chief Ponderings: Huard Should Stop Pulling His Groin

It's time for my next segment of Chief Ponderings, where I continue to discuss the ridiculous, the deep, and all those little tidbits of information that you likely won't find anywhere else. For example: There really is no tactful way to report a groin injury, is there? "Huard experienced tenderness in his groin...