Russell Wilson explains why he hates NFL overtime rules
Russell Wilson discussed how much he hates NFL overtime rules during the Manning telecast of Monday Night Football.
During Monday night’s thrilling football game, ESPN offered viewers two viewing experiences.
The traditional on ESPN, and the Manning telecast on ESPN2. This broadcast is brothers Peyton and Eli Manning on screen calling the game with various guests jumping in. It’s fun and a nice view of players’ honesty, although sometime too honest for family TV.
One of the wholesome honest moments was when Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson talked about how much he hates overtime rules.
Russell Wilson on the ManningCast talking about overtime in the NFL: "This thing drives me crazy. We go into overtime and play the 10 minutes, and if no one scores, we all end in a tie and everyone goes home? How terrible is that?"
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 14, 2021
Russell Wilson offers a solution to terrible overtime rules
Wilson was expressing the thoughts of many; the overtime structure is hated. He would go a step further, and offer what he thinks is an adequate and exciting solution.
Russell Wilson for commish? I mean this is tremendous pic.twitter.com/tYaSxdlEgY
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 14, 2021
Opting for a penalty-kick esque faceoff, Wilson quickly lost some of the supporters that he gained when expressing his initial frustration.
While the field goal option Wilson submitted may not gain many supporters, the NFL does need to alter the current structure. From allowing the game to end in a tie, to the possibility of one offense not even getting a chance to see the field, it is clearly a broken model.
Coming with a new structure really isn’t even that tough, considering that the NCAA has an entirely different format that is practical, exciting and fair. It’s time for the NFL to reach back and make a change.