Bills fans, Twitter want NFL overtime rules changed immediately
Fans of the Buffalo Bills and football in general want NFL overtime rules to change after Josh Allen was denied the chance to answer the Chiefs touchdown.
Here’s the thing about NFL overtime rules: They are bad.
The team that wins the toss can score a walk-off touchdown without the opposing offense getting the chance to answer.
It’s a bad system to resolve games that are supposed to be won on offense and defense, not just for one side of one team.
The worst example of what can happen thanks to the NFL’s current rules emerged when the Chiefs scored a touchdown to beat the Bills in overtime and Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen never got to touch the ball.
NFL overtime rules marred the ending of Bills-Chiefs instant classic
Bills fans were understandably fuming over the circumstances but NFL fans at large had plenty to say about the very flawed system.
Awesome pic of the play which had the biggest impact on the game. Look at the determination on everybody's faces. This is what the NFL is all about pic.twitter.com/gSP5NlVQbd
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) January 24, 2022
Time we re-examine the @NFL overtime rules. Josh Allen threw for 329 yards and 4 touchdowns, he scored on 3 of his final 4 possessions and never touched the ball in overtime. #Bills
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) January 24, 2022
Awesome, amazing game. #Chiefs…wow. #Bills really proved to be worthy of all the praise and expectation. A bummer overtime didn’t let both of these QBs touch the ball. That’s the rules…but I really hope in the future a coin toss doesn’t continue to play such an important role.
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) January 24, 2022
I don't watch football like that but it feels like the Bills just lost to a coinflip?
— NYSL Aydan (@aydan) January 24, 2022
Why do the Chiefs get a shot at a touchdown but the Bills don't? Seems like a garbage rule...
Chiefs vs Bills mvp pic.twitter.com/shSRmpIkgM
— JC (@Gods_sonJ) January 24, 2022
Ah yes. Time for NFL overtime rules to give an all-time classic an anti-climatic ending.
— Michael Castillo (@MichaelCastFS) January 24, 2022
Bills-Chiefs if we had a proper overtime: pic.twitter.com/nK2MoQNAIZ
— Andrew Lind (@AndrewMLind) January 24, 2022
The Chiefs rock
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) January 24, 2022
The Bills rock
The NFL OT sucks
Each team should get a possession in overtime. Never understood why the rules have always said otherwise.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/roywoodjr/status/1485451676278575107
The most frustrating part is that this is 2022. The NFL shouldn’t have wasted time tweaking overtime rules over the years when they could have made a simple change to fix the problem everyone hates.
Just guarantee both teams a possession.
They’ve already instituted that rule with field goals. It would be easy to extend the possession concept to touchdowns as well.
Then the league could enjoy the spotlight as both Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen got to show what they were made of in overtime.
Maybe this will be the scenario that convinces the NFL to change the rules. Who knows.
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