Ruining the Game?

[JohnH19]

While it was silly to discount ties from team records as if the game didn't happen, I love records like 7-4-3 or the '67 Redskins' record of 5-6-3. 10-6 and 9-7 etc. seem so sterile and generic to me. Bring back the tie game!

[ChrisBabcock]

While it was silly to discount ties from team records as if the game didn't happen, I love records like 7-4-3 or the '67 Redskins' record of 5-6-3. 10-6 and 9-7 etc. seem so sterile and generic to me. Bring back the tie game!

The 1932 Bears finishing 7-1-6 is certainly a record we'll never see again!

[rhickok1109]

While it was silly to discount ties from team records as if the game didn't happen, I love records like 7-4-3 or the '67 Redskins' record of 5-6-3. 10-6 and 9-7 etc. seem so sterile and generic to me. Bring back the tie game!

The 1932 Bears finishing 7-1-6 is certainly a record we'll never see again!

Not to mention that they won the championship over the Portsmouth Spartans, who were 6-2-4. Although their championship was treated as a regular season game, it was actually a post-season game to resolve the tie for first place.

During the real regular season, the Bears and Spartans combined for 12 wins and the Packers finished third with 10 wins.

[JWL]

How about the opening coin toss decides everything? Four choices. Each team picks two and it is a serpentine little draft thingy ... (cut for brevity)

Creative idea. I think it's simpler to just tie OT choice to the home team. In the regular season it's a possible advantage - if the game goes to sudden death OT - to playing at home that week. In the playoffs it's an earned seeding/home team advantage - if the game goes to sudden death OT.

I considered that too. Just have it where the home team gets the ball first or can kick off if it wishes. With a sudden death system, the home team would likely always look to receive the ball in overtime.

Also, to keep the whining down, there could be a rule that a touchdown MUST be scored. There would be no reason to kick field goals in overtime. 4th down and 7 from the 40, instead of trying a 47-yard field goal, the choices are to try to convert for a first down or punt.

It is the whining that drives me up the wall. I am fine with sudden death overtime, a 35-yard kickoff return, 3 plays, and a 48-yard field goal to win, but that kind of ending is a major, major issue for a lot of people.

If the NFL implements a system whereby there can be no whining about what team received the overtime kickoff and where A touchdown must be scored and the game ends right there, then we probably have something that will stop the whining.

[JWL]

Regarding TD dance rules, of course the limits of this will be pushed and soon with over the top and grotesque displays. What really gets to me is the lack of situational awareness. Down 28-3 in the 4th with 37 seconds to go...dance. Or when they sack the QB down 30 in the 4th and do some sort of celebration. I see this things and suddenly those single digit wonderlics don't look all that surprising.

We have already seen grotesque displays. Marshawn Lynch, if he scores a touchdown this season, will likely grab his crotch again. I don't know what he is trying to accomplish with that. Doug Baldwin, in a Super Bowl, pretended a football was a turd that came out of his behind. We have seen Robert Ayers do a silly sack dance with his team down 28-7. Thank you, NFL, for allowing players to continue to go down this route.

Marcus Peters and Isaiah Crowell have been added to the creep list.

[sluggermatt15]

I don't mind OT in the NFL. However, I do not like shortening the period to 10 minutes. One team can basically have the ball for almost the entire period, kick a FG with less than a minute left, and basically win. The other team doesn't really have a chance with the ball. So I'm all for keeping it 15 minutes.

[sheajets]

Regarding TD dance rules, of course the limits of this will be pushed and soon with over the top and grotesque displays. What really gets to me is the lack of situational awareness. Down 28-3 in the 4th with 37 seconds to go...dance. Or when they sack the QB down 30 in the 4th and do some sort of celebration. I see this things and suddenly those single digit wonderlics don't look all that surprising.

We have already seen grotesque displays. Marshawn Lynch, if he scores a touchdown this season, will likely grab his crotch again. I don't know what he is trying to accomplish with that. Doug Baldwin, in a Super Bowl, pretended a football was a turd that came out of his behind. We have seen Robert Ayers do a silly sack dance with his team down 28-7. Thank you, NFL, for allowing players to continue to go down this route.

Marcus Peters and Isaiah Crowell have been added to the creep list.

What Crowell posted about the police officer was even more hideous. Good riddance and glad he's off the Jets