I was so sick and tired of seeing some of the best playoff games in NFL history end with teams winning a coin flip and kicking a field goal to win, without the opposing team getting a chance to score. It's like watching a game seven of a baseball playoff series end with an intentional walk.
I still can't get the image out of my head in the when Brett Favre threw a careless interception to the Saints cornerback Tracy Porter to send the game to overtime. Then the Saints win the coin toss, take down field, and kicker Garrett Hartley kicks a 40-yard field goal to win the NFC Championship without the Vikings getting a chance to score.
Thank you NFL owners for finally giving fans what they want.
With a 28 to four (very disappointed Bills, Ravens, Bengals, and Vikings) vote from the owners, the days of winning a coin toss and kicking a field goal and move on in the playoffs without the opposing team getting a chance is now over.
Starting next season, if a team wins a coin toss and kicks a field goal, the opposing team has a chance to score, unless you score a touchdown. However, if both teams kick a field goal on their opening drive in overtime, they'll go to sudden death rules until we have a winner.
In the last 15 years, since kickoffs were moved back to the 30-yard line, 59.8 percent of games that went to OT were won by teams who won the coin toss. Only 38.5 percent of the OT games were won by teams with lost the coin toss in that same span.
Just imagine what would have happened if Favre and the Vikings had a chance to score after Saints kicked a field goal? It could of seen a little more of an epic ending. I'm not saying this game was tarnished, but I wish Favre was on the field to have a chance to win and go to the Super Bowl.
Now let's see how epic these games are now that we have some new overtime rules.
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