NFL has activated the new Favre OT rule

SAINT_MICHAEL · 01-04-2011, 01:47 PM

A TD isn't needed to win. The way I remember reading it was that it reverts to the old "sudden death" format after the first two possessions like this:

Team A gets ball and scores TD it's over.

Team A gets ball scores FG, then team B gets a chance. Team B scores a TD on that chance it's over. If Team B scores a FG, then it becomes sudden death i.e next score (FG or TD or safety) by either team wins.

So it won't be that both teams keep kicking FGs.

This is how i remember reading it anyway.

01-04-2011, 01:47 PM	#12
SAINT_MICHAEL 100th Post Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 446	A TD isn't needed to win. The way I remember reading it was that it reverts to the old "sudden death" format after the first two possessions like this: Team A gets ball and scores TD it's over. Team A gets ball scores FG, then team B gets a chance. Team B scores a TD on that chance it's over. If Team B scores a FG, then it becomes sudden death i.e next score (FG or TD or safety) by either team wins. So it won't be that both teams keep kicking FGs. This is how i remember reading it anyway.
SAINT_MICHAEL 100th Post Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 446