NFL '09

Alex · 01-24-2010, 09:34 PM

And when the game ends on a missed field goal? The missing team is rewarded by getting the ball back or are they still considered to have been on offense even though possession flipped as soon as they missed it? And it seems to me that this would discourage teams even more from trying to win at the end of the game since if they go for it and come up just short they'll be automatically penalized whereas if they run the clock down taking knees to 1 second and then turn the ball over on downs they immediately get it back in overtime.

Though I'm not sure how that solves anything about the one-possession overtime being perceived as not particularly fair. But maybe I'm overlooking a benefit.

01-24-2010, 09:34 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And when the game ends on a missed field goal? The missing team is rewarded by getting the ball back or are they still considered to have been on offense even though possession flipped as soon as they missed it? And it seems to me that this would discourage teams even more from trying to win at the end of the game since if they go for it and come up just short they'll be automatically penalized whereas if they run the clock down taking knees to 1 second and then turn the ball over on downs they immediately get it back in overtime. Though I'm not sure how that solves anything about the one-possession overtime being perceived as not particularly fair. But maybe I'm overlooking a benefit.
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