Thursday, January 6, 2011

Hilarious NFL overtime scenarios that we could see this weekend

ESPN's David Fleming breaks down the new NFL OT rules. Basically, they are as follows:

Now, instead of winning in overtime on a first possession field goal, now the game is extended if that happens. If both teams kick field goals on their first possessions then the next team to score any points wins; if one team kicks a field goal and the other team doesn't, the game's over; and, a touchdown at any time wins the game -- period.

Fleming then goes onto to concoct various scenarios that we could see this weekend and into the playoffs, my favorite is #19:

Scenario 19: As OT starts in Philadelphia during the NFC Championship Game both Aaron Rodgers and Mike Vick have been knocked out of the game with injuries. Unable to move the ball with their backup QBs the score remains 0-0 after the first 15:00 of extra time. After the second OT it's still 0-0. Three, four, five, six, seven extra periods expire with no score. The two teams have now played the equivalent of three full football games. For a few series the Packers line up with just nine players on defense. Starving, Andy Reid orders a pizza (Hawaiian style with extra anchovies and dusted with Oreo crumbs) delivered to the Eagles bench. The game started at 4:30. It's now past midnight. The OT has gone on so long that Vick is now actually had enough time to heal. At 2:30 in the morning he scrambles 43 yards for a touchdown but must wake up the ref, who is napping under the field goal, to get him to signal the score. Eagles win.

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