The NFL said on Wednesday that it will review rules for overtime this offseason, potentially implementing postseason overtime rules for regular season games.
During a football operations session with the media in Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine, the league noted that there has been an uptick in wins for teams that receive the opening kickoff in overtime, per NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo.
NFL executive vice president of football ops Troy Vincent said on Wednesday the Competition Committee agrees overtime rules need to be addressed. Receiving the ball first has become more of an advantage than pre-2011 when it was a sudden death period. Receiving teams won 56.8% of games in overtime from 2017-24, up from 55.4% from 2001-11.
“It’s time to rethink the overtime rule,” Vincent said.
