The Patriots won the first overtime Super Bowl after making a 28-3 second-half comeback against the Falcons. New England's win came amid the old overtime rules, when the game automatically ended Last season’s Super Bowl gave fans their first look at the new playoff overtime rules in action. Months of debate over how teams might handle the situation were finally tested. And many were NFL Super Bowl overtime rules 2023 Prior to the start of the 2022 season, the NFL amended the overtime rules for this year's playoffs, which, obviously, includes the Super Bowl 57 matchup between Only one Super Bowl has advanced to overtime. Super Bowl LI, which saw the New England Patriots overcome a 28-3 deficit to force overtime, and then win the game on the opening possession of OT The rule change came at the end of the 2021-22 season after the instant classic AFC Championship game between Kansas City and Buffalo in which the Chiefs won the overtime coin toss and scored on The NFL playoff overtime rules changed several years ago, but Super Bowl LVIII was the first playoff game where the new format was in effect. The basics of the new overtime rules are simple: both The league used those numbers — 10-2 and seven out of 12 — to justify the changes to the overtime rules. In reality, it was the breathtaking Bills-Chiefs game that forced the change. Andy Reid has often been the subject of controversial clock-management decisions, but while everyone was still learning the new playoff overtime rules, Reid was right on the money. Super Bowl 58 A review of overtime rules for the Super Bowl this Thanks to 2022’s ridiculous Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs game, the NFL changed the rules so that both teams will have a chance The NFL changed its overtime rules for the playoffs two years ago. Here's how it might affect the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers and so the Super Bowl went to overtime. The NFL’s new overtime rules were confusing for just about everyone Sunday, including Mecole Hardman. [For more on Chiefs' Super Bowl dynasty, check out Yahoo Sports NFL]In fact, after he scored Over the past few seasons, there’s plenty of discussion about the NFL playoffs overtime rule, and the new version loomed large in Super Bowl 58. The Super Bowl has only once gone to overtime in 56 previous editions, with Tom Brady’s New England Patriots coming from 28-3 behind to defeat the Atlanta Falcons at Super Bowl 51 in February On Sunday, the new rules were put to the test in the Super Bowl. The San Francisco 49ers won the overtime toss, chose to receive the ball and scored a field goal on their ensuing possession. Clearly, the San Francisco 49ers did not understand the new postseason overtime rules any better than I did. And in hindsight, that may have been one of the determining factors to their losing to One of the biggest criticisms of the NFL’s overtime rule pre-2023 was that the overtime period represented a much different game than the previous 60 minutes did. From 2010 to '22, there were 11 The Chiefs wanted the ball second in overtime in the Super Bowl. The 49ers wanted the ball first -- and got it. The NFL was spurred to make the change in part by the improving performance of The NFL's overtime rules for the Super Bowl and postseason have evolved over the years, with the most recent tweak coming in 2022. From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news The 49ers coach was on the field for the first Super Bowl overtime when his Falcons lost to the Patriots 34-28 in Super Bowl LI. The Falcons famously blew a 28-3 lead in a game where Shanahan was
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