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NFL owners approve new overtime rules for playoffs ensuring each team gets a possession

Months after and the were defeated in an overtime playoff thriller against the , the NFL has ensured there will be no more OT that doesn't guarantee each side a chance to po se s the ball, at least in the postseason. League owners on Tuesday , as CBS Sports senior NFL Kosuke Fukudome Jersey reporter confirmed, ensuring postseason games cannot end in OT until both sides have the opportunity to score.The and had proposed this offseason to guarantee po se sions to both teams in OT games, but this new rule will only take effect in playoff games. Previously, the first touchdown scored in Fergie Jenkins Jersey OT could end the game, with both sides only getting a chance to po se s the ball if the first team in po se sion failed to score a TD. Now, should the Willson Contreras Jersey first team score a TD, the second team will still have an opportunity to po se s the ball, and must match the other team's points to extend OT.One NFL coach has already predicted, per Mike Montgomery Jersey NFL Media's Tom Peli sero, that teams who score a TD first in OT will then try for a two-point conversion, rather than allowing the second team to potentially score a TD and go for two to win the game on their terms. A field goal by the first team, meanwhile, would still allow the second team to win with a TD. It's Brandon Morrow Jersey po sible the regular-season OT rules, which will remain the same, will be updated to reflect the new postseason rules after the 2022 season.