Hey so I’m am adult woman who was not allowed to ask questions about sports growing up so I thought I hated them for a long time. This is my second season as a NFL viewer and I get so confused sometimes.
There is a new dynamic kickoff rule and I have googled it but still have no idea what it means.
Yesterday The Lions and The Rams went into OT and I thought the refs said that both teams would have a chance to have possession of the ball but The Lions scored a TD and won the game.
I understand that offense is the team with possession of the ball and their QB is on the field and defense is trying to stop them from scoring but I don’t understand the other positions. If there is an injury can a defensive player play on offense or is that a big no no?
I just want to watch a game without constantly having to Google what’s going on.
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The overtime rules: the first touchdown wins. If the first team kicks a field goal, the other team gets a chance to tie them on the next possession. After that, it’s sudden death – the first scoring play wins the game. If the overtime period ends in a tie…it’s just a tie game!
They changed this all a few years ago because it felt kind of cheap to win on just a field goal (a playoff game ended this way, and there was an outcry).
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