On Tuesday, the NFL approved a change to overtime in postseason games that would give each team an opportunity to have possession of the football before the game went final. Prior to 2010, the NFL used sudden-death overtime, meaning that the first team to score a point won the game. Starting with the 2010 postseason, a team that kicked a field goal on the opening possession of overtime would not win the game immediately as the other team would have an opportunity to match or beat the three points put up on the scoreboard in their first possession.
That 2010 postseason rule change was expanded to the regular season in 2012.