The NFL has announced four rule changes for the 2017 season.
Overtime
Six years following the modification of sudden death overtime, the extra period has been shortened from 15 minutes to 10. The rule should improve player safety. To put things into perspective, there have been 83 overtime games since 2012, 22 of which lasted more than 10 minutes.
“We think this is an important change,” commissioner Roger Goodell said. “Particularly for teams that may be into an overtime situation, and a lengthy overtime situation, and have to come back and play on a Thursday night.